A New Zealand woman who as a child was sexually abused by a member of a secretive sect under investigation by the FBI says the religious group's leaders spent three years trying to get the man to admit guilt before…[Continue Reading...]
The public library in St. Marys, Kansas, has managed to hang onto its lease for one more year by removing all of the youth-oriented LGBTQ books from library shelves. Library director Judith Cremer said the decision was the result of…[Continue Reading...]
Ex-members of an underground Christian 'cult' have laid bare the harrowing abuse that they suffered at the hands of its leaders - and accused the organization of harboring a slew of sexual predators and failing to report them to the…[Continue Reading...]
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim returned to Rohtak's Sunaria jail on Sunday after his month-long parole ended. According to a police official from Rohtak, Gurmeet Ram Rahim returned to Sunaria jail late afternoon. After being granted parole last…[Continue Reading...]
Graeme Johanson’s Searching for Elsewhere (Ginninderra Press, 2023) provides a compelling answer. His memoire, a gripping story from beginning to end, deals with the dangerous manipulation of young lives brought up in an extremely controlling sect with bizarre rules, destroyed…[Continue Reading...]
For the past 30 years, Ahbir Ben Israel has led a precarious existence in Israel. He is at once a highly visible member of the African Hebrew Israelite community — a priest (“cohane”) who leads Shabbat and holy day services…[Continue Reading...]
The Hutterite sect traces its roots back to the 16th century, with its founder, Jakob Hutter, in what is now parts of Austria and Italy. In the 1870s, nearly all of them emigrated to the United States and Canada, including…[Continue Reading...]
Ines and Norman Kosin are members of Anastasia, a far-right Russian sect accused of antisemitism that was inspired by the novels of Russian author Vladimir Megre. The couple left their life on the German island of Sylt to move to…[Continue Reading...]
Two years after abuse allegations against L’Arche’s late founder Jean Vanier were made public, an investigation shows the secret was “carefully maintained for decades.” From the famous Christian community he developed in Trosly-Breuil, France, the Catholic theologian and leader perpetuated…[Continue Reading...]
Their advertisements can be found in almost every major city. On billboards, newspaper ads and flyers, even if you keep to yourself and stay at home — you’ll probably still find one of their ads stuffed in your letterbox. Shen…[Continue Reading...]
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