Former television star Allison Mack, who provided “slaves” to NXIVM leader Keith Raniere for his secret group that blackmailed calorie-starved and sleep-deprived women into sex acts and subjected them to physical branding on their pelvic areas, has been released from federal…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO -- A nongovernmental organization (NGO) related to the former Unification Church on July 3 announced its intent to sue an anti-cult lawyers' group in the Tokyo District Court, accusing the group of defamation. The Women's Federation for World Peace…[Continue Reading...]
Rhoda Mumbua, the wife of Kilifi cult leader Paul Mackenzie, has been released on a personal bond of Sh100,000 with a surety of Sh300,000. Mumbua was released on condition that she attends all court hearings. In a hearing on Monday,…[Continue Reading...]
Liz and Amy, not their real names, said they fell prey to Providence when they were young and vulnerable, eventually believing they were brides of God and defacto brides of church leader Jung Myung Seok (JMS). Providence is a religious…[Continue Reading...]
The organization widely known as the Unification Church has started preparatory work for a new training facility in western Tokyo. The move comes despite concerns voiced by local residents. Work to tear down an existing building began at the site…[Continue Reading...]
The so-called cult mom was found guilty on May 12 of murdering her children JJ, seven, and Tylee, 16, as well as conspiring to kill her current husband's former wife. Vallow's uncle Rex Connor spoke to KSAZ-TV about his natural desire to smile at…[Continue Reading...]
A South Korean cult has been accused of recruiting vulnerable young Australian women at shopping centres to be brainwashed and then sent abroad. The victims were told they were the 'spiritual brides' of Jung Myung Seok (JMS), the self-proclaimed second coming…[Continue Reading...]
A guided tour through the sinister caves of a cult compound in rural South Korea where members are sexually assaulted wasn’t quite what I’d envisaged for my first Spotlight assignment. But in a world-first, that’s where the crew and I…[Continue Reading...]
A federal judge has awarded $152 million in damages to ex-members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints over abuses they suffered while in the Utah-based polygamous faith. In a judgment issued late Thursday, U.S. District Court…[Continue Reading...]
A guided tour through the sinister caves of a cult compound in rural South Korea where members are sexually assaulted wasn’t quite what I’d envisaged for my first Spotlight assignment. But in a world-first, that’s where the crew and I…[Continue Reading...]
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