The Victorian parliament has launched a long-overdue inquiry into abuse and coercive control within cults and religious fringe groups. It is a welcome acknowledgement of the damage that can flourish under the guise of faith, and the unquestioning obedience to…[Continue Reading...]
On the whole, cults are a contentious business. Their insular worlds most often give rise to highly problematic – if not illegal – ideologies, and no matter where you are in the world, there always seems to be at least…[Continue Reading...]
Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Escaping the modern world and your noisy mind Sarah Edmondson joined NXIVM hoping to find her purpose... until she realized it was a dangerous cult. She shares the harrowing story of her…[Continue Reading...]
Young Christians are being left vulnerable to deceptive cult recruiting across Melbourne, an expert warns. A Victorian parliamentary inquiry is examining whether coercive control tactics used by cults and fringe groups should face criminal sanctions. The inquiry comes as groups…[Continue Reading...]
A second Northland man linked to a secretive sect known as the Two by Twos will stand trial for sex offences in November next year, in Whangārei. The 80-year-old faces 12 charges of indecent assault, two of performing an indecent…[Continue Reading...]
The Ondo State Police Command yesterday said it had apprehended no fewer than 46 youths over an alleged cult related clash in Ondo town. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Olayinka Ayanlade, said the arrest…[Continue Reading...]
US federal authorities are currently investigating Shen Yun Performing Arts, the touring dance group linked to the Falun Gong movement, over potential visa fraud. According to New York Times, this investigation, spearheaded by the Department of Homeland Security, State Department,…[Continue Reading...]
A Solano County, Calif., Superior Court judge has consolidated the trials of and set an October trial date for two followers of the cult-like Zizian group who are charged with a November 2022 murder and attempted murder in Vallejo, California.…[Continue Reading...]
Nicole Daedone, founder of OneTaste Inc, and Rachel Cherwitz, the California-based company's former sales director, were found guilty after deliberating for less than two days following a five-week trial The leaders of a group described by its critics as an…[Continue Reading...]
“Would you like some tea?” Nicole Daedone asked a reporter on June 1 after introducing two employees at the Harlem offices of the Institute of OM, formerly OneTaste, the company she cofounded in San Francisco in 2004. She motioned toward…[Continue Reading...]
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