It's been three years since British cult Lighthouse was brought down over allegations of exploitation and fraud after fleecing over £2 million from its trusting members. Lighthouse, also known as Lighthouse International Group, was founded in 2012 and paraded itself…[Continue Reading...]
Four-part British drama 'Adolescence' debuted last week on Netflix to wide-spread acclaim. It follows the events after a 13-year-old boy murders a girl in his school year. Each episode is a one-take insight into different aspects of the murder’s fall-out:…[Continue Reading...]
A sex cult leader who brainwashed and abused children can be moved to an open prison, the Parole Board has said. Colin Batley was jailed in 2011 after being found guilty of 35 offences relating to being a molester and…[Continue Reading...]
More than 40 former residents of a children's home run by a controversial "cult" are suing the authorities for allegedly putting them in the care of abusers. The Red House in Buxton, Norfolk, took in hundreds of children over 14…[Continue Reading...]
An arrest warrant has been issued for a senior member of Lighthouse, the life-coaching group which was the subject of the BBC podcast series, A Very British Cult. The warrant was issued for Shaun Cooper, a director of the group's…[Continue Reading...]
Sky's Alice Porter travelled to Denmark to find out more about the radical Danish group which ran the school. More than 40 people who were sent to The Red House, a now defunct children’s home in remote Norfolk, say they…[Continue Reading...]
One of Britain’s worst paedophiles who headed a vile cult which abused young children for more than 10 years could be released from prison this week. Colin Batley was given an indeterminate sentence with a minimum of 11 years in…[Continue Reading...]
An ex-National Front member-turned informant whose life was made into a hit TV series has claimed it has 'never been so easy to be a terrorist' in Britain. Matthew Collins joined the far-right group as a teen growing up in…[Continue Reading...]
It’s lunch time on a typically rainy day in London. As I make my way up the steps and exit Westminster Tube station, I look up: Big Ben. I pause for a moment and take a breath. I’ve lived in…[Continue Reading...]
An advert promoting the controversial Scientology religion at a London Tube station has caused shock and disbelief among commuters. The poster, which encourages Londoners to find out more about the group, was spotted over the weekend at a Tube platform.…[Continue Reading...]
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