The bizarre case of Allison Mack thrust sex cults back into the public eye, with the Smallville actress arrested and jailed over her role in the dark NXIVM DOS group and ended up serving two years for her role in…[Continue Reading...]
The Anambra Police Command has confirmed that two persons have died, while another two were abducted in an alleged cult war in Oko, Orumba-l North Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP…[Continue Reading...]
El Salvador has extradited two members of an extremist Jewish sect under investigation for alleged child abuse to Guatemala and Israel, authorities announced yesterday. Lev Tahor, described by an Israeli court in 2017 as a “dangerous cult,” adheres to an…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
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