When you hear the word “cult,” you might think of dramatic news stories or eerie documentaries. But cults aren't just relics of the past-they're still around, operating in the shadows, and causing real harm. Families and law enforcement are always…[Continue Reading...]
It's scary to think about, but you might fall for a cult. Just ask "One Tree Hill" actress Bethany Joy Lenz. Lenz spent 10 years in a religious cult she calls the "Big House Family" – something she recounts in her…[Continue Reading...]
SHAH ALAM - A holistic approach is essential in addressing the recovery of cult survivors, particularly children, as a single type of assessment is inadequate. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) criminologist and psychologist Associate Professor Dr Geshina Ayu Mat Saat said…[Continue Reading...]
There's a moment Stephanie Kemmerer regrets so deeply that her voice cracks as she recalls it, though it happened 10 years ago. She was chatting with a homeless woman outside a local shop about the 2001 terrorist attacks in the…[Continue Reading...]
No one ever sets out to join a cult. At the beginning it looks like the group will meet some need or ideal. For most people it seems to work initially - at least somewhat. A recent Netflix documentary showed…[Continue Reading...]
Brent Lee struggles to explain why he used to believe that a cabal of evil satanic paedophiles was working to establish a new world order. He pauses, looks sheepish, and says: “I cringe at all this now.” For 15 years,…[Continue Reading...]
It was the only thing generations of her family had ever known but, at 19, one woman revealed how one simple act led her to cut all ties with the fundamentalist sect she had grown up in. Laura McConnell, now…[Continue Reading...]
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