Inka Winter has no memories of the day she arrived at the commune as a tiny child. After her father abandoned the family, her mother had to seek work in Berlin, so four-year-old Inka was left at the headquarters of…[Continue Reading...]
More than 50,000 people belong to a global religious sect that has restrictions around television, eating with outsiders and attending university. Some who've left the church say they still carry the trauma of what they experienced there. Members from that…[Continue Reading...]
On the afternoon of July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik carried out the worst terror attack in Norway's history, detonating a bomb in Oslo before gunning down scores of civilians at a youth event nearby. The victims were young as…[Continue Reading...]
My personal experience with Opus Dei as an undergraduate and in my professional career was typical of many of others my age at the time. As a conservative Catholic, I appreciated the order’s focus on the layperson’s potential to explore…[Continue Reading...]
Sarah Edmondson is a former member and whistleblower of Nxivm, a cult disguised as a self-help organization run by Keith Raniere, a convicted sex offender. Edmondson was part of the group for 12 years and cofounded the organization's center in…[Continue Reading...]
Kody Brown’s nephew Ben Brown offered advice to his uncle’s three ex-wives, Meri Brown, Christine Brown and Janelle Brown, on how to navigate life after leaving polygamy, which he referred to as a “cult.” “Go out and find yourself,” Ben…[Continue Reading...]
A MAN who fled an alleged religious cult when he was just 15 years old has revealed what life inside the group was like. It's been nearly five decades since Richard Kiers fled The Move with just a shoebox of…[Continue Reading...]
At the age of 13, Luke Evans faced an impossible choice – either be true to himself and embrace his sexuality, or stay true to God. If he told his Jehovah’s Witness parents that he was gay, they would be…[Continue Reading...]
An actor has spoken about his family's experience in a cult after landing a role as a cult leader on Coronation Street. Emrhys Cooper, who grew up near Totnes in Devon, has been playing sinister guru Rowan Cunliffe on the…[Continue Reading...]
The niece of Scientology leader David Miscavige has blamed the organization for destroying her marriage in a bombshell series of videos packed with explosive allegations. Jenna Miscavige, 40, blames what she calls the 'cult' of the Church of Scientology as she…[Continue Reading...]
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