EU court says Jehovah's Witnesses must comply with data privacy laws in...
Foo Yun CheeREUTERSJuly 10, 2018BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Jehovah’s Witnesses must obtain consent from people before they take down their personal details during door-to-door preaching in order to comply...
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Jehovah's Witnesses must ask permission before collecting personal data on...
Olivia Rudgard, religious affairs correspondentTelegraphJuly 15, 2018Religious groups must comply with data protection laws, the European Court has warned, as it rules that Jehovah's Witnesses must ask...
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The cult that's infiltrated NZ schools, campuses and churches
Former “Moonie” Jeong Myeong-seok was paroled from South Korea’s Daejeon prison in February this year, having served nine years for raping and molesting his followers.Rosel LaboneNotedJuly 15, 2018A...
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Faith-healing parents plead guilty in death of newborn twin
Sarah Elaine Mitchell, 25, and Travis Lee Mitchell, 22, the parents of a twin girl who died hours after her home birth last year with dozens of people attending from the faith-healing Followers of...
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Watch: Jehovah's Witnesses official says to destroy records because 'Satan's...
David GambacortaPhilly.comJuly 9, 2018A Jehovah’s Witnesses official delivered an urgent message to a group of elders at a 2017 seminar in Britain: The time had come to rethink the record-keeping...
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Courts Are Rarely Kind to 'Brainwashed' Victims
Allison Mack in 'Smallville'Months ahead of the NXIVM sex trafficking trial, we take a look at how juries react to cults.Sarah BermanVICEJuly 9 2018Though we’re still months out from a trial that will...
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How to tell if you’re in a cult
Sherab Wong shares telltale signs of a cult.Melanie ChalilMalayMailJuly 16, 2018PETALING JAYA, July 16 — Following the success of last year’s Malaysia Dharma Stream Forum, a forum that aimed to raise...
View ArticleCaldwell couple arrested in child abuse case part of faith-healing church
NICOLE FOY and KYLE PFANNENSTIEL nfoy@idahopress.com kpfannenstiel@idahopress.comIdaho PressJuly 19, 2018A Caldwell mother arrested last week told deputies her religious beliefs prompted her to pray...
View ArticleThe Articles of Indignation: Exposing the Corruption of Kip McKean's Churches...
A blog about Kip McKean’s “International Christian Church” (ICC)http://thearticlesofindignation.blogspot.com/
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Killer Cults
Order of the Solar TempleKATHAKALI CHANDA Forbes IndiaJuly 21, 2018The leader of Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult and a few of its senior members were recently executed for carrying out a sarin attack on...
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18 years later, talk of memorial for Kanungu cult victims is still just...
Gilbert MwijukeChwezi TravellerJuly 2, 2018On March 17, 2000, close to 1,000 people were burnt to death in the rolling hills of Nyabutogo in Kanungu district, southwestern Uganda. The victims – men,...
View ArticleVatican-OK'd journal strikes out again at US evangelicals
NICOLE WINFIELDAPJuly 18, 2018VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican-approved journal has dismissed “prosperity gospel” as a pseudo theology dangerously tied up with the American Dream and President Donald...
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Former Satmar Hasidic Jew now tours world to expose sect's dark underbelly
In an insular ultra-Orthodox enclave, Ari Hershkowitz says he endured sexual assault, substandard education, addiction and loss of faith -- yet he remains defiantly optimisticORI GOLANTimes of...
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The brainwashing myth
Rebecca Moore (Emerita Professor of Religious Studies, San Diego State University)The ConversationJuly 18, 2018 Disclosure statementRebecca Moore is the Site Manager for Alternative Considerations of...
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Lawsuit questions real-world learning at New York's ultra-Orthodox schools
Children and adults cross a street in front of a school bus in Borough Park, a neighborhood in the BrooklynOn Monday critics to ask US federal court to stop NY State from enforcing legislation...
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IndoctriNation: Jon Atack Part 2
Rachel Bernstein LMFT, MSEdPart 2 of our interview with Jon Atack, one of the founders of the Open Minds Foundation. In this episode, Rachel and Jon dive into the human need for connection and the...
View ArticleBecoming Legendary with Sharen Seitz #18
A Vibetality PodcastJuly 15, 2018"Born into an emotional and chaotic life in one of the world's most dangerous cults (The Family International) Sharen Seitz has worked hard to create harmony where...
View ArticleHigh-Ranking Scientologist Escaped...Again
David Pakman ShowPublished on Jul 21, 2018--Karen Pressley, who spent two decades as a Scientology recruiter and was a member of the Sea Org, joins David to discuss escaping the church, and her book...
View ArticleJudge to Decide if Scientology Leader Must Testify in Upcoming Trial
MyNewsLA.comJuly 18, 2018A Los Angeles Superior Court judge is scheduled to rule next week on whether the leader of Scientology should be compelled to testify in a lawsuit by a former member, who...
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Officials asked FF TD to drop Scientology question
The Church of Scientology building in Los AngelesMaeve SheehanIndependent.ie July 22, 2018A simple question asking Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan for his view on a controversial Church of...
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