PORTLAND, Ore. — Editor's note: This story contains discussions of sexual assault that some people may find difficult to read. A longtime self-proclaimed spiritual guru has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women. Former members of The Movement Center,…[Continue Reading...]
Several women told KGW that over the past 50 years, they have been sexually abused by J. Michael Shoemaker, leader of The Movement Center. Watch the video news report.[Continue Reading...]
Three women who are part of an ongoing civil lawsuit against a former Oregon doctor are speaking about what they say is a culture within the Mormon church that permits abusers to go unpunished. Nicole Snow, Katie Medley and Lisa…[Continue Reading...]
After graduating from college and claiming to have found enlightenment, in 1970, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh introduced the practice of "dynamic meditation" and became a spiritual teacher and began to attract a significant following. When his controversial teachings put him repeatedly…[Continue Reading...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two members of a faith healing church in Oregon City pleaded guilty to denying their son medical care on Tuesday. Brittney and Jake Heimbigner, members of the Followers of Christ Church, admitted they didn’t get their…[Continue Reading...]
Investigators believe the family of a newborn who died Monday afternoon in unincorporated Clackamas County may be associated with Followers of Christ, an Oregon City faith-healing church that has been linked to five criminal cases following a child’s death.Clackamas County…[Continue Reading...]
A former student of J. Michael Shoemaker’s filed an anonymous lawsuit Tuesday morning against the Movement Center and its founder, accusing him of sexually assaulting her and other students. The Movement Center, which hosts yoga and meditation retreats, is led…[Continue Reading...]
More than 30 years after he died, Indian mystic Rajneesh, popularly known as Osho, is still providing food for thought toauthors, scriptwriters, and movie producers. He ran a commune in the United States, had a fleet of 93 Rolls-Royces, and…[Continue Reading...]
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