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MEK: Who is this Iranian 'cult' backed by the US?
TRT WorldFebruary 14, 2019The MEK, an Iranian group that opposes the Iranian government and has committed several terrorist attacks is hugely controversial. But that doesn't stop the US from supporting...
View ArticleEvangelical Apocalypse
Dale M. CoulterFirst ThingsFebruary 14, 2019It was only a matter of time before journalists dove into an evangelical institution to find skeletons of sexual abuse in locked file cabinets. In the wake...
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Steiner schools celebrate hundredth anniversary with emphasis on...
Religion WatchVolume 34 No. 4While the schools and educational movement inspired by Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) first spread in German-speaking countries and then in other areas of the Western world,...
View ArticleJudge orders Nxivm members back in court over defense fund
Emily SaulNY PostFebruary 14, 2019The six indicted members of upstate sex cult Nxivm have been ordered to appear in court next week, when a judge will kick off his probe into their questionable...
View ArticleThe Controversial Guru Who Wants to 'Upgrade Civilization'
THE BELIEVERSBy VICE StaffFebruary 13 2019To his devout followers, Bentinho Massaro is an inspiration—but his critics have accused him of “cult-like” practices and peddling fringe conspiracy...
View ArticleFaith-healing follower sentenced for not reporting sex abuse
National PostThe Associated PressFebruary 14, 2019NAMPA, Idaho — An Idaho woman who refused to report her husband’s yearslong sexual abuse of young relatives and instead prayed for “the demon” to leave...
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Ex-Jehovah's Witness faces new child sexual abuse charges in Mont-Laurier, Que.
Michel Courtemanche, 63, was acquitted of assaulting 1 of alleged victims in 1996Pasquale TurbideRadio-CanadaFebruary 14, 2019 A former Jehovah's Witness from Mont-Laurier, Que., is facing new charges...
View ArticleLyndon LaRouche, Cult Figure Who Ran for President 8 Times, Dies at 96
Richard SeveroNew York TimesFebruary. 13, 2019Lyndon LaRouche, the quixotic, apocalyptic leader of a cultlike political organization who ran for president eight times, once from a prison cell, died on...
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'South Africans like charismatic churches'
KGOPI MABOTJAIndependent OnlineFEBRUARY 12, 2019The main feature of cult-like charismatic churches is that they thrive on people’s suffering and disillusionment about the state of their lives.This is...
View ArticleIndian tycoon Malvinder Singh accuses brother, spiritual guru of fraud
The Straits Times FEBRUARY 18, 2019MUMBAI (BLOOMBERG) - Former Indian billionaire Malvinder Singh has filed a criminal complaint accusing his younger brother of siphoning funds from their family's...
View ArticlePlacards outside Montserrat Monastery expose abuse in Spanish Church
Sabela OjeaReuters February 19, 2019MONTSERRAT, Spain (Reuters) - Tourists and worshippers visiting Catalonia’s imposing mountain-side Montserrat Monastery on a sunny Sunday this month appeared to pay...
View ArticleLongueuil pastor and wife charged with assaulting minors over 45-year period
CTV Montreal Thursday, February 28, 2019 Following a year-long investigation, police in Longueuil have arrested a 65-year-old pastor and his wife.Mario Monette and Carole Van Houtte have been charged...
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Jehovah's Witnesses lose exemption from military service
YLE NewsFebruary 28, 2019The law allowing male Jehovah's Witnesses to avoid conscription was ruled discriminatory by Finland's Parliament.Parliament on Wednesday turned over a law that has allowed male...
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Cult leader Little Pebble wants to return to Nowra holy land
Perry DuffinIllawarra MercuryFEBRUARY 28 2019 Cult leader William "Little Pebble" Kamm wants a court to consider letting him return to his Nowra "holy" land or remove his ankle monitor after having a...
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Solicitors for cult leader may be probed
Sarah McPheeThe IslanderFEBRUARY 28 2019 Solicitors acting for a wealthy spiritual healer who lost a defamation case against a blogger sent the woman a "demeaning" 31-page letter on the day of her...
View ArticleJehovah's Witness parents: 'Why our kids don't need blood transfusions'
KWAZULU-NATALFEBRUARY 28, 2019ANELISA KUBHEKADurban - The parents of three children who are Jehovah’s Witnesses have suggested to the Durban High Court that erythropoietin can be used to treat their...
View ArticleWHO WAS YAHWEH BEN YAHWEH? CULT OF YAHWEH FEATURED IN NEW OXYGEN SPECIAL...
KELLY WYNNENewsweek March 1, 2019Uncovered: The Cult of Yahweh Ben Yahweh will premiere on Oxygen Sunday, March 10 at 7 ET.What do you get in the late ‘70s when a group of religious people try to...
View ArticleFull Season of SundanceTV's True Crime Doc "Ministry of Evil: The Twisted...
The Fulton CriticFebruary 28, 2019SundanceTV.[via press release from SundanceTV]Full Season of SundanceTV's True Crime Doc "Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo" and Companion Amanda Knox...
View ArticleWhy do a quarter of people across the world believe humans have psychic...
Neil Dagnall and Ken DrinkwaterThe Independent February 28. 2019Proven psychic fraud over the years should have weakened the credibility of such claims… but that isn’t necessarily the case, finds Neil...
View ArticleFormer skinhead speaks at Cuyahoga Community College about living a...
Frank WileNews5March 1, 2019CLEVELAND — Christian Picciolini told a group of listeners at Cuyahoga Community College that was recruited to become a skinhead while growing up in Chicago.Picciolini said...
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