The leader of a polygamous sect claimed to have more than 20 spiritual "wives," including 10 underage girls. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison on Dec. 50 for forcing girls as young as 9 to perform sexual acts…[Continue Reading...]
Guyana is delving back into a bleak moment of its past, nearly half a century after cult leader Jim Jones and more than 900 of his devotees met their deaths in the dense wilderness of the lush South American country.…[Continue Reading...]
Polygamous religious leader Samuel Bateman is facing sentencing in the US for a number of sexual abuse charges involving children, including 10 underage girls. Bateman, 48, who claims he has more than 20 spiritual “wives”, is due to be sentenced…[Continue Reading...]
A disgraced former cult leader’s name is still on a piece of public art in Little Rock, despite a city spokesperson’s assurance in July that the name would be removed. “Responding is spirit in action. We are the change agents…[Continue Reading...]
For two years the body of three-year-old Abiyah Yasharahyalah lay underground in the back garden of a terraced house in Birmingham. The little boy was buried by his parents, who believed he would be reincarnated if they followed a ritual…[Continue Reading...]
On October 5, 1994, in two sleepy villages in the Swiss mountains, a series of horrific discoveries were made. What at first appeared to be unconnected fires at a farm house in the hamlet of Cheiry and at ski chalets…[Continue Reading...]
Documenting criminal activity behind the Alamo Christian Foundation, founded in the 1960s by Tony and Susan Alamo. At the cult's beginning the preachers recruit vulnerable young people by promoting personal salvation. Over time the group faces allegations of abuse Ministry…[Continue Reading...]
TWICE IN MY LIFE I've experienced political realities so implausibly sinister, I mistook them for bad dreams. Both incidents involved my former congresswoman, Tulsi Gabbard. The first was in January 2017. I'd been digging into wild whispers from some neighbors…[Continue Reading...]
Much of Tulsi Gabbard's political career can be tied back to the Science of Identity Foundation, a group that has been labeled by former members as a "cult." Gabbard has been described as a longtime a prominent member of the…[Continue Reading...]
The October 2024 general election dealt a serious blow to the LDP-Kōmeitō ruling coalition. Suzuki Eito, a specialist in the dealings of the Korean Unification Church, examines the connections between the religious organization and Japan’s political parties that may have…[Continue Reading...]
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