For more than five decades, Australian cult The Family has sparked both fascination and controversy. Founded in the early 1960s by yoga instructor turned spiritual guru Anne Hamilton-Byrne, this New Age group – predominately based in and around Melbourne’s Dandenong…[Continue Reading...]
A South Korean fringe religious organisation, accused of brainwashing members, is targeting pastors in order to recruit entire Australian congregations, a former member says. Shincheonji, which has been described as an "apocalyptic Christian cult" whose members will be saved from…[Continue Reading...]
Teachers employed by a large group of Queensland Christian schools were told to teach creationism in science classes, including that vegetarian baby dinosaurs would have been taken aboard Noah’s Ark. Last year, the Open Brethren organisation Christian Community Ministries (CCM)…[Continue Reading...]
A former follower of a fringe Christian organisation says "special force teams" are recruiting members in Ballarat, Bendigo, Darwin, Geelong and Melbourne to expand its church's reach. The Shincheonji Church of Jesus has been described as an "apocalyptic Christian cult",…[Continue Reading...]
Welcome to satanic panic 2.0. The core fear – that hidden forces are harming our children – is exactly the same. But the delivery is terrifyingly different. This new dread is exploding across Australian suburbia, supercharged by TikTok ‘influencers’ who…[Continue Reading...]
Several members of an extremist Christian cult convicted of killing an eight-year-old girl – who spent days in agony as they prayed for God to heal her – are already eligible to apply for parole. The group, known as the…[Continue Reading...]
As part of its reforms the federal government wants to introduce a new aggravating offence aimed at adults who seek to radicalise and influence children. The Attorney General Michelle Rowland says since 2001, 120 people have been convicted of terrorism…[Continue Reading...]
Disturbing details have emerged regarding the late patriarch of an intergenerational incestuous family in Australia that lived in squalid conditions in an isolated camp. Tim Colt was the patriarch and alleged perpetrator of the sexual assault of many of his…[Continue Reading...]
The founder of a religious sect has been granted bail after he allegedly told a nine-year-old girl it was her mission to have sex with him. William Kamm, known to his followers as 'Little Pebble', is accused alongside his wife…[Continue Reading...]
An alleged NSW cult leader accused of grooming a child for more than a decade has been granted bail after his lawyer argued there was a "real question" as to whether prosecutors would be able to prove his intentions. William…[Continue Reading...]
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