Jehovah's Witnesses have failed in an eleventh hour attempt to block part of a lengthy report about abuse in care that is about them. Recommendations from a report into abuse that occurred in state and faith-based care will be made…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a faith-healing religious circle charged with a diabetic girl’s murder said the child was “going to be healed”, with the group calling her condition an “elephant in the room” in the years before her death. Fourteen members…[Continue Reading...]
A woman standing trial alongside 13 others over the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs had “very quickly” become a “different person” less than three months after joining the religious group allegedly linked to her death, a court was told. The…[Continue Reading...]
Inside the group known as The Saints, everything was geared towards worshipping the Lord. They would meet once or twice a week, singing songs of praise and sharing a meal before being led by scripture from their leader, the “messenger”…[Continue Reading...]
The former boss of a man charged with killing his diabetic daughter has told a court his employee had been 'brainwashed' into joining the fringe cult-like church group accused of fatally withholding the girl's insulin. Jason Richard Struhs is among…[Continue Reading...]
Opponents of the controversial Shincheonji Church are demanding their council channel Pink Floyd’s view on education and deny the religious movement’s quest to keep using its West Leederville teaching base. The group has run its teachings from an office in…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a church group described as a “cult” has questioned a witness at his murder trial over a confrontation they had over her teenage daughter’s membership, while the sister of the dead eight-year old girl spoke about the…[Continue Reading...]
A married couple charged with a diabetic girl’s manslaughter began to stop using their glasses and threw out all creams and medications, a court has been told. Lachlan Schoenfisch and his wife Samantha are two of 14 defendants charged with…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a church group described as a "cult" has questioned a witness at his murder trial over a confrontation they had over her teenage daughter's membership. Eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs died at the family home in Toowoomba, west of…[Continue Reading...]
When Joel Hill's friend and sister were both seriously ill, and needed medical intervention to stay alive, it threw his world of conspiracy theory beliefs into chaos. Joel, who lives in Sydney, was born into conspiracy theories, in a family…[Continue Reading...]
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