A priest once hailed for his “groundbreaking” services became the leader of a cult in the Church of England and sexually abused a “staggering” number of women, a court heard. Christopher Brain, who led the progressive Nine O-Clock Service (NOS)…[Continue Reading...]
A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated was sentenced to 12 years in a prison camp on Monday after being convicted of harming his followers' health and financial affairs. Sergei Torop, a former traffic policeman known…[Continue Reading...]
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — The imprisoned leader of a notorious polygamist sect fraudulently transferred $834,000 to his brother in an effort to hide the money from one of his victims. That was the verdict reached Friday afternoon by a seven-member…[Continue Reading...]
A cult-like group referred to as the Zizians is linked to a string of violent deaths across the U.S. It has its roots in Silicon Valley – and a movement called Rationalism. Who are these groups and what do they…[Continue Reading...]
A court in Novosibirsk on Monday sentenced a Siberian cult leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ to 12 years in prison for harming the mental and physical health of his followers. Sergei Torop, a former traffic…[Continue Reading...]
LIZ Cameron, 32, is a health sector project manager and author. she lives in Canberra, Australia. “As I walked out of the bookshop, a smiling woman approached. She was a foreign student studying Australian culture, she explained, and asked if…[Continue Reading...]
Warren Jeffs is the incarcerated leader of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). He is currently serving a life sentence in Texas for two counts of sexual assault against a minor. He was ordered by a Utah…[Continue Reading...]
Harrison Hill was "gobsmacked" when he began talking to the source of inspiration for his forthcoming nonfiction debut — and that "astonishment" only grew as he kept researching the cult she recalled escaping from. In The Oracle's Daughter: The Rise…[Continue Reading...]
A “very concerned” Idaho mother, Elizabeth Roundy, 51, believes that her two teen children were abducted by a cult in Monteview. Reportedly, the kidnappers are members of a cult led by the imprisoned cult leader Warren Jeffs. Reportedly, he issued…[Continue Reading...]
Maiduguri - A radical Islamist sect has claimed responsibility for three church attacks that left at least 21 people dead in northern Nigeria. The group known as Boko Haram made the announcement in an email statement received by The Associated…[Continue Reading...]
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