More than 50,000 people belong to a global religious sect that has restrictions around television, eating with outsiders and attending university. Some who've left the church say they still carry the trauma of what they experienced there. Members from that…[Continue Reading...]
Anne Hamilton-Byrne was a charismatic and dangerous cult leader who convinced followers she was Jesus Christ reincarnated. She had an obsession with raising children as her own, isolated from the outside world. The group dubbed The Family lived in a…[Continue Reading...]
Australasia’s first cult conference has had a spin-off for Timaru with an international expert and Gloriavale leavers to speak on the long-lasting impact of breaking free. From Cult To Hope, the first event of its kind in the region, will…[Continue Reading...]
A Korean religious sect that has been labelled a cult by former members is attempting to expand its influence in Australia by targeting young, impressionable people in cafes, on dating apps and on university campuses. The recruitment drive has led…[Continue Reading...]
WARNING: Disturbing content A former NSW cult leader who was charged with monstrously covering up the horrific killing of a helpless two-year-old girl by burning her body in a barrel and sieving her ashes nearly four decades ago will never…[Continue Reading...]
Bree* doesn’t know how much longer she can continue living with her sister, Anna*, who she says has been involved for several years with Australian branches of the Shincheonji church – described by former members as a cult. Bree says…[Continue Reading...]
The Adelaide headquarters of the Church of Scientology, the religion which is faithfully followed by Tom Cruise, has been sold in Australia. The office located on Pulteney Street, which has acted as a worship space for the SA faction of…[Continue Reading...]
Fundamentalist Christian sect the Exclusive Brethren has amassed hundreds of millions of dollars in its tax-free charities at the same time as private companies run by the family of the church’s supreme leader have made millions from COVID contracts. Australian…[Continue Reading...]
A spate of sales of properties owned by the leaders of the Hillsong Church has offered a rare glimpse into their normally secretive real estate holdings. And many of their properties include luxury multimillion-dollar mansions in some of the world’s…[Continue Reading...]
Members of a church group accused of killing an eight-year-old girl have denied they acted in a criminal conspiracy to deny her diabetes medication, a court heard.Elizabeth Rose Struhs died on 7 January 2022 at her family's home in Toowoomba,…[Continue Reading...]
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