SIPPING coffee, Serena Kelley takes in the gorgeous landscape of her home in New Mexico. It might be hard to believe but it was this moment that was her greatest ambition in life. “I vividly remember gazing at the people…[Continue Reading...]
Three Americans and one Canadian, members of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect, were arrested in Guatemala on charges of child abuse and mistreatment, police and prosecutors reported this Wednesday. “They are members of the Lev Tahor Jewish community, the arrest warrants…[Continue Reading...]
Gerald Ridsdale, who abused at least 72 children while serving as a Catholic priest, has died aged 90. Ridsdale's offending was central to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and raised serious questions about the Catholic…[Continue Reading...]
Ushered into her parents’ bedroom with her eight brothers and sisters, the eight-year-old girl felt bewildered. “Protected” from the “wicked outside world” by a strict religious community, she had been brought up to accept the teachings of the sect -…[Continue Reading...]
CEDAR CITY, Utah (ABC4) — On Monday, Feb. 10, a southern Utah man with connections to the FLDS religion was arrested for several sexual crimes. Officials believe more victims may come forward, according to arrest documents. Lehi Rulon Jeffs, 20,…[Continue Reading...]
A woman who was sexually abused as a girl by her adopted father is suing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, alleging a bishop from a Vancouver branch they attended was informed of the abuse but failed to…[Continue Reading...]
The FBI is sharing information about alleged sexual abuse within an underground religious group with New Zealand police as part of its global investigation. Just over a year ago, the US agency took the unusual step of publicly asking victims…[Continue Reading...]
The Brief FOX 10 Investigates is looking into what some are calling a secretive Christian sect with ties to Arizona. The religious group is accused of child sex abuse as the FBI investigates deeper. A secret Christian church with global…[Continue Reading...]
International House of Prayer-Kansas City founder Mike Bickle committed sexual abuse or misconduct against 17 women — including minors — over decades, amid a thriving culture of systematic abuse and coverups, a third-party investigation has found. “Throughout the investigation, we…[Continue Reading...]
Earlier this week, Guatemalan authorities, in coordination with Interpol, arrested Yoel Alter, a 35-year-old senior figure in the controversial Jewish sect Lev Tahor. Alter, wearing the group’s signature brown cloak, was detained outside a government-run centre for minors in Guatemala…[Continue Reading...]
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