In March 2025, the Tokyo District Court ordered the dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification — formerly the Unification Church — following decades of controversies surrounding its business practices and ‘spiritual sales’. While the Church has…[Continue Reading...]
You’ve seen them in movies and on TV, but cults are more prevalent than you think—and they’re armed with strategies that can brainwash and persuade even the most unlikely of candidates. But how do individuals get involved with cults in…[Continue Reading...]
If we had a coin for every time someone claimed “God called me,” we’d all be rich by now. In a country plagued by poverty and hardship, promises of instant miracles and supernatural wealth are a powerful lure. And many…[Continue Reading...]
The mysterious French couple from Sutherland who died in a police shoot-out on Friday were South African citizens. But police know little about the lives of Philippe Meniere and Agnes Jardel, nor do they regard it as a priority to…[Continue Reading...]
Members of a secretive Christian sect are being given instructions on how to lie about their beliefs against voting in elections, through messages the ABC understands have been circulated among the sect's followers. There have been reports of unusually large…[Continue Reading...]
An ex-member of a conservative Christian sect has exposed an alleged nationwide campaign by the church's 'army' to campaign for the Liberal Party. Ben Woodbury, 33, was at his local polling booth in Sydney last week when he saw members of Plymouth…[Continue Reading...]
How did a once vibrant 27-year-old woman end up dead in a van with a plastic bag over her head and a suicide note by her side? Did Bethany Deaton really take her life, or was she murdered? And how…[Continue Reading...]
At least seven people were killed on Sunday night in Akpehe, a suburb of Makurdi metropolis in Benue State, during a suspected cult clash. Residents said the violence, which broke out around 8pm at a drinking joint near OxNet Water…[Continue Reading...]
Two bodies and about 57 indisposed persons were recovered from St. Joseph Missions of Africa Church in Migori County, western Kenya, on April 22, reigniting fears of cult-related abuses across the continent. The discovery comes barely two years after the…[Continue Reading...]
The founder of a Utah equipment manufacturer that generated an estimated $2 million in annual revenue was scheduled to be sentenced April 28 for aiding self-proclaimed cult leader Samuel Bateman in transporting children for sex acts in Arizona. Torrance Bistline,…[Continue Reading...]
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