Members of a secretive Christian sect are being given instructions on how to lie about their beliefs against voting in elections, through messages the ABC understands have been circulated among the sect's followers. There have been reports of unusually large…[Continue Reading...]
An ex-member of a conservative Christian sect has exposed an alleged nationwide campaign by the church's 'army' to campaign for the Liberal Party. Ben Woodbury, 33, was at his local polling booth in Sydney last week when he saw members of Plymouth…[Continue Reading...]
Both Labor and independent campaigns have called on the Coalition to clarify if it is being formally supported by a secretive Christian sect. The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church denies organising volunteers for Coalition campaigns, but says members are free to…[Continue Reading...]
A controversial Christian church at the center of investigations into excommunication and rigid control of its members is finding a foothold in the Philadelphia suburbs. The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church has about 54,000 members worldwide and a history shy of…[Continue Reading...]
NORTH DAKOTA — Forum Communications reporting on an alleged cult in northern North Dakota is at the forefront of the new 3-part podcast series on The Vault podcast. The podcast highlights the 5-part print series , written by C.S. Hagen,…[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...]
NECHE, N.D. — In 1979, Rob McLean’s life felt full of promise. He was 22 years old, engaged, and eager to start a business. Before he began the rest of his life, however, he had to make a pilgrimage from…[Continue Reading...]
A man born into a strict Church 'cult', where he was banned from listening to music or having friends, says he attempted suicide three times following years of sexual abuse. John 'Gilli' Gilliland, 35, has claimed a 'protected' member of…[Continue Reading...]
A woman born into a church she describes as a “cult”, where she claims she was sexually abused and grew up not being allowed to wear makeup, cut her hair or use technology, is now not of any faith and…[Continue Reading...]
The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church wants planning permission to open the shop at its Reading Gospel Hall on Church Lane. The sect – which discourages social contact between members and non-members – says the move will bring its shop and…[Continue Reading...]
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