MANHATTAN (CN) — A federal appeals court on Monday rejected NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere’s bid for a new trial, finding that a “mountain of evidence” substantiated the government’s charges of child sexual exploitation and pornography predicate acts and his…[Continue Reading...]
SWANTON — Tamara Mathieu starts all of her TikTok videos with a version of this introduction: “I’m a cult survivor. I lived for 14 years in the religious group called the Twelve Tribes, and I share videos about things that…[Continue Reading...]
The Anambra State Police Command has commenced a full-scale investigation into a viral video showing young boys reportedly initiating a minor into what appears to be a cult group. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed that an initial…[Continue Reading...]
during a psychology placement with a crisis hotline. It was the “old days” of cults, he says, when headlines were dominated by Charles Manson, Jonestown and the abduction of Patty Hearst. Closer to home, the Children of God and the…[Continue Reading...]
NARA – The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man indicted over the 2022 killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun in Nara, will testify in court as a defense witness, it was learned Wednesday. In the…[Continue Reading...]
ALBANY — An attorney for former NXIVM leader Keith Raniere argued before a tribunal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Tuesday that he deserved a new trial, or at least a hearing, on evidence tied to…[Continue Reading...]
Countless cults have risen to infamy through scandal, tragedy, or just plain weirdness before seemingly vanishing from public consciousness. You might assume that mass suicides, disastrous FBI raids, imprisoned leaders, and explosive documentaries spell the end for these groups, but…[Continue Reading...]
A shocking case has emerged from Taiwan, where a terminally ill mother was allegedly coerced into a spiritual growth cult, resulting in significant financial losses for her family of NT$13 million (US$420,000), the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported. The…[Continue Reading...]
The special prosecution team led by Min Joong-ki, investigating allegations related to Kim Keon-hee, has identified circumstances in which Han Hak-ja, the Unification Church leader, embezzled approximately 500 million won in church funds for personal purposes, including purchasing luxury goods…[Continue Reading...]
NEW YORK (VINnews) — After the Lev Tahor cult was dismantled last month in Guatemala and the families were dispersed to the United States, Canada, Israel, and other countries, around ten families of former cult members who had recently relocated…[Continue Reading...]
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