A CHANCE encounter between a dancer and a paraplegic man in a strip club saw a family ensnared in Scientology for 35 years. It was a confusing time for five-year-old Natalie who watched her mother marry the Scientologist who came…[Continue Reading...]
An ex-Jehovah's Witness who felt "shunned" by her church after her divorce believes leaving her congregation was the best decision she's made. Ieva Brown, 41, joined the Jehovah's Witnesses - a Christian-based religious group - in 1996 at just 14…[Continue Reading...]
Learning that veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Bob Pool died, I remembered how he had transformed from a sinner to a saint in my eyes. In the 1980s, he covered the Church Universal and Triumphant led by Elizabeth Clare Prophet,…[Continue Reading...]
South Korea's Shinchonji caused public outrage by gathering as usual to have consequently helped spreading the pandemic. In China by taking the opportunity of the pandemic, Shinchonji launched very wide network promotion of the cult which highly alerted the Chinese…[Continue Reading...]
When David Archuleta returned to the “American Idol” stage on Monday night, he knew that singing his latest single, “Hell Together,” which he wrote about his mother’s show of unconditional allyship after he came out in 2021 and left the…[Continue Reading...]
A former Mormon has shared insights into how her voice has changed since leaving the ultra religious sect in her late 20s. Alyssa Grenfell, 31, grew up within the confines of an ultra-strict household but escaped the uptight lifestyle, and…[Continue Reading...]
In 2010, former Scientologist Michelle LeClair says her world was turned upside down when she left the church after allegedly facing persecution for coming out as gay. In her new memoir, Perfectly Clear, the mother of four and self-described former…[Continue Reading...]
After experiencing a reckoning with her religious upbringing, Olivia Plath is doing her best to pick up the pieces. Olivia, 25, has starred on all five seasons of TLC’s Welcome to Plathville, a reality series about the Plath family in…[Continue Reading...]
A woman who grew up in a strict Amish settlement has opened up about how she endured years of abuse, drug addiction, and sex work after leaving the settlement - which she believes stemmed from her extremely sheltered childhood. Naomi…[Continue Reading...]
Coronation Street star Emrhys Cooper revealed that his parents found themselves in a cult that started off ‘wholesome’ but took a ‘sinister’ turn. Recent scenes saw Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) meeting the charming Rowan (Emrhys) from The Institute, following her stepson’s…[Continue Reading...]
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