Faith Bistline was born into a difficult life. Growing up as a girl in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, she faced the likelihood of being placed in an arranged, polygamous marriage from a young age. When…[Continue Reading...]
Call it a sign of the strange times in which we live, when disinformation and conspiracy theories run rampant on social media, but a decade after TV’s true crime renaissance began, the cult documentary is having a breakout moment. In…[Continue Reading...]
A psychologist and his wife, who are suspected of leading the group for more than 20 years, were arrested by police in a small town in Cáceres province A married couple in the Extremadura region of Spain has been arrested…[Continue Reading...]
SALT LAKE CITY — Charlene Jeffs smiles as she talks about finding her personal freedom since leaving the Fundamentalist LDS Church. "I've been free," she said in an interview Friday with FOX 13 News. "I don’t have to ask permission…[Continue Reading...]
Nathan Chasing Horse, the former actor known for his turn in “Dances With Wolves,” has lost his last attempt to drop charges in an 18-count criminal case against him. The Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday denied his request to dismiss…[Continue Reading...]
The group says it was “founded fifty years ago on the Fourth Way teachings of George Gurdjieff and Peter Ouspensky” and that it embraces “the practical wisdom of all great spiritual traditions, recognizing that all esoteric schools teach the same…[Continue Reading...]
Recent legislative efforts have made progress on improving the rights of church sex abuse survivors, but a major loophole in the laws surrounding this terrible crime is keeping perpetrators safe. New Associated Press investigations into the Utah-based Church of Jesus…[Continue Reading...]
A California-based spiritual organization renowned for its natural wine is being sued by several former members who allege the leader sexually assaulted them along with “hundreds—if not thousands of other young men” and the group trafficked members to the U.S.…[Continue Reading...]
Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult is a chilling four-part documentary unveiling the harrowing journey of India Oxenberg within the deceptive self-help organization turned cult. The series explores her struggle for freedom, exposing the shocking ease with which a cult can…[Continue Reading...]
HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story. When she was a child, her father, a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had routinely slipped into bed…[Continue Reading...]
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