The Irish authorities are liaising with the FBI as part of a widening international investigation into alleged sexual abuse within a Christian sect founded in Ireland. The sect, commonly known as the Two by Twos, is facing documented allegations via…[Continue Reading...]
A New Jersey Catholic diocese has agreed to pay $180 million to settle clergy sexual abuse claims involving hundreds of survivors, closing a long and contentious chapter in New Jersey’s reckoning with church abuse. Bishop Joseph Williams, who serves the…[Continue Reading...]
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. (KOLO) - On Friday, Feb. 20, former Mormon Bishop Alan Roman Andrus was ordered to register as a sex offender, according to an El Dorado County District Attorney’s office Facebook post. Andrus was also sentenced to…[Continue Reading...]
Finding victims of abuse in evangelical contexts requires understanding some of the specific characteristics of these faith communities. This analysis is the focus of Lina Fernanda Montoya Alzate, a psychologist specialising in trauma who works as a university lecturer in…[Continue Reading...]
Closed sect where boys aged 10-11 are turned into sexual victims by the "lama" closed religious sect practicing a quasi-Buddhism, where Ivaylo Kalushev has self-appointed as a spiritual guru, convincing parents to hand over their children - boys aged 10-11,…[Continue Reading...]
The Louisiana Pentecostal pastor who repeatedly molested a teenage girl told her that her “world would turn upside down” if she ever reported his crimes, she said in a statement on Wednesday in a suburban New Orleans court. Milton Otto…[Continue Reading...]
A 60-something leader of a pseudo-religious group who referred to himself as a "god" and habitually sexually assaulted female followers, including his stepdaughter, has been indicted. He was also found to have mobilized a current public official to track down…[Continue Reading...]
ELKLAND, Mo. (NBC NEWS/KY3) - This story was written by the author Mike Hixenbaugh. This is part of NBC News’ series ‘Pastors and Prey.’ Click here to read more reporting of the series. Joe Campbell, a Pentecostal preacher in the…[Continue Reading...]
For years, rumors about Scott Merritt and the underage girls in a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on the Kenai Peninsula hovered over the congregation. As far back as the 1990s, members remember hearing it said that Merritt, a well-liked…[Continue Reading...]
A tragic story has emerged from the notorious ‘Children of God’ cult, infamous for its abusive and cruel practices. Serena Kelly, born into this cult, lost her chance at a normal life even before birth. The cult, known for its…[Continue Reading...]
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