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...]
When we talk about cults, we tend to picture the classic images: a doomsday group in the desert, or a fringe religious sect that feels totally disconnected from everyday life. But here in Australia, cults are a current and pressing…[Continue Reading...]
An accused fake fortune teller and her daughter, allegedly embroiled in a scheme that swindled around $70million from Vietnamese Australians, rose meteorically from a modest home to luxurious surroundings. Anya Phan, 53, is accused of being involved in one of…[Continue Reading...]
Two women have been charged with allegedly scamming members of Sydney’s Vietnamese community out of nearly $70 million. Police allege one of the women claimed she was a master of feng shui — also known as Chinese geomancy — and…[Continue Reading...]
At eight years old, Mirriam Francis remembers locking herself in the bathroom to avoid "auditing" — a series of intense interviews in which she was asked intrusive and sexual questions. Fighting back tears, she recounted these sessions and her experiences…[Continue Reading...]
No one sets out to join a cult. Some arrive searching for community, drawn by the promise of belonging and purpose. Others are born into them, with family ties leaving no room for choice. Only later do many realise the…[Continue Reading...]
It was a horrifying discovery that left witnesses stunned by the nightmare unfolding within a single household. An incestuous cult was exposed, tracing back to two great-great grandparents who had established their twisted legacy in an isolated farming valley, hidden…[Continue Reading...]
A former pastor of an ultra-strict Pentecostal sect operating in Australia, one described by former members as having cult-like practices as part of a news.com.au investigation, has broken his silence. Adam*, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is…[Continue Reading...]
during a psychology placement with a crisis hotline. It was the “old days” of cults, he says, when headlines were dominated by Charles Manson, Jonestown and the abduction of Patty Hearst. Closer to home, the Children of God and the…[Continue Reading...]
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