In the case related to the "religious marriage" of a 6-year-old child in Istanbul, a Turkish court sentenced father Yusuf Ziya Gümüşel to 20 years, mother Fatıma Gümüşel to 16 years and eight months, and Kadir İstekli, person to whom…[Continue Reading...]
SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Philippines – Randolph Balbarino, who used to be a follower of Surigao del Norte “cult” leader Jay Rence Quilario said on Saturday, October 14, that Socorro Bayanihan Services Incorporated (SBSI) prohibited members from seeking hospital care outside…[Continue Reading...]
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, the architect of the Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs, spoke about the need to uphold human rights as he addressed members of an alleged cult accused of child abuse…[Continue Reading...]
On a remote Island in the Philippines, high up in the mountains and away from society, lies a hidden Doomsday cult with over a 1,000 children, who many are believed have been forced into marriage. The cult, known as Socorro…[Continue Reading...]
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday, October 9, used the findings of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to bolster its complaint against alleged cult leader Jey Rence Quilario and a dozen others…[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...]
A female 'cult member' has pleaded guilty to murder after luring her victim and his girlfriend into a forest and fatally shooting him in August 2022. Yasmine Hider, 21, accepted murder, kidnapping and robbery charges for killing college student Adam…[Continue Reading...]
CEBU, Philippines – Lovely Savandal used to be a firm believer of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Incorporated (SBSI), the Surigao del Norte cult facing a Senate probe into abuses reported by former members. Savandal, who turns 34 years old in…[Continue Reading...]
CEBU, Philippines – Lawyer Richard Dano, legal consultant of Task Force Kapihan, confirmed in a phone interview on Monday, October 2, that former members of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) were now under the custody of the Inter-Agency Council…[Continue Reading...]
To his thousands of followers living in a remote island in war-torn southern Philippines, Mr Jey Rence Quilario is the reincarnation of “Santo Nino” – the baby Jesus. But a Senate investigation this week revealed a trail of sexual violence,…[Continue Reading...]
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