Court hearings are expected to end in November over an order to dissolve the Unification Church, which allegedly inspired the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe three years ago. The Tokyo High Court is examining an appeal against…[Continue Reading...]
Long before Haunted Palouse, Scarywood or other local attractions became Palouse Halloween staples, Moscow, Idaho, had a mysterious phenomenon of its own, which all began with a postage stamp. Created in 1929 by Moscow pharmacist and resident, Frank Robinson, ‘Phychiana’…[Continue Reading...]
Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a 19-year-old California man linked to the extremist “764” cult with a string of crimes, including child sexual exploitation, animal abuse, and online threats. A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of California indicted…[Continue Reading...]
A senior religious leader has told a Mombasa court that controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie manipulated Bible teachings to deceive his followers, leading them into extreme and harmful beliefs. The Chief Executive Officer of the Coast Interfaith Council of Clerics, Dr…[Continue Reading...]
The tragedy of a former prime minister being shot with a homemade gun while giving a campaign speech was the catalyst to focus on issues that led up to the slaying. These include the relationship between politicians and a religious…[Continue Reading...]
The trial for Yoon Youngho, the former head of the Unification Church's global headquarters, who was indicted and detained on charges of delivering money and valuables to First Lady Kim Keonhee along with lobbying related to issues within the Unification…[Continue Reading...]
ALBANY — A panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit roundly rejected former NXIVM leader Keith Raniere’s request to have three lower court rulings overturned. The ruling was released Monday morning, less than a…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
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