Istanbul prosecutors are seeking up to 26 years in prison for an Islamist cult leader after his rape of a mentally disabled woman. The woman, known only by the initials E.D., committed suicide on March 23, just 15 days after…[Continue Reading...]
At their modest home in Kenya’s western Bungoma County, Rodgers Shibutse noticed that his mother Pamela had become captivated by a popular but controversial televangelist known as Paul Mackenzie. Pamela Mukalasinga, 54, a small-scale trader and mother of five, would…[Continue Reading...]
Details have emerged on how good news international cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie presided over the burials of hundreds of his followers in ceremonies he referred to as harusi, the kiswahili equivalent of the word wedding, after starving them to…[Continue Reading...]
It’s no surprise that Black Americans are religious people. Black Americans are more likely to pray, say grace, and attend church than other racial groups, found one study. According to new Deseret News/Marist Poll research, nearly half of African Americans say…[Continue Reading...]
Controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie, his wife Rhodah Mumbua and 16 other suspects in the Shakahola cult probe will continue to remain in police custody following a court ruling on Friday. According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a Christian cult who has been accused of encouraging his followers to starve themselves appeared in court in Mombasa, Kenya. CNN's David McKenzie reports[Continue Reading...]
CNN's David McKenzie spoke to the leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult which told its followers to starve themselves to reach heaven, leading to the death of at least 200 people.[Continue Reading...]
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Serena Kelley was born into the Children of God cult and became a 'poster girl' for the controversial organisation. After making her escape, she has shared her story with The Mirror A woman who survived a cult…[Continue Reading...]
Crazed cult leader Samuel Bateman convinced loyal spouses to allegedly kidnap eight of his underage “wives” from the custody of Arizona Department of Child Safety, RadarOnline.com has learned. The brazen plot was allegedly hatched by Bateman, 47, in November 2022…[Continue Reading...]
In 1984, Vernon Howell revealed that God had been speaking to him since he was a child. And he announced he was “the Seventh and Final Angel,” who would lead Branch Davidians through the Apocalypse. Sometime later, a colleague suggested…[Continue Reading...]
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