TERRIFIED and alone, ten-year-old Louise Winn cowered in the corner as cult leader Bert Potter performed a sex act on his wife - knowing she was next. At night, she took to barricading herself into a caravan, with piles of…[Continue Reading...]
Sydney Morning Herald journalist Tim Elliott and the creator of The Nurse podcast, Camille Bianchi, team up in this 10-part exposé that dives into the establishment and continuing operation of contentious religious sect (some say cult) the Twelve Tribes. Hidden…[Continue Reading...]
Where is Maple Yip from JMS Cult now? We discuss a significant person involved with the JMS Church and its leader Jeong Myeong-seok. In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal is a docuseries on Netflix, all about four different…[Continue Reading...]
An alleged cult leader accused of sexually assaulting two women in Clark County appeared in court on Wednesday morning. Nathan Chasing Horse, 46, was indicted in February and has pleaded not guilty to 19 felony charges, including sexual assault of…[Continue Reading...]
Lester Chanin was asleep the night the paintings were taken. He was only 15, and though it happened more than 50 years ago, he still remembers waking the next day to a world that seemed irrevocably changed. The painter, his…[Continue Reading...]
JEMIMA Farris, 50, was born into the abusive Children of God sect in America – where girls as young as 12 were expected to have sex with much older men. Here, she reveals how she finally reclaimed her life. Standing…[Continue Reading...]
Emily Watson has opened up about growing up in the School of Economic Science, the religion of which her parents were members. Before Watson was expelled from the organisation in 1996 due to her role in Breaking the Waves, she…[Continue Reading...]
A member of the South Korean boy band DKZ claimed he was unaware his parents were members of a controversial Christian church that came under fire following the airing of a Netflix drama series exposing the dark sides of four…[Continue Reading...]
Indonesia is no stranger to pseudo religious groups that are fused with Abrahamic religions. One notorious example is Komunitas Eden. In an article by The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI, Majelis Ulama Indonesia) concluded its long confrontation against…[Continue Reading...]
Prosecutor-General Lee One-seok had instructed prosecutors to do their best to ensure that stern punishment is imposed on Jung Myung-seok, the head of a religious movement at the center of controversy following a Netflix documentary. Lee made the call on…[Continue Reading...]
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