Families of victims expressed deep satisfaction after a Japanese court ruled to “legally dissolve” the Unification Church, formerly known as the Moon Sect. Many now plan to seek financial compensation, while the group has vowed to appeal. Speaking to Japanese…[Continue Reading...]
Despite playing her Smallville love interest across several seasons, Aaron Ashmore was just as shocked as the rest of the world by Allison Mack's NXIVM scandal. The actor, who starred as Jimmy Olsen in the hit CW series, recently reunited…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court Tuesday after a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The South Korea-based church said it was…[Continue Reading...]
A government spokesman told AFP that the Tokyo District Court "issued the dissolution order" for the Japanese chapter of the Unification Church, founded in South Korea and nicknamed the "Moonies" after its late founder, Sun Myung Moon. The Church is…[Continue Reading...]
A court in Japan has made a major decision regarding Unification Church, which officially call itself Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. As reported by Associated Press, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, the church was ordered dissolved after a government…[Continue Reading...]
The Tokyo District Court has told the Unification Church to make an appearance on Tuesday regarding a request for an order to dissolve the religious group, informed sources said Saturday. The court is expected to present its decision on the…[Continue Reading...]
It turned out Jack "Ziz" LaSota wasn't dead. Not on Aug. 19, 2022, when the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a call about a person falling off a boat in San Francisco Bay but were unable to locate a body. And…[Continue Reading...]
According to the AP, authorities say, the leader of a cultlike group and two of its members are facing new gun charges in Maryland. Jack LaSota, known as Ziz, is described as the leader of an extremist group called the…[Continue Reading...]
A sex cult leader who brainwashed and abused children can be moved to an open prison, the Parole Board has said. Colin Batley was jailed in 2011 after being found guilty of 35 offences relating to being a molester and…[Continue Reading...]
ALBANY — More than half of the human trafficking survivors referred to state social services offices did not contact them, an audit from New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office found. Released Wednesday, the audit determined that administrative failings have undermined…[Continue Reading...]
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