For nine weeks Dassi Erlich sat in a Melbourne courtroom wondering anxiously if the truth would prevail. Then, on April 3, 2023, in a moment she describes as "absolutely terrifying", the Victorian County Court jury finally handed down its verdict…[Continue Reading...]
The FBI has launched an investigation into claims of historic sex abuse inside a Christian cult after former members spoke out about harrowing assaults. The religious movement, which has no official name but is known by some as 'Two By…[Continue Reading...]
A Kent woman is making it her mission to warn university students and others about a religious organization she says covered up sexual abuse she suffered by one of its leaders.Anna Ciano-Hendricks, a former Jehovah’s Witness, helped organize a protest…[Continue Reading...]
A former South Carolina priest will serve more than two decades behind bars after pleading guilty to child sex crimes, the federal government has announced. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina said in a press release…[Continue Reading...]
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Brownsville priest was arrested on several trafficking and child sex-related charges, authorities announced. Fernando Gonzalez Ortega, 52, was arrested on charges of sexual performance by a child, sexual assault of a child, continuous sexual abuse…[Continue Reading...]
Though Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison for child abuse, rape, and arranging marriages between young girls and older men, many still consider him the leader of the FLDS today. Part of the FLDS religious…[Continue Reading...]
Perpetrators of abuse often isolate their victims, stopping them from interacting with the general population and restraining them from deciphering the extensive system of oppression in the relationship. Televangelist, creator of Emmanuel TV and founder of the Synagogue Church of…[Continue Reading...]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Editor's note: This story contains discussions of sexual assault that some people may find difficult to read. A longtime self-proclaimed spiritual guru has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women. Former members of The Movement Center,…[Continue Reading...]
Several women told KGW that over the past 50 years, they have been sexually abused by J. Michael Shoemaker, leader of The Movement Center. Watch the video news report.[Continue Reading...]
TO his devoted followers he is a messenger from the “true creators” of humankind, the alien race of Elohim, who was sent as a prophet after being abducted by a UFO in the mountains of France in 1973. But to…[Continue Reading...]
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