For nine weeks Dassi Erlich sat in a Melbourne courtroom wondering anxiously if the truth would prevail. Then, on April 3, 2023, in a moment she describes as "absolutely terrifying", the Victorian County Court jury finally handed down its verdict…[Continue Reading...]
Raised in a strict Jehovah's Witness community, Kezia Whitton's childhood was stolen when she was sexually abused by someone she should have been able to trust. But despite its promises to the child abuse royal commission, the church did nothing…[Continue Reading...]
Australian A.J. Miller says he's really Jesus. Isolated in a Queensland, compound in Australia with his followers Miller must be having an odd Christmas. See the Cult Education Institute archive about Miller and his bizarre teachings.[Continue Reading...]
In a courtroom in September, Renee Spencer’s daughter, Ellie, appeared via video link from Mexico to give evidence that her mother worshipped the devil. The pair had not seen each other in person since late 2019 because Spencer disapproved of…[Continue Reading...]
"Cult leader" Dave McKaY who leads a group called "Jesus Christians" (aka "Voice in the Desert") just lost a defamation lawsuit in Melbourne, Australia. McKay slandered the mother of one of his followers on YouTube. That mother sued him for…[Continue Reading...]
Welcome to the secret Australian cult where members live under shocking rules including being told what to eat and to exercise for two hours a day. A new investigation by The Courier-Mail has revealed the shocking details of daily life…[Continue Reading...]
A US national, arrested by the FBI after a religiously motivated terrorist attack in Australia that claimed the lives of two police officers and a good samaritan, has been linked to the “End of Days” sect. It is alleged the…[Continue Reading...]
Regional New South Wales health officials have won a court order authorising them to give a blood transfusion to a Jehovah's Witness toddler if needed in surgery. The Supreme Court has been told the girl, three, who can only be referred to…[Continue Reading...]
In an unfolding tale of religious extremism and human tragedy, the 14 members of a religious outfit implicated in the death of an eight-year-old child, Elizabeth Struhs, have been permitted an hour of congregation while remaining incarcerated. Brendan Luke Stevens,…[Continue Reading...]
Lindy Jacomb lived in one of the world's most secretive and controlling sects run by a multi-millionaire leader in Sydney, until she was accused of being possessed by demons and banished. For 20 years she belonged to a group who…[Continue Reading...]
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