A Texas woman has told Sky News an African "cult" brainwashed, lured and coerced her daughter to move 4,000 miles away to a Scottish forest by preying on her vulnerabilities. Aspiring lawyer Kaura Taylor, 21, was reported missing from Dallas…[Continue Reading...]
Victorians with lived experiences of cults and organised fringe groups have bravely shared the impact its had on them and others as part of a parliamentary inquiry. The Legislative Assembly Legal and Social Issues Committee conducted an anonymous questionnaire to…[Continue Reading...]
Han Hak-ja, the Unification Church leader detained on the 22nd, reportedly requested a review of detention legality from the court on the 29th, arguing that the detention decision was unjust. The court must decide on release or dismissal within 48…[Continue Reading...]
Sue Hinkin is the author of the award-winning thriller series, The Vega & Middleton Novels, featuring the investigative team of Los Angeles TV news journalist Bea Middleton and best friend, photographer Lucy Vega. A former cinematography fellow at the American…[Continue Reading...]
A security operation arrived at dawn at a plot of land in the municipality of Vista Hermosa, Michoacán, believing they would be facing a cartel. Residents had reported a training camp for organized crime, a specter that remains vivid in…[Continue Reading...]
The discovery of body parts and skeletons strewn around an isolated village in coastal Kenya has stoked fears that a doomsday starvation cult which claimed hundreds of lives has survived despite a major police operation. Two years ago, an investigation…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of Mexico-based evangelical megachurch La Luz del Mundo (Light of the World) has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges in a court in New York. Naasón Joaquín García, 56, is already serving a 16-year-sentence after he admitted…[Continue Reading...]
Former Japanese followers of the Unification Church voiced their anger and expressed their hope that the facts behind the alleged bribery by the church’s leader would be uncovered. A South Korean special prosecutor arrested Han Hak-ja , the leader of…[Continue Reading...]
A witness has described how controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie twisted Bible scripture to justify a mass starvation ritual that left scores dead in Shakahola, Kilifi County. During Tuesday’s court session, the witness testified that Mackenzie cited passages from the Book…[Continue Reading...]
The 82-year-old leader of the Unification Church was arrested in South Korea early Tuesday as investigators probe allegations that the church bribed the wife of jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol and a conservative lawmaker. Hak Ja Han the widow…[Continue Reading...]
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