Colombian immigration authorities announced that 17 minors, five of them under an Interpol Yellow Notice, were rescued from the Jewish ultra-Orthodox sect Lev Tahor on Sunday in the city of Yarumal, Antioquia, Colombia. The operation was led by the immigration…[Continue Reading...]
Colombian immigration authorities rescued Sunday 17 minors from members of Lev Tahor, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish cult facing child sex abuse investigations. Lev Tahor, which practices a form of Judaism in which women wear black tunics covering them from head to…[Continue Reading...]
A neo-Nazi cult leader has pleaded guilty to plotting a New Year’s Eve attack in New York City using a terrorist dressed as Santa Claus dishing out poisoned candy to children. Michail Chkhikvishvili, 22, known as “Commander Butcher,” admitted soliciting…[Continue Reading...]
The next time you buy a breakfast sandwich or coffee at one Hudson Valley deli, you may be unwittingly funding a fringe group accused of child abuse and other horrors. There's a quaint little deli in the Hudson Valley that…[Continue Reading...]
On Oct. 30, a Kenai grand jury indicted 45-year-old Aaron “Scott” Merritt on multiple counts, charging him with sexually abusing four girls between the ages of 5 and 14 who were congregants of Kenai’s Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. According…[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...]
Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a 19-year-old California man linked to the extremist “764” cult with a string of crimes, including child sexual exploitation, animal abuse, and online threats. A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of California indicted…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a secretive religious group has announced he’s stepping back from his role, citing a “tough year” and “constant pressure". Wayne Dean, who oversees a church commonly referred to as the Two By Twos or The Truth -…[Continue Reading...]
Wayward is Netflix's most compelling new series, and for good reason. This isn't your typical cult drama — it's something far more nuanced and unsettling. We've all seen cult dramas before. You know the drill; charismatic leader, vulnerable followers, things…[Continue Reading...]
The sexual abuse trial of a former 2x2 Christian sect minister has been switched from a judge and jury trial, to a trial by judge alone at the request of the defence. Lee-Ann McChesney has pleaded not guilty to one…[Continue Reading...]
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