ALBANY — Anti-NXIVM blogger Frank Parlato Jr. will not be headed to federal prison. Instead, the 68-year-old Niagara Falls man, a one-time publicist for Keith Raniere’s cult-like organization who became one of its most outspoken opponents, will spend five months…[Continue Reading...]
After the show Girls introduced the world to Adam Driver, he rose to international fame thanks to portraying Kylo Ren in the Star Wars movies. Since then, the powers that be in Hollywood have embraced Driver so wholeheartedly that it…[Continue Reading...]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Another $50.75 million was added to the total settlement reached by survivors in the Diocese of Rochester’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case Friday. According to the law firm Jeff Anderson & Associates, the total settlement is now…[Continue Reading...]
New Yorkers will proudly tell you they’re New Yorkers — for good reason—and this hotel is no different: The 42-story landmarked building wears its large red “New Yorker” sign like a badge of honor at 481 Eighth Avenue. Still, a…[Continue Reading...]
ALBANY — Former television star Allison Mack is out of federal prison, but the former NXIVM member still had an unresolved legal dilemma in the Capital Region: a 2013 arrest for allegedly driving in Albany with a suspended license. The 40-year-old gained stardom…[Continue Reading...]
A Manhattan cult is suing a former member who wrote an explosive tell-all book and compared the group’s founder to murderous svengali Jim Jones. Odyssey Study Group Horn ‘s former leader Gans Horn swindled inheritances, systematically terrorized members and was…[Continue Reading...]
A yeshiva reform group demanded Wednesday that state education officials follow up on what it believes was a lax city investigation of whether seven ultra-Orthodox schools provide students with basic education in subjects like reading and math. New York State Education…[Continue Reading...]
ALBANY — Frank Parlato Jr. played a major role in the story of NXIVM — first as a publicist for Keith Raniere’s secretive organization, then as a fierce critic whose blog first exposed the abusive “master/slave” group within Raniere’s inner circle, revelations that eventually…[Continue Reading...]
Famed modern artist Jackson Pollock's car crash death has been blamed on a New York cult that encouraged the alcoholic painter to hit the bottle and cheat on his wife. The cult, also known as the Sullivanians, advocated alcohol use…[Continue Reading...]
There were a number of things that might have attracted a person to the Sullivan Institute, the maverick psychoanalytic practice and cult that flourished on the Upper West Side from 1957 until its acrimonious dissolution in 1991: the twin promise…[Continue Reading...]
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