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High Court to visit Shakahola, Kwa Bi Nzaro sites as judges seek first-hand account of suspected cult deaths

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The High Court will this week shift proceedings from the courtroom to the forests at the centre of the Shakahola and Kwa Bi Nzaro investigations, as judges seek to better understand the physical environment where prosecutors allege followers of controversial…[Continue Reading...]

Who is Chris Butler, Tulsi Gabbard’s ‘spiritual guru’ who helped shape her decisions as a politician?

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A year-long investigation by the Washington Post has uncovered 25,000 documents that uncover Tulsi Gabbard’s close ties to controversial spiritual guru Chris Butler. The probe shows that the leader of Science of Identity Foundation (SIF), which is referred to as…[Continue Reading...]

Investigators seek arrest warrant for Shincheonji sect leader Lee Man-hee

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(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details, background) SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- Investigators said Monday they have filed for an arrest warrant for the founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a nonmainstream religious sect, over suspicions he forced church members…[Continue Reading...]

Hundreds of pages from former members and others about the “cult” that included Tulsi Gabbard and her guru Chris Butler

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For more than twenty years the Cult Education Institute has been accumulating an archive of commentary about the purported "cult" Science of Identify led by guru Chris Butler. This group included former United States National Security head Tulsi Gabbard and…[Continue Reading...]

Five takeaways: Star investigation into alleged Southern Arizona ‘cult’

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An Arizona Daily Star investigation found that a Southern Arizona religious group is making millions per year from its hospice in Tucson and Tubac, while former members complain the group forces members to work for free, including at that hospice.…[Continue Reading...]

‘The Leader’ Director Michael Gallagher and Star Tim Blake Nelson on Why the Story of the Heaven’s Gate Cult Is Relevant Today: ‘When There Is Nothing but Certainty Within a Group, Danger Can Strike’

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When director Michael Gallagher was eight years old, 39 people died in his neighborhood in San Diego, California. They were the victims of the infamous Heaven’s Gate cult, who died in a coordinated mass suicide timed with the approach of…[Continue Reading...]

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