TOKYO -- Garbage piled up in his family's home. He had to miss long stretches of school to take part in "study sessions." These were just two aspects of being a "blessed second-generation" member of the Unification Church (now the…[Continue Reading...]
The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about a Japanese ministry's request for an order to dissolve the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly known as the Unification Church. Question: What leads up to a…[Continue Reading...]
In addition to owning the Shekinah Church, Robert Shinn founded 7M Films, a management firm that oversees social media influencers. Nonetheless, beneath the pretense of these organizations, he operated a cult that compelled all members to sever connections with their…[Continue Reading...]
The home is where Tammy Daybell, Chad's first wife, was found dead. Several months later, Chad had remarried Lori Vallow, and shortly after her two children were reported missing. In June of 2020, the two children's bodies were found on…[Continue Reading...]
A document describing the details of a report submitted by Tsuneo Kitamura, a Liberal Democratic Party candidate in the proportional representation part of the 2013 Upper House election, to the party's Election Strategy Headquarters at the party’s headquarters. It lists…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX (CN) — Two more witnesses in a federal child sex abuse trial surrounding a polygamist religious sect said defendant LaDell Bistline Jr. pressured them into marrying the man who sexually abused them for three years while they were children.…[Continue Reading...]
Founded by a sick paedophile artist in Vienna in the 1970s, the Friedrichshof Commune was a radical experiment in communal living that saw its leader encourage polygamous sex between the cult's 600-strong membership before he was thrown behind bars for…[Continue Reading...]
Detective Gary Deckard and his team walked into a real-life nightmare on Elm Street. Shortly after midnight on May 21, 1990, police entered a house at 5223 Elm Street in Salida, a small farming town in California. Inside were the…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX (CN) — Two witnesses in a federal trial against men accused of aiding and participating in a religious child sex abuse ring confirmed Wednesday that one defendant watched sex acts with minors via video chat while he was completely…[Continue Reading...]
The Philippine National Police said it is taking seriously the probe on the personalities allegedly part of Apollo Quiboloy’s “angels of death” as “it is not limited to civilians,” PNP spokesperson, Col. Jean Fajardo, said on Wednesday. “There’s also a…[Continue Reading...]
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