BY MARY REINHOLZ | A lurid exhibit in Union Square, site of the city’s largest Greenmarket, ended Sunday, after a weeklong presentation attacking psychiatry as an evil industry with a history mired in racism and “dangerous” practices, including excessive use of…[Continue Reading...]
BROOKLYN (CN) — The ex-leader of an upstate New York cult who branded women he kept as sex "slaves" lost his fourth attempt for a new trial after a federal judge denied his motion claiming federal agents tried to frame…[Continue Reading...]
HALFMOON, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Keith Raniere, the founder of the Capital Region-based sex cult NXIVM, has been denied a new trial. Per court documents, Raniere was found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy, sex trafficking, wire fraud conspiracy, and more, and is…[Continue Reading...]
In the 1950s, a quasi-psychoanalytical organization called the Sullivan Institute began to gain a following among the intellectuals and creatives of NYC. The Sullivanians argued that nuclear family and emotional attachments were destructive to human nature and encouraged communal living…[Continue Reading...]
Alleged “orgasm cult” OneTaste is actually just a “wellness” company like SoulCycle and Crossfit, an attorney for the controversial group’s glamorous founder argued in Brooklyn federal court Thursday. Lawyer Julia Gatto claimed the feds don’t have a case against her…[Continue Reading...]
) — Three members of the extremist Jewish Lev Tahor religious cult were convicted of kidnapping two children by a New York court on Wednesday.Brothers Yoil Weingarten, Yakov Weingarten and Shmiel Weingarten were convicted of child exploitation and kidnapping for…[Continue Reading...]
On a June afternoon in 2018, a man named Mickey Barreto checked into the New Yorker Hotel. He was assigned Room 2565, a double-bed accommodation with a view of Midtown Manhattan almost entirely obscured by an exterior wall. For a…[Continue Reading...]
The Church of Scientology has purchased an office property in Melville for $15.2 million.The California-based church bought the 62,500-square-foot office building on 5.5 acres at 263 Old Country Road. Built in 1999, the two-story office building, which has parking for…[Continue Reading...]
Last week, after underground tunnels were discovered near the Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue in Crown Heights and attempts by synagogue officials to perform repairs were prevented by a group of yeshiva students, a mini-riot broke out after police showed up to restore…[Continue Reading...]
Imagine buying an expensive electric vehicle that has internet connectivity but deciding to disable it. That's what a business is doing for ultra-Orthodox Jews who own Teslas in order to ensure that the drivers and their passengers don't see anything…[Continue Reading...]
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