Michael Galeotti Sr., a former United States Marine turned religious leader, finds himself at the centre of an explosive cultural reckoning following the publication of a bombshell memoir by Hollywood actress Bethany Joy Lenz. The founder of Wild Branch Christian…[Continue Reading...]
A star witness in the crimes against humanity trial facing controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie has delivered chilling testimony in court, recounting the systematic starvation and subsequent deaths of his six children. The harrowing account detailed how the minors were subjected…[Continue Reading...]
In April 1993, Aum Shinrikyo — the cult that would gas the Tokyo subway two years later — purchased Banjawarn Station, a remote sheep ranch covering 404,680 hectares (about a million acres) in Western Australia, 500 miles northeast of Perth.…[Continue Reading...]
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 - A preacher who runs a private church was captured on camera confronting congregants who were sitting outside while a church service was ongoing.Demographics In the clip, the pastor is seen abruptly leaving the church mid-service…[Continue Reading...]
SEOUL, South Korea -- The leader of a secretive South Korean church was arrested Wednesday as authorities widened an investigation into allegations that he illegally recruited thousands of followers into the conservative People Power Party to influence elections. The Shincheonji…[Continue Reading...]
New revelations about former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard following the dictates of her spiritual guru while she was a member of Congress have resurrected interest in her family’s involvement with Chris Butler and his Kailua-based Science of Identity…[Continue Reading...]
A woman who has been linked with a cult-like group known as the Zizians has been charged in the 2022 murder of her parents in Chester Heights, Delaware County, according to Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse. In a news…[Continue Reading...]
MEDIA, Pa. -- A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians has been charged with murder in the shooting of her parents at their Pennsylvania home on her 30th birthday, and a prosecutor said Wednesday she wasn't acting alone.…[Continue Reading...]
June 23 (UPI) -- Brazil's Federal Police launched an operation Tuesday targeting an alleged financial fraud scheme at Banco Digimais and ordered freezing assets equivalent to some $125 million. Banco Digimais is an institution controlled by evangelical bishop Edir Macedo,…[Continue Reading...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for the founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a nonmainstream religious sect, over allegations he forced followers to join the main opposition People Power Party…[Continue Reading...]
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