Ushered into her parents’ bedroom with her eight brothers and sisters, the eight-year-old girl felt bewildered. “Protected” from the “wicked outside world” by a strict religious community, she had been brought up to accept the teachings of the sect -…[Continue Reading...]
A Christian fundamentalist group has clashed with police after it protested a rainbow Pride parade while performing a haka. Members of Brian Tamaki's Destiny Church held up the parade in central Auckland on Saturday, wearing T-shirts with the words 'Man…[Continue Reading...]
Gloriavale’s leader has made a public apology for any “pain and suffering” experienced by its members. He offered thanks to all members who have reported abuse to New Zealand’s authorities - acknowledging previous leaders breached their trust and did not…[Continue Reading...]
Mike Ledingham says he cannot accept the King's Service Medal awarded to him this New Year. Photo / Supplied An abuse survivor who has spent 20 years campaigning for the redress and improvement of child safety in faith-based care settings…[Continue Reading...]
A Kerikeri man who abused six boys in repeated, premeditated offending while he was part of an underground sect has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. William Stephen Easton, known as Bill Easton, has been sentenced in the Kaikohe…[Continue Reading...]
Police have charged another man linked to a secretive sect with historical sex crimes against multiple victims who were young boys at the time. An 80-year-old man appeared in Whangārei District Court on Thursday facing a raft of charges, including…[Continue Reading...]
Australasia’s first cult conference has had a spin-off for Timaru with an international expert and Gloriavale leavers to speak on the long-lasting impact of breaking free. From Cult To Hope, the first event of its kind in the region, will…[Continue Reading...]
The word ‘cult’ needs to be less sensationalised, better understood, and spark more action, the attendees of Australasia’s first cult awareness conference heard yesterday. Over 200 people - with 270 watching online - gathered in Christchurch for the Decult conference…[Continue Reading...]
Decult has attracted people from all over the world intending to open more conversation and better support for those who escape coercive groups. World-renowned expert Dr Janja Lalich, who has studied cults for 38 years and written several books on…[Continue Reading...]
An underground sect that the FBI is investigating after it was exposed for historical child sexual abuse has many markers of a high-control group, cult experts say. The Christian sect has no official name or buildings, but is known to…[Continue Reading...]
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