Tag: government investigation

Former Jehovah’s Witness says church missed chance to right wrongs

Published October 26, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged government investigation, Jehovah's Witnesses, New Zealand

A former Jehovah's Witness hopes more survivors of abuse will come forward, knowing that the church will face scrutiny over what happened to children and young people in its care. The High Court in Wellington has dismissed a legal bid…[Continue Reading...]

Alleged Socorro ‘cult’ leader faces DOJ prosecutors during clarificatory hearing

Published October 9, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult, cult leader, government investigation, Jey Rence B Quilario, Philippines P, Socorro Bayanihan Services

MANILA, Philippines — The head of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI), Jey Rence Quilario or Senior Agila, faced the prosecutors from the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a clarificatory hearing Monday on complaints of abuses allegedly committed by his…[Continue Reading...]

4 members of Surigao ‘cult’ to testify vs leader

Published October 2, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult, cult leader, government investigation, Jey Rence B Quilario, Philippines, Socorro Bayanihan Services, survivors testimony

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Sunday said four members of Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) have agreed to testify against the leader of the group who allegedly forced their underage children to marry older men as part of its “deviant” and…[Continue Reading...]

Senate Committee Wants More Time To Probe Shakahola Cult

Published October 1, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, government investigation, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie

The Senate Committee probing the activities of the Shakahola cult is seeking more time to conclude its work, Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana has said. Mungatana, who is the chairperson of the committee said they are still collecting information and…[Continue Reading...]

Unease as kin denied access to Shakahola ‘cult’ rescuees

Published May 17, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, government investigation, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, starvation deaths

The government has been accused of denying friends and relatives access to persons rescued from the Shakahola forest. Some of the families affected by the deaths of more than 210 people and the disappearance of at least 610 people have…[Continue Reading...]

State should set up commission of inquiry into cults

Published April 30, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult groups, cults, government investigation, Kenya

With the country still coming to grips with the mass killings in Shakahola in Malindi, more questions continue to be raised but with little or no answers at all. For instance, the pregnant question that remains unanswered is why Pastor…[Continue Reading...]

Fiji Launches Investigation into Sect after OCCRP Report

Published February 13, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Fiji, government investigation, Grace Road Church, South Korea

Fiji’s newly elected government has launched a probe into a South Korean doomsday sect, after an OCCRP investigation exposed how the religious group had come to be a dominating force in the Pacific nation’s economy. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka told…[Continue Reading...]