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A church lured in homeless people - then locked them in houses and forced...
Meagan FlynnWashington PostSeptember 11, 2019Inside a beige bungalow in California’s Imperial Valley with a well-trimmed lawn and beds of pink flowers, the 17-year-old girl felt imprisoned. The doors...
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Christ's communists: the radical religious sect that challenged the Holy...
Six centuries ago in Bohemia, a dissenter army led by a one-eyed warrior waged war on the Holy Roman Empire. Tom Holland tells the story of the Taborites, whose creed was to reject money, property… and...
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Strange and Curious Sects: EnlightenNext
ADAM LEEPatheos SEPTEMBER 11, 2019When you’re in a cult, there’s rarely an easy way out.As they meet with rejection by the outside world, cults tend to turn in on themselves, becoming more isolated and...
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It may look attractive, but beware the toll of 'MLM' on friendships
Catherine BourisSydney Morning HeraldSeptember 4, 2019 Rachel Liddell was a new mum when she was roped into selling products from Younique, a US-based cosmetics company, via a local "buy swap sell"...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 9/12/2019
Jehovah's Witnesses, Sogyal Rinpoche, MLM's, Ku Klux Klan PIX11 News: Sex abuse victims part of suit against Jehovah`s Witness"After decades of silence, John Michael Ewing and Heather Steele spoke...
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'CULT WOMEN' RUNNING FOR KNESSET
‘We wanted to run for the Knesset in the previous election, but we couldn’t, due to procedural obstacles,” say A.ILANA STUTLANDJerusalem PostSEPTEMBER 11, 2019 ‘We wanted to run for the Knesset in the...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 9/11/2019
TranscendentalMeditation, Conversion Therapy, Domestic Abuse, Avatar Course Stylist: "Oprah loves Transcendental Meditation, but here's what happened when I tried it""It was meant to be totally...
View ArticleFake psychic reveals how she tricks people into thinking she has real powers
Sirena BergmanIndy100 Independent September 12, 2019A fake psychic has shared how she manages to convince her clients she actually is clairvoyant - despite being just a normal woman.The anonymous...
View ArticleTime For Some Psychic Scammer Drama From, Where Else, Florida
Hazel CillsJezebel September 12, 2019As crystals, horoscopes, and other associated wellness frauds to make people feel better about their lives keep popping up, so do scammers who want to weaponize...
View ArticleJehovah's Witnesses ask court to reverse $35M abuse verdict
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSeptember 13, 2019BILLINGS, Mont. — An attorney for the Jehovah’s Witnesses asked the Montana Supreme Court on Friday to reverse a $35 million verdict against the church for not...
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Toronto film festival 2019: ‘Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator’ movie review
Sara StewartNY PostSeptember 12, 2019Looks like Bikram yoga may not be hot for much longer.Bikram Choudhury, the famous founder of the sweat-soaked practice, has come under fire in the U.S. for sex...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 9/14-15/2019
Transcendental Meditation, Prosperity Gospel, Benny Hinn Ministries, Imperial Valley Ministries, Trafficking, Taborites, Communists TM-Free Blog: Convicted child pornography collector was a MUM...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 9/13/2019
Falun Gong, Word of Life Church, Meditation app Headspace, Hope for Wholeness, Conversion Therapy, LGBT Business Insider: Inside Dragon Springs, the high-security compound in upstate New York that's...
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Are We All Cult Members Now?
JEFF SCHECHTMANWho What WhySEPTEMBER 13, 2019"Every day there are stories about how interactions between people have become increasingly tribal — prompting individuals to trash facts, science, and...
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NXIVM Cult Case Defense Attorney Wants to Become a Prosecutor
AMANDA OTTAWAYCourthouse News ServiceSeptember 13, 2019 BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CN) – Convicted sex-cult leader Keith Raniere will not be sentenced until 2020, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said at a...
View ArticlePreparing for Armageddon
CBC News NetworkSeptember 15, 2019(Available only in Canada)In the United States, people called “preppers” are doing all they can to survive a global disaster. With concerns ranging from civil unrest...
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How a 'Fake Guru' Set Up a 'Wild Wild Country'-Style Commune in the Mexican...
Former followers of Ozen Rajneesh accuse the guru of being a 'fake,' cheating them out of thousands of dollars, and mishandling the disappearance of a commune member.Hilary BeaumontVICESeptember 6,...
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I Left the Cult Next Door
My mother and I stopped speaking after I broke with the man we called the Apostle.Tracy SimmonsWall Street JournalSeptember 12, 2019 For the past five years, I have received a daily email filled with...
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Building a temple in Russia may be a heavy lift in a nation not eager to even...
Peggy Fletcher StackSalt Lake TribuneSeptember 10, 2019This is the third part in a three-part series examining how Western faiths, including the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...
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What do Amish, Mennonite, rumspringa mean? A guide to terms used in Lancaster...
ABIGAIL KINGLancaster OnlineSeptember 13, 2019 When discussing the Amish, it's easy to get confused by some of the terms used.(And it's especially confusing when television shows like "Amish Mafia" and...
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