For five months, survivors shared their harrowing experiences to a Victorian parliamentary inquiry shedding light on religious fringe groups and cults. Survivor accounts detailed allegations of child sexual abuse, psychological manipulation, forced isolation, brutal beatings, and fearmongering. The inquiry received…[Continue Reading...]
When a child goes missing, families are faced with so many worries, but few are prepared for the unthinkable: that their disappearance may be linked to a cult. It all started in November 2022. Ma’Kayla Wickerson and her 2-year-old daughter,…[Continue Reading...]
A religious group previously known as the Unification Church says it has returned money in response to damage claims by people including active members. This comes before a possible appellate court order to disband the group next week. The group…[Continue Reading...]
A self-confessor in the Shakahola case on Wednesday told a Mombasa court that he had intended for months to disclose his involvement but feared for his safety Enos Amanya Ngala, also known as Haleluya, testified before Chief Magistrate Alex Ithuku…[Continue Reading...]
Members of a secretive cult-like sect accused of murder were back in court Tuesday in San Bernardino. KTLA 5’s Mary Beth McDade was in the courtroom, where four out of the five accused killers were on Tuesday, handcuffed in their…[Continue Reading...]
The joint police-prosecution investigation headquarters, currently investigating alleged collusion between religion and politics, has summoned Jeong Won-ju, former chief of staff of the Unification Church, for questioning over the church's alleged lobbying of politicians and so-called "split donations." According to…[Continue Reading...]
The case of “Petrohan“ in recent weeks has caused a wave of comments, political skirmishes and numerous plots that sound like conspiracy theories. From an illegal channel, pedophilia, dubious spiritual teachings and even accusations of being a sect. These are…[Continue Reading...]
Police in Maryland connected Jack “Ziz” LaSota, Michelle Zajko and Daniel Blank to homicide investigations in California, Pennsylvania and Vermont after a landowner found them living in box trucks at the end of a snow-covered dirt road last February, according…[Continue Reading...]
Han Hakja, President of the Unification Church, who had been indicted and detained over alleged collusion between the Unification Church and political circles and was then temporarily released, requested an extension of her release period, but the request was denied.…[Continue Reading...]
An accused pervert charged with grooming young girls in California has been linked to an extremist cult that wants to destroy civilization. Bryant Gonzalez from Downey, LA County, has been allegedly tied to “764,” an online network of creeps trying…[Continue Reading...]
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