MANILA, Philippines — Members of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) have admitted to diverting government aid meant for indigent senior citizens and beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to fund the group. They made the admissions during…[Continue Reading...]
An inquiry into a suspected cult leader accused of inciting at least 428 of his followers to starve themselves to death, has pointed to "failures" in Kenya's security and criminal justice systems, according to a report seen by AFP on…[Continue Reading...]
The mysterious group found its way to Austin D. while he was working a dead-end job at a Pittsburgh Starbucks. “I was feeling a little depressed and hopeless,” Austin told The Daily Beast. “I’d got out of undergrad with a…[Continue Reading...]
I have long been fascinated by the psychology behind religious cults. I’m intrigued by what makes a person susceptible to joining a cult and equally so by what leads a person to become a cult leader. Today’s documentary recommendation Holy Hell gives…[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling parties have agreed to study the need for a law to preserve the assets of the controversial religious group Unification Church, after the government asked a court last week to order the group's dissolution.…[Continue Reading...]
Far-right QAnon conspiracy theorist Romana Didulo and her followers have set up camp in the small village of Richmound, Sask. They’re threatening to publicly execute elected officials and community members who want them to leave. The CBC’s Sam Samson went…[Continue Reading...]
According to the journalist Suzuki Eito, while it may seem that efforts toward forcing the dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly known as the “Unification Church”) are currently in a lull, they remain as strong…[Continue Reading...]
It's important to not label anything and everything a "cult," which diminishes the genuine suffering of cult victims. Some people seem to label those they disagree with as a "cult" refusing to recognize that cults actually comprise a very small…[Continue Reading...]
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 18-The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Renson Ingoga has disclosed that the prosecution team handling the Shakahola massacre case involving televangelist Paul Mackenzie and 18 co-accused will review the investigation files beginning next week. Mackenzie and his…[Continue Reading...]
SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Philippines – Randolph Balbarino, who used to be a follower of Surigao del Norte “cult” leader Jay Rence Quilario said on Saturday, October 14, that Socorro Bayanihan Services Incorporated (SBSI) prohibited members from seeking hospital care outside…[Continue Reading...]
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