Martin Haugh was a devout Jehovah's Witness. Even after he said he saw his daughter sexually assaulted at Kingdom Hall, he became an elder.[Continue Reading...]
Former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal and now convicted sex offender Malka Leifer will face a pre-sentence hearing in June. The 56-year-old mother of eight was found guilty of 18 charges relating to the sexual abuse of two Melbourne sisters, Dassi Erlich…[Continue Reading...]
A mother has lost £62,000 damages for being raped by a preacher after a church won a legal battle in the Supreme Court. The worshipper was attacked by Jehovah's Witness elder Mark Sewell, near Cardiff more than 30 years ago. Devastated,…[Continue Reading...]
YORK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with connections to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sexual abuse in what some consider the nation’s most comprehensive investigation yet into abuse within the faith.…[Continue Reading...]
The International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly called the Hare Krishna movement, founded by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, is embroiled in yet another scandal concerning the sexual abuse of hundreds of children at its schools in the movement’s…[Continue Reading...]
MADISON, Wis. -- The defrocked Roman Catholic cardinal who became the face of the church's clergy sex abuse crisis has been charged in Wisconsin with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man more than 45 years ago, court records show. A criminal…[Continue Reading...]
TERRIFIED and alone, ten-year-old Louise Winn cowered in the corner as cult leader Bert Potter performed a sex act on his wife - knowing she was next. At night, she took to barricading herself into a caravan, with piles of…[Continue Reading...]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Clark County prosecutors argued Wednesday morning that Nathan Chasing Horse should remain in official custody. Chasing Horse is the former "Dances with Wolves" actor accused of sexually abusing multiple teenage girls over more than a decade.…[Continue Reading...]
Of all the cult leaders throughout American history, Tony Alamo was perhaps one of the most baffling. Born to a Jewish family in Missouri in 1934, Alamo moved to Hollywood as a teen to work in the entertainment industry. Before…[Continue Reading...]
ROCCA DI PAPA, Italy — The findings of an initial expert report were astonishing: One of the 20th century’s revered Catholic leaders, who built an international movement of community care for people with intellectual disabilities, perverted Catholic doctrine about Jesus…[Continue Reading...]
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