MANILA, Philippines — One of the co-accused in the child abuse and qualified trafficking case involving fugitive televangelist Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos announced on Friday. In a joint conference, Abalos presented to the media Puline Chavez Canada…[Continue Reading...]
KOH PHANGAN — Tourist police on Koh Phangan have arrested a French tourist who claimed to be a cult leader and invited other foreign tourists to join his rituals. The man had overstayed his legal limit. On June 22, tourist…[Continue Reading...]
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities arrested a leader of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect in southern Mexico accused of organized crime and human trafficking, state and federal officials said Tuesday. Officials also said an unspecified number of women and…[Continue Reading...]
Uganda's self-styled "Jesus", Mr Navas Vella, has been arrested for refusing to participate in the ongoing National Population and Housing Census. The sect member was arrested after reportedly telling enumerators that his religion prohibits them from being counted. Daily Monitor…[Continue Reading...]
Jodi Hildebrandt — the business partner of mommy YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke who was arrested alongside her and accused of child abuse — once spilled details about a therapy patient to the Mormon Church, according to Utah state documents. Hildebrandt…[Continue Reading...]
Police in Spain have arrested three people accused of running a shamanic sect that recruited vulnerable young people, some of whom were later abused sexually during drug-fuelled sessions of supposed group psychotherapy. Around 100 people are said by the Spanish…[Continue Reading...]
Istanbul prosecutors are seeking up to 26 years in prison for an Islamist cult leader after his rape of a mentally disabled woman. The woman, known only by the initials E.D., committed suicide on March 23, just 15 days after…[Continue Reading...]
Thai cops arrested a Chinese cult leader who refers to herself as the “Mother of the Universe” and claims to be the leader of the ‘Universal Lion Federation.’ She has been accused of fraudulently claiming she can communicate with deities,…[Continue Reading...]
Kenyan police have arrested a popular televangelist and closed his church on the country's Indian Ocean coast following reports of mass deaths. The move comes as investigations go on into a religious cult linked to the deaths of nearly 100…[Continue Reading...]
NAIROBI: Kenyan police said Saturday they have arrested a local cult leader after the death of four followers he reportedly told to starve themselves in order to "meet Jesus". Eleven other followers of the Good News International Church led by…[Continue Reading...]
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