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Shaman detained on suspicion of stealing more than 100 million won

Published August 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal charges, shaman, South Korea

A shaman in her 30s has been detained on suspicion of stealing more than 100 million won ($72,000) in cash after instructing clients to offer it as ritual money to help their ancestors reach the afterlife. According to police in…[Continue Reading...]

How Feeling Wronged Can Fuel Conspiracy Beliefs

Published August 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theory, coonspiracy theories, research, study

When we think of conspiracy theories, we often picture elaborate tales involving secret cabals and hidden agendas. But at their core, these stories are also deeply emotional narratives — ones that revolve around harm, betrayal, and a sense of victimhood.…[Continue Reading...]

Fence, Permits Point To Progress At Vacant Scientology Building

Published August 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Connecticut, New Haven, real estate, Scientology

A $3.6 million construction project is reportedly underway at the blighted site of a former furniture store – 22 years after the Church of Scientology bought the property and eight months after the city approved the most recent iteration of…[Continue Reading...]

Woman laments loss of newborn to birth complications, blames rigid church doctrine

Published August 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, medical neglect, sects

A heartbroken mother has shared her painful experience of losing her newborn due to childbirth complications worsened by her church’s strict prohibition of medical care. In a viral account, the woman recounted being raised in a religious sect that forbade…[Continue Reading...]

Mum on run from religious drug cult in US wins battle to keep kids in Scotland

Published August 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged children protected, cults, legal action, Scotland

A mum has won a legal battle in Scotland's highest court to protect her two young children from a religious drug cult. The unnamed woman fled to Scotland from the USA with them 20 months ago to escape the Santo…[Continue Reading...]

Don’t think you’re the type to join a cult? Gloria didn’t think she was either

Published August 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, cult leader, cults, Lee Man-Hee, recruitment tactics, Shincheonji Church of Jesus, survivor story

Gloria had been shopping at Melbourne Central on an ordinary morning in 2019 when a man approached her, asking her to do a survey. It seemed like an innocent interaction, but one she would later learn was part of a…[Continue Reading...]

Chinese Missionary Cult Trying to Lure Jews

Published August 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Church of Salmighty God, cult recruitment, cults, targeting Jews

“Jewish” content that has been circulating on social networks and WhatsApp is actually a ploy by a new missionary group to engage Jews in dialogue and convert them, Yad L’Achim has revealed. Behind the deceptive content is a cult called…[Continue Reading...]

Cult Survivors to speak at Ventfort Hall

Published August 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Carl Stevens, cult leader, cults, survivr stories, The Bible Speacks

LENOX, Mass. — Hear sisters, Elita Galvin and Karen Briggs, share their stories of how they grew up in a cult, The Bible Speaks, on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 4 pm at the mansion. A tea will be served after…[Continue Reading...]

‘You’re sold a lie’: How do you spot a cult?

Published August 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged coercive control, cults, warning signs, warning sings

For seven years of her twenties, Gillie Jenkinson was in a religious cult. She recalls being told what to eat, when to sleep and what clothes to wear. "It was completely coercive, controlling," she says, going on to add that…[Continue Reading...]

Attorney and convicted child sex offender with Palmyra connection disbarred

Published August 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse, Mormons Tagged child abuse, criminal charges, LDS, Mormon Church, sexual abuse, Shawn Cory Gooden, Vierginia

A Pennsylvania attorney with a registered address in Palmyra has given up his license to practice law as the result of child sexual assault convictions in Virginia and pending child sex charges in Berks County. On July 30, the Pennsylvania…[Continue Reading...]