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Danny Masterson ‘Devoted to Proving His Innocence’ Behind Bars, Much to Ex Bijou Phillips’ Horror

Published December 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bijou Phillips, convicted rapist, Danny Masterson, Scientologists, Scientology

Bijou Phillips is living in fear, say insiders, that her ex-husband Danny Masterson will soon get his rape conviction overturned and be set loose to torment her. Sources say the idea that the 49-year-old actor could be out sends shivers…[Continue Reading...]

Coercive control: Recognising relational patterns that affect patient wellbeing

Published December 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged academic paper, coercive control, research

Background Coercive control is a pattern of behaviour that occurs in relationships and families that is enabled by broader coercive control systems in the community. General practitioners, skilled at pattern recognition, can contribute to systems-wide identification of coercive control across…[Continue Reading...]

Bribery Trial Opens for South Korea’s Unification Church Leader Han Hak-ja

Published December 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal trial, cult leader, cults, Hak Ja Han Moon, South Korea, Unification Church

The bribery trial of Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja began on Monday in South Korea. Han, 82, is accused of offering luxury gifts, including Chanel handbags, a diamond necklace, and wild ginseng, to former First Lady Kim Keon Hee in…[Continue Reading...]

HITLER DEVOTEE Neo-Nazi Cult Leader ‘Worshipping Hitler’ Set for Early Prison Release

Published December 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, James Costello, noe Nazi, prison release, UK

A British neo-Nazi fanatic who led a Hitler-worshipping cult and penned his own ‘White Man’s Bible’ calling for race war is about to be sprung early under a government scheme to ease jail overcrowding. Hitler Devotee Behind Bars for Inciting…[Continue Reading...]

One die as rival cult groups clash in Delta communities

Published December 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, deaths, gangs, Nigeria, violences

There’s palpable tension in Aladja community, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, as one person was killed in a rival cult clash in the early hours of Monday in Iyeghe/Ighwre Quarters. The clash, involving the Aiye and Vikings confraternities,…[Continue Reading...]

Decades of silence preceded a painful reckoning for a Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation on the Kenai Peninsula

Published November 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alaska, criminal conviction, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scott Merritt, sexual abuse

For years, rumors about Scott Merritt and the underage girls in a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on the Kenai Peninsula hovered over the congregation. As far back as the 1990s, members remember hearing it said that Merritt, a well-liked…[Continue Reading...]

3 new lawsuits accuse Archdiocese of Chicago of protecting priests accused of child sex abuse

Published November 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged Catholic Diocese of Chicago, lawsuits, sexual abuse claims

The Archdiocese of Chicago faces new accusations and three lawsuits accusing the Catholic church of keeping two priests in the ministry for decades, despite warnings and complaints of sexual abuse of children. The lawsuits claim the Archdiocese kept reassigning Fr.…[Continue Reading...]

Aum Shinrikyo: when a death cult spread their gospel via anime

Published November 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged anime, Aum Shinrikyo, cults, Japan

It teaches you how people can buy into a total con hook, line and sinker, not only despite its transparent fraudulence but seemingly because of it. It teaches you how otherwise sensible people can go off the deep end to…[Continue Reading...]

Falun Dafa’s charitable status in Canada revoked

Published November 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Canada, cults, Falun Dafa, Falun Gong, tax-exempt status

The Canadian arm of the contentious Falun Dafa religious movement has lost its charitable status after failing to file tax returns. The Falun Dafa Association of Canada’s registration was revoked on Nov. 1, according to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).…[Continue Reading...]

Preacher Benny Hinn and His Wife Suzanne Divorce for Second Time in 46 Years

Published November 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Benny Hinn, divorce, second divorce, Suzanne Hinn, televangelist

The marriage of popular preacher and televangelist, Benny Hinn, and his wife, Suzanne, has ended for a second time in 46 years. Benny Hinn is an Israeli-born televangelist and the founder of the Orlando Christian Centre. He is widely known…[Continue Reading...]