MANILA, Philippines — Fugitive televangelist Apollo Quiboloy is now detained at the Philippine National Police (PNP) custodial center at Camp Crame in Quezon City shortly after his arrest at Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) compound on Sunday. Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. made…[Continue Reading...]
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean authorities arrested the founder of a secretive Christian sect at the centre of the country's largest outbreak of COVID-19 infections on Saturday for allegedly hiding crucial information from contact-tracers and other offences. Lee Man-hee is…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
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