While the World Mission Society Church of God has strongly rejected that label, a number of former congregants say the organization appears to be financially driven, has falsely predicted the end of the world and has isolated members from non-believing…[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 the…[Continue Reading...]
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok has called for the eradication of cults and described them as a “social evil.” Speaking at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Kim said corrupt ties between the political and religious sectors have driven abuses of power in…[Continue Reading...]
A development project in Cambodia promoted by the Unification Church is facing a criminal investigation after evidence emerged suggesting it was used to advance the personal business interests of a former senior church official with close ties to figures in…[Continue Reading...]
India Oxenberg (34), a descendant of the Karađorđević dynasty and granddaughter of Princess Jelisaveta, will move with her family from Florida to Serbia. She came into the public spotlight in 2018, when she managed to escape the clutches of the…[Continue Reading...]
On the 12th, during a luncheon meeting with religious leaders held at Cheong Wa Dae, heads of the seven major domestic religious groups strongly criticized the harms caused by pseudo and cult religions, officially proposing to the government the dissolution…[Continue Reading...]
Survivors of a secretive Christian sect central to a global child sexual abuse investigation are demanding its leaders disclose how much wealth the group controls. Warning: Readers are advised this article discusses sexual abuse. They say a lack of financial…[Continue Reading...]
The Ondo State Police Command has recorded a major breakthrough in its ongoing crackdown on cult-related activities with the arrest of twenty-five suspected cultists. Police say the suspects were arrested on Thursday, the 8th of January, 2026, at Uso, following…[Continue Reading...]
More than two decades after Auckland’s Centrepoint community was shut down, one survivor says New Zealand is still failing to protect people from high-control groups. Caroline Ansley, who grew up in Centrepoint, is joining forces with other cult survivors and…[Continue Reading...]
In 1991, I was living in a commune with 200 other people in Japan, as a member of a cult called the Children of God, which preached that the world was going to end in 1993. Everything I did –…[Continue Reading...]
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