The special prosecution team led by Min Joong-ki, investigating allegations related to Kim Keon-hee, has identified circumstances in which Han Hak-ja, the Unification Church leader, embezzled approximately 500 million won in church funds for personal purposes, including purchasing luxury goods…[Continue Reading...]
After decades spent weaving a formidable web of religious, business and media companies, the Unification Church — formally known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification — now finds itself under the harsh light of official inquiries in…[Continue Reading...]
An activist and filmmaker who grew up in a terrifying cult has shared her ordeal with the world, and uses her experience to educate others. Bexy Cameron's parents joined the Children of God community in Bromley, Greater London, in the…[Continue Reading...]
After months defying eviction notices and grabbing international media attention, 21-year-old Texan woman, alongside two self-styled “royals” claiming to rule over an “African kingdom”, has been evicted from their base in a makeshift camp inside a Scottish forest. Kaura Taylor…[Continue Reading...]
A Seoul court has dismissed the petitions of Rep. Kweon Seong-dong and Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja against their arrests, keeping them in custody over their alleged exchange of illegal political funds for favors. The Seoul Central District Court issued…[Continue Reading...]
Doomsday cult preacher Paul Mackenzie contacted his followers while in jail and convinced them to starve themselves to death in a fasting ritual, preliminary police investigations indicate. More than 450 graves were discovered in the Shakahola Forest, Malindi, in 2023,…[Continue Reading...]
A cult leader and self-professed prophet will fight allegations that he and his wife groomed a girl for several years, starting when she was only six. William Kamm, known to his followers as 'Little Pebble', allegedly called the child, wrote…[Continue Reading...]
A Texas woman has told Sky News an African "cult" brainwashed, lured and coerced her daughter to move 4,000 miles away to a Scottish forest by preying on her vulnerabilities. Aspiring lawyer Kaura Taylor, 21, was reported missing from Dallas…[Continue Reading...]
On Dec. 12, 1972, cult leader John Robert Stevens made a big announcement: he was a time traveler. “I had a real meeting with the Lord,” Stevens told his followers in the Living Word Fellowship (LWF), also called the Walk.…[Continue Reading...]
Fresh revelations have emerged in the ongoing Shakahola massacre trial, with Shanzu court being told that controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie allegedly forged key documents to register his religious organisation, Good News International Church. The claims were made as prosecutors…[Continue Reading...]
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