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Probes into SKorea’s Yoon, wife OK’d

Published June 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, political influence, South Korea, Unification Church

SEOUL — South Korea's liberal-led legislature on Thursday overwhelmingly passed bills to launch special investigations into former president Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law and into criminal allegations about his wife Kim Keon Hee, targeting the ousted conservative…[Continue Reading...]

Surviving victim takes the stand in Lori Vallow Daybell trial

Published June 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged Arizona, court testimony, cult mom, Lori Vallow, murder conspiracy trial

Lori Vallow Daybell is accused of conspiring to kill her niece’s ex-husband Watch the video testimony https://www.12news.com/video/news/crime/surviving-victim-takes-the-stand-in-lori-vallow-daybell-trial/75-c4778fa8-0fb8-414a-bda9-09452a491b30[Continue Reading...]

3 years in, Sandy Hook families still wait to collect what Alex Jones owes them

Published June 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, bankruptcy, InfoWars, judgement collection

After a frustrating and futile three years in federal bankruptcy court, the Sandy Hook families who sued Infowars conspiracist Alex Jones for defamation thought they were finally getting closer to collecting the $1.3 billion that he owes them. But as…[Continue Reading...]

Growing up queer in a Hasidic Jewish community, Sara Glass shares her journey of survival

Published June 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Haredi, LGBT, survivor story, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups

As 19-year-old Sara Glass sat across from a stranger in a hotel lobby in downtown Manhattan, she knew the rest of her life would be decided for her. Both raised in the Orthodox Gur sect of Hasidic Judaism, the pair…[Continue Reading...]

Court sets free Rongo church leaders amid allegations of cult-like practices

Published June 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged deaths, Kenya, St. Joseph Mission of Messiah in Africa

Four members of Rongo sub-county-based controversial church, Melkio St. Joseph Mission of Messiah in Africa, who have been in remand for more than a month as police investigate the church over alleged radicalisation among other issues, have been set free…[Continue Reading...]

Ada coroner releases name of woman who fell into canal. She was a cult survivor

Published June 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged death, FLDS, Idaho, Polygamist cult, survivor

Officials have released the name of a woman who died Tuesday night after being pulled from a Boise Bench waterway. Boise police and fire rescue units found the woman “fully submerged” in the Ridenbaugh Canal near the 2900 block of…[Continue Reading...]

Trauma, victimhood and for-profit spirituality on display as sex cult trial winds down

Published June 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal trial, New York, Nicole Daedone, One Taste, OneTaste, Rachel Cherwitz

BROOKLYN (CN) — At a 2009 event in Stinson Beach, California, Nicole Daedone disrobed, lay on a table in front of an audience that included potential investors and a New York Times reporter, and loudly orgasmed for an hour while…[Continue Reading...]

Sheriff’s department uncovers Nazi extremists’ secret arsenal in quiet Washington suburb

Published June 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged arrests, criminal charges, neo nazis, Washington, weapons stockpile

CONTENT WARNING– This article contains material that some readers may find distressing. Reader discretion is advised. Two white supremacist extremists and their cache of guns and Nazi paraphernalia were discovered in a suburban Washington state home. Thurston County Sheriff Derek…[Continue Reading...]

The Disturbing Reality of Religious Tax Exemptions and Scientology

Published June 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged IRS, Scientologists, Scientology, tax-exempt status

In this explosive interview, researcher Jason Polychron reveals how the 1989 Hernandez v. Commissioner ruling should have made tithing and temple dues non-deductible across all religions—but the IRS covered it up. Scientology used this legal oversight to force the IRS…[Continue Reading...]

Wicca may seem weird, but is it a “cult”?

Published June 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged beliefs, Wicca, Wiccans

Wicca is a nature-based, pagan belief system founded in England between 1921 and 1950. While the religion began as a niche practice, it is now widely recognized and respected as one of the fastest-growing spiritual paths in the United States.…[Continue Reading...]