Cult leaders should be prosecuted under the same laws as abusive spouses, MPs have said. Controlling or coercive behaviour in the home is a crime in the UK punishable by up to five years in prison. However, victims of cult…[Continue Reading...]
Open court learned today that stayed sexual assault charges against a well-known Edmonton-area spiritual leader and his wife were the result of Crown misconduct. Johannes (John) de Ruiter and his wife, Leigh Ann, each faced six counts of sexual assault…[Continue Reading...]
Sexual assault charges against a self-styled spiritual leader and his wife have been stayed after the Alberta prosecution service said it conducted a thorough review of the file and determined it was unable to proceed with the charges. Johannes (John)…[Continue Reading...]
North Korea isn't just a dictatorship — it's a belief system. Jonathan Cheng explains how a cult of personality, rooted in Christianity, keeps the Kim dynasty in power. Watch the video https://www.modernghana.com/amp/videonews/639915[Continue Reading...]
I was born and raised in the FLDS faith. From the time I was a child, my days were structured around religious instruction. I spent at least four hours a day in sermons — in the morning with my family,…[Continue Reading...]
In 2016, a rising social media star named Eligio Bishop, also known as “NatureBoy,” used his platforms to recruit followers into a group he called Carbon Nation, encouraging them to abandon their families and join his vision of a self-proclaimed…[Continue Reading...]
Most childhoods are filled with bike riding, eating pizza or going to the movies, but twins Flor and Tamar Edwards, both 34, have been discovering many of these things for the first time as adults. That’s because for the first…[Continue Reading...]
At least ¥40 billion ($250 million) in deposits and savings have been secured during the liquidation process of the Unification Church in Japan, sources said Wednesday. According to a report submitted by the liquidator, lawyer Hisashi Ito, to the Tokyo…[Continue Reading...]
The liquidator for the religious group widely known as the Unification Church says victims of the organization in Japan can apply for compensation from next month. The group was ordered by the Tokyo High Court last month to disband as…[Continue Reading...]
Petra Velzeboer was born into one of the world’s most notorious religious movements - The Children of God- later renamed The Family International. The Children of God was a controversial new religious movement founded in the late 1960s by David…[Continue Reading...]
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