Tag: investigation

Shakahola cult leader Paul Makenzi detained for 30 more days

Published September 18, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, investigation, jailed, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, starvation deaths

Kilifi controversial pastor Paul Makenzi and his 28 followers will be detained for one more month pending their investigations and probation inquiry. The 29 of them were to know their verdict today, September 18, regarding the Shakahola massacre that led…[Continue Reading...]

RNZ investigation reveals 11 alleged paedophiles active within the Jehovah’s Witnesses

Published August 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, investigation, Jehovah's Witnesses, New Zealand, sexual abuse

An RNZ investigation has found 11 active Jehovah Witnesses have child sex abuse convictions or serious allegations made against them. Most members of the religion appear to have no idea who the offenders are. The identities of the men and…[Continue Reading...]

Forest search resumes for Kenyan death cult victims of ‘highly organised crime’

Published May 9, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged doomsday cult, Good News International Church, investigation, Kenya, search, starvation deaths

SHAKAHOLA FOREST, Kenya, May 9 (Reuters) - Kenyan investigators have resumed the search for members of a doomsday cult in a forest where more than 100 corpses, mostly of children, have been exhumed, victims of a "highly organised crime", Interior…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya sets up inquiry into cult deaths, leader to remain in prison

Published May 5, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

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

NAIROBI, May 5 (Reuters) - Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday appointed a commission of inquiry into the deaths of more than 100 people believed to have starved themselves to death, while a court ordered that their alleged cult leader…[Continue Reading...]

Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse

Published April 23, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged investigation, Jehovah's Witnesses, Pennsylvania, sexual abuse

YORK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with connections to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sexual abuse in what some consider the nation’s most comprehensive investigation yet into abuse within the faith.…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya deepens probe into mysterious cult as more bodies are found

Published April 23, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

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

More bodies of people allegedly lured by Pastor Paul Makenzi have been retrieved from shallow graves in Malindi’s Shakahola village in Kilifi County in Kenya, Standard Media reports On Friday, detectives, with help from the locals, exhumed seven bodies, including…[Continue Reading...]

Minor girl rescued from tantric cult sacrifice

Published February 5, 2023 By admin with Comments 2

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cultt, human trafficking, investigation, Kathmandu

Nepal Police, with the help of some rights organisations in India, rescued a 16-year-old girl from the hands of human traffickers. She was allegedly being sold in a bid to sacrifice her life as per some tantric religious practice. Anti-Human…[Continue Reading...]