One of the highest-ranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powerful organization in this remarkable memoir that is “not only a cautionary tale but also an inspiring story of resilience” (Leah Remini, New York Times bestselling…[Continue Reading...]
IT sounds like a scene from a Hollywood horror film - a terrified 12-year-old girl locked up and surviving on just scraps of food in the rusty, dark, damp hull of a ship. But this was the harsh reality for…[Continue Reading...]
Sunday, November 24, 2024 - Another scandal has rocked Bishop Ben Kiengei’s JCM church after Jeff Mathai, a former elder, alleged that his life is in danger after exposing alleged dark secrets within the church.Mathai alleged that he left Kiengei’s…[Continue Reading...]
More than 50,000 people belong to a global religious sect that has restrictions around television, eating with outsiders and attending university. Some who've left the church say they still carry the trauma of what they experienced there. Members from that…[Continue Reading...]
I HAD MY FIRST PANIC ATTACK inside a massive white tent while surrounded by hundreds of members of a church with no name. A bead of sweat dripped down my back. I was 17, and my red flip phone was…[Continue Reading...]
ONE TREE HILL star Bethany Joy Lenz is discovering a new relationship with faith after escaping a cult. “I got involved in something that seemed very rote,” she explained in an interview with Variety. “I grew up in a Christian home…[Continue Reading...]
One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz has issued an emotional apology to her parents after spending 10 years in a cult.The American actress, 43, appeared on the podcast I've Never Said This Before With Tommy DiDario when she thanked…[Continue Reading...]
Joaquin Phoenix’s life has always been unconventional. Born in Puerto Rico, the 50-year-old actor was raised by parents, Arlyn and John Lee Bottom, who shared a strong countercultural spirit. The couple met while hitchhiking, married soon after, and, disillusioned with…[Continue Reading...]
At the age of 13, Luke Evans faced an impossible choice – either be true to himself and embrace his sexuality, or stay true to God. If he told his Jehovah’s Witness parents that he was gay, they would be…[Continue Reading...]
With cloudy gray skies and autumn neigh, students flocked to Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum on Oct. 16 for Michelle Dowd PZ ’90’s talk “What I Learned from Foraging (And Surviving a Family Cult).” A Pitzer College alumna, Dowd is a…[Continue Reading...]
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