The 'evil and manipulative' Batley has been in prison for 12 years after being convicted of running a cult in a small corner of Carmarthenshire A notorious paedophile and sex cult leader who abused children and young adults at his…[Continue Reading...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a 30-year prison term for the leader of a controversial religious group charged with sexual assault. Jeong Myeong-seok, who leads the Jesus Morning Star (JMS) group, is accused of raping and…[Continue Reading...]
A MARKETING GROUP behind one of the most successful TikTok ad campaigns of all time is drawing scrutiny for its alleged ties to NXIVM, the so-called “sex cult” once led by Keith Raniere in upstate New York. Geoffrey Goldberg and…[Continue Reading...]
The radio crackled to life with static, and a voice emerged from the jungle. “We choose as our model not those who marched submissively into gas ovens but the valiant heroes who resisted in the Warsaw Ghetto. Patrick Henry captured…[Continue Reading...]
FREMONT COUNTY, Idaho (Court TV) — Prosecutors preparing their case against Chad Daybell have asked a judge to reconsider his decision, for a third time, to move the trial out of Fremont County. Chad Daybell is charged with murder and…[Continue Reading...]
Daisaku Ikeda, the former head of one of the world’s largest Japanese Buddhist groups, died of old age at his home in Tokyo on Wednesday, the organisation said on Saturday. He died from natural causes at the age of 95,…[Continue Reading...]
After graduating from college and claiming to have found enlightenment, in 1970, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh introduced the practice of "dynamic meditation" and became a spiritual teacher and began to attract a significant following. When his controversial teachings put him repeatedly…[Continue Reading...]
TAMPA, Fla. - Nov. 18 is always a dark day on Olga Booker's calendar. "Nov. 18, 1978, they all committed suicide with the Kool-Aid lacing," recalled Booker. They, meaning the 900 followers of the People's Temple, led by the smooth-talking…[Continue Reading...]
A state minister of the Cabinet Office faces calls to resign over his close ties to the much-criticized Unification Church, the leader of which he met five times. “I met her (Hak Ja Han Moon) five times, I believe,” said…[Continue Reading...]
A 'high priest' who ran a racist cult calling for a "holy race war" has been unmasked as a delivery driver. James Costello, 38, was identified as the self-styled "high priest" of the Creativity Movement. The shamed group "promoted white…[Continue Reading...]
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