MANILA, Philippines — The mayor of Socorro town in Surigao del Norte on Monday called for more deployment of police and military personnel in the area, noting “a real threat and imminent danger of violence” from the “agitated” members of…[Continue Reading...]
Children are allegedly being sexually abused on a remote Filipino island at the hands of a doomsday cult headed by a leader who claims to be a reincarnation of Jesus. Save the Children has urged the Filipino government to take…[Continue Reading...]
In 2018, with the help of her mother, actress Catherine Oxenberg, India Oxenberg escaped the clutches of the secretive cult known as NXIVM, after seven years of sexual and psychological abuse. The two assisted the FBI in taking down the…[Continue Reading...]
A Philippine senator revealed Monday, September 18 that a "cult" in Socorro, Surigao del Norte has been victimizing over 1,000 minors and subjecting them to "rape, sexual violence, child abuse, and forced marriage." Sen. Risa Hontiveros said based on her…[Continue Reading...]
The central government has determined that the Unification Church religious group should be dissolved and plans to request the Tokyo District Court to issue such an order as early as October, sources said. This approach was reached after conducting an…[Continue Reading...]
Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has suggested his administration will make a final judgement on whether to seek a court order to disband a group widely known as the Unification Church as a religious corporation. The education and culture ministry…[Continue Reading...]
SEOUL—Authorities in Fiji have smashed a South Korean cult that threatened to take over the South Pacific nation’s economy, arresting four of its leaders and sending two of them back to Korea. The crackdown on the Grace Road Church shocked…[Continue Reading...]
A commission for Japan's Justice Ministry has decided to maintain strict controls over a group called Aleph, formerly known as the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, saying the group has failed to submit required reports on its activities. Aum members carried…[Continue Reading...]
How can you tell if an organization is a cult? The answer lies in the level of dogmatism. The higher the level of certainty about a multitude of topics, the more likely it’s a cult. The more the cult member…[Continue Reading...]
The government plans to seek a court order to dissolve the Unification Church as early as mid-October following an investigation into the group’s activities triggered by the murder last year of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. It also plans to call…[Continue Reading...]
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