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Deaths linked to Kenya’s doomsday starvation cult now surpass 400, officials say

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The number of deaths linked to a Kenyan doomsday cult whose leader said starvation would lead to Jesus has surpassed 400, authorities said Monday. The total number of fatalities is now 403 with the exhumation of 12 more bodies, according…[Continue Reading...]

Over 400 Bodies Of Kenya Cult Members, Who Starved To “Meet Jesus”, Found

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The death count in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation to "meet Jesus Christ" has exceeded 400 after 12 more bodies were found on Monday, a senior official said. "Total death Toll - 403," Coast Regional…[Continue Reading...]

Leslie Van Houten was a teenage follower of Charles Manson. After half a century behind bars for murder, she’s now free

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It was in a jail cell that former Manson family cult member Leslie Van Houten finally found freedom. Or so she said, grinning, in a video interview recorded six years after she was sentenced to death for her part in…[Continue Reading...]

Gloriavale employment case: Judge says suggestion women had ‘choice’ largely illusory

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The Employment Court has found Serenity Pilgrim, Anna Courage, Rose Standtrue, Crystal Loyal, Pearl Valor and Virginia Courage were employees who worked extremely hard under punishing conditions for years on end. In a case traversing challenging spiritual terrain and the…[Continue Reading...]

Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, released from California prison

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten walked out of a California prison Tuesday after serving more than 50 years of a life sentence for her participation in two infamous murders. Van Houten “was released to parole…[Continue Reading...]

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