A child rights organisation and some religious groups have implored the government to clamp down on apostolic sects that force their members to shun medical care. The call comes after a recent outbreak of measles and mumps claimed the lives…[Continue Reading...]
An American minister of a global secretive sect who was outed as a paedophile and sexual predator after his death had visited New Zealand multiple times to attend the religious group's annual gatherings. Amy Williams has the story. Listen to…[Continue Reading...]
Warning: This story discusses details of sexual abuse An American minister of a secretive global sect who was outed as a paedophile and sexual predator after his death visited New Zealand multiple times to attend the religious group's annual gatherings.…[Continue Reading...]
The Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office this week accused an Oregon City couple of failing to arrange medical care for their newborn who suffered from jaundice and later died. Court records show Blair and Taylor Edwards face first- and second-degree…[Continue Reading...]
Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower office in New York City. A California appellate court has upheld a $4-plus million judgment against Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc., the top organizational body of Jehovah's Witnesses, in a case brought by…[Continue Reading...]
A New Zealand woman who as a child was sexually abused by a member of a secretive sect under investigation by the FBI says the religious group's leaders spent three years trying to get the man to admit guilt before…[Continue Reading...]
A man has been accused of procuring a 13-year-old child to have sex with him just months after all charges in an alleged BDSM sex cult case were dropped. James-Robert Davis, 43, appeared in Waverley Court via audiovisual link on…[Continue Reading...]
REELING from 150 blows with a wooden paddle, 10-year-old Justin Miller felt blood trickle down his leg and turned to his mum with pleading eyes. But mum Carol returned his pleas with an ice cold stare, telling him he deserved…[Continue Reading...]
The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and citizens who are making a difference. Listen below, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify to hear more. In…[Continue Reading...]
A TRADITIONAL leader from Mashonaland West province is pleading with authorities to intervene and immediately shut down Madzibaba Ishmael’s apostolic church, which allegedly wantonly tramples on children’s rights to education, health and accessing birth certificates. Members of the Johanne Masowe…[Continue Reading...]
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