A controversial religious group whose members live communally has faced allegations of child abuse and harsh corporal punishment for years. A new true crime documentary examines those claims. The Twelve Tribes, a Christian fundamentalist movement, was founded in the 1970s…[Continue Reading...]
Intern Pastor Jacob Kim, a CSUN alumni, leading a sermon at Good Shepherd Fellowship service on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Northridge, Calif. In his sermon, Kim preached that while friends and family provide “conditional love,” God’s love is unconditional.…[Continue Reading...]
Today Investigation Discovery, the leading true crime network, announced a special presentation out of its long running series, PEOPLE MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES. Produced in partnership with the award winning true crime reporting team at PEOPLE, PEOPLE MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES: THE SECRETS OF…[Continue Reading...]
Representatives of the Unification Church, the controversial South Korea-founded religious group that became a political flashpoint in Japan after the 2022 assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, are set to return to court on Wednesday as judges consider whether…[Continue Reading...]
The Tokyo High Court is expected to hand down a ruling Wednesday on whether to dissolve the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, commonly known as the Unification Church, following a government request against the group. If the high…[Continue Reading...]
Two suspected cultists, identified simply as Monday and Efe, have been shot dead in a fresh wave of cult-related violence in the Ojo area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the killings occurred on Sunday at different locations within…[Continue Reading...]
Some of the most well-preserved Indigenous cave art in California is hidden behind the gates of a Cold War-era rocket and nuclear research facility northwest of downtown Los Angeles, completely inaccessible to the public as it undergoes a massive, decades-long…[Continue Reading...]
A district attorney has turned over to a special prosecutor the criminal cases accusing members of a secretive North Carolina religious group of holding down and beating a one-time member 13 years ago. The victim asked a judge to kick…[Continue Reading...]
BERKELEY, Mo. — More than two and a half years after six people disappeared from a Berkeley home in a case police say is connected to a religious or spiritual cult, investigators tell 5 On Your Side they are now…[Continue Reading...]
For five months, survivors shared their harrowing experiences to a Victorian parliamentary inquiry shedding light on religious fringe groups and cults. Survivor accounts detailed allegations of child sexual abuse, psychological manipulation, forced isolation, brutal beatings, and fearmongering. The inquiry received…[Continue Reading...]
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