PHOENIX — A federal jury in Phoenix has convicted two brothers of participating in the abuse of children connected to Samuel Bateman, the self-proclaimed leader of a polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border. LaDell J. Bistline, Jr., 45 and Torrance…[Continue Reading...]
COLORADO CITY, AZ (AZFamily/AP) — Two Colorado City men who are followers of the polygamous FLDS sect have been convicted of multiple charges after a years-long conspiracy involving child sex abuse that prosecutors say spanned multiple states and victimized nearly…[Continue Reading...]
The Madras High Court has taken a dig at the practices promoted by Sadhguru. This is after the father of two women has claimed that his daughters were “brainwashed” to stay at Sadhguru’s centre. What did the court say? What…[Continue Reading...]
Maroesja Perizonius and Alice McShane’s impassioned, courageous, focused and confrontational documentary alleges the sexual abuse and rape of children in the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (AKA Osho) meditation communes in Britain, the US and elsewhere, in the 70s and 80s –…[Continue Reading...]
New Delhi: In a poignant interview with The Times, 54-year-old Prem Sargam shared her harrowing experiences of sexual abuse within the infamous Rajneesh movement, also known as the Osho cult, founded by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Sargam’s ordeal began at the…[Continue Reading...]
JERALD Walker knew he was different from his mates - because they told him it was weird that he was not allowed to celebrate his birthday or Christmas. But what his friends and neighbours didn't know is that he was…[Continue Reading...]
When Prem Sargam was six years old, her father left his job with IBM and disappeared from their home in Devon to join an ashram in Pune, India, in pursuit of spiritual enlightenment as a sannyasin or religious adherent. She…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX (CN) — The prosecution in a federal trial against two Arizona men accused of aiding and abetting a child sex abuse ring within a fundamentalist Mormon sect rested its case Thursday afternoon, closing with a witness who says she…[Continue Reading...]
MANILA, Philippines — Adoption and family reintegration are being planned for 32 children who are in shelters funded by the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC), whose assets were frozen last month after its televangelist founder Apollo Quiboloy was charged with…[Continue Reading...]
This article contains distressing content. Bec Sonkkila was in her late 20s and newly in love with yoga when she first heard of the Mahasiddha yoga school in the Indian city of Rishikesh and decided to visit for a month.…[Continue Reading...]
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