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...]
(NewsNation) — An ex-Mormon is speaking out about the culture of “public shaming” after she was punished by the Mormon church for being raped. Kristjana Hillberg was raped at 18 years old while she was away at college. When she…[Continue Reading...]
Bethany Joy Lenz will always have a deep sense of appreciation for her former castmates. Earlier this year, the One Tree Hill star detailed her decade-long experience in a cult, noting to former costars Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton that…[Continue Reading...]
A former Jehovah's Witness has lifted the lid on the brutal isolation he faced as a child after being cut off from the world. Owen Morgan, originally from Connecticut, appeared on a recent episode of the Cults To Consciousness podcast. He…[Continue Reading...]
A former mormon looking for work got a job at what she thought was a nudist yoga temple – but it turned out to be sex club. The ex-employee appeared on the Cults To Consciousness podcast to lift the lid…[Continue Reading...]
A woman who was raised in an incestuous polygamous cult has candidly laid bare the horrific abuse she endured at the hands of her own husband. Shanell Snow Derieux appeared on a recent episode of the Cults To Consciousness podcast alongside host Shelise…[Continue Reading...]
Lindy Jacomb lived in one of the world's most secretive and controlling sects run by a multi-millionaire leader in Sydney, until she was accused of being possessed by demons and banished. For 20 years she belonged to a group who…[Continue Reading...]
Richard Siu jokes his fashion sense could be better, but for the first 25 years of his life, his outfits were covered by the robes of the Jin-Gang-Dhyana religious group. It's a celebrated Buddhist organisation, but one Richard describes as…[Continue Reading...]
The woman, going by the name of Liz, says her world changed when she was targeted walking through a shopping mall. She told Abbie Chatfield’s podcast It’s A Lot she was convinced to join an art group and the clan…[Continue Reading...]
They've been dubbed America's 'most hated family' and it seems there's no level they won't stoop to in order to shock. The family within the Westboro Baptist church, based in Topeka, Kansas, first found notoriety after featuring in Louis Theroux’s…[Continue Reading...]
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