In a shocking testimony before Shanzu Senior Principal Magistrate Hon. Leah Juma, the seventh prosecution witness in the Shakahola massacre terrorism-related case described the harrowing experience of being compelled to aid in the fasting death of his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter. The…[Continue Reading...]
In a shocking testimony before Shanzu Senior Principal Magistrate Hon. Leah Juma, the seventh prosecution witness in the Shakahola massacre terrorism-related case described the harrowing experience of being compelled to aid in the fasting death of his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter. The…[Continue Reading...]
Yulanda Williams was 12 years old when her family joined the People’s Temple – a religious cult that led to the deaths of more than 900 followers. But before Williams and her family found themselves at the center of "a…[Continue Reading...]
Convicted polygamist Warren Jeffs, once a Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints leader (FLDS), is now in prison with no release date. Over the years, Jeffs and the FLDS church have become the subject of multiple true-crime documentaries for their controversial practices. As…[Continue Reading...]
Inspiration Plaza, the latest public art addition in Little Rock’s Riverfront Park, is striking. A 14-foot-tall bronze sculpture of a man and woman connected by a billowing sheet forms a self-supported canopy over a stone-tiled footpath. The canopy’s underside is…[Continue Reading...]
Ex-members and parents of devotees of the Shincheonji Church have hailed a council’s decision to ban its building from becoming a legal teaching base as a positive step towards shutting down the religious sect’s activities in Perth for good. Cambridge…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a faith-healing religious circle charged with a diabetic girl’s murder said the child was “going to be healed”, with the group calling her condition an “elephant in the room” in the years before her death. Fourteen members…[Continue Reading...]
Founder of the Satlok Ashram and the Kabir Panth religious sect, self-styled Godman Sant Rampal first made headlines during a violent clash in 2006. The conflict began when Sant Rampal made derogatory remarks about Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of the…[Continue Reading...]
At first glance, a Shincheonji church group feels like a typical Bible study gathering. It’s filled with passionate, happy, and faithful individuals. However, many people call it a cult and its leader thinks he is the second coming of Jesus.…[Continue Reading...]
A woman standing trial alongside 13 others over the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs had “very quickly” become a “different person” less than three months after joining the religious group allegedly linked to her death, a court was told. The…[Continue Reading...]
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