Why I Left the Transcendental Meditation Movement ~ ex TM teacher PATRICK RYAN
Talk BeliefsFebruary 2, 2020"At age 17, Patrick Ryan joined the Transcendental Meditation ('TM') movement, following the teachings of master Maharishi. He rose through the ranks, promoting and teaching...
View ArticleCreditors closing in on ‘hot yoga’ guru Bikram Choudhury’s cars
Noah ManskarNY PostFebruary 9, 2020Authorities have seized nearly two dozen vintage automobiles owned by the disgraced yoga master, capping a three-year pursuit by creditors including women who have...
View ArticleSarah Lawrence Parent Accused of Sex Trafficking and Abusing Students
Lawrence Ray was charged with moving into his daughter’s dormitory and targeting her friends for exploitation.By Benjamin WeiserThe New York TimesFebruary 11, 2020Lawrence V. Ray showed up at his...
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Quebec knew about religious schools in Hasidic community for decades, trial...
Lawyer for ex-Hasidic couple questions Education Ministry officials over government inactionBenjamin ShinglerCBC NewsFebruary 11. 2020For decades, the Quebec government was aware that schools in the...
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Why Extremists Need Therapy
Britain’s prisons struggle to deradicalize alienated young men. Those failures have wider lessons. Helen LewisThe AtlanticFebruary 2020How do you unmake a terrorist? It’s an urgent question,...
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Lawrence Ray: US student's dad charged for sex trafficking
Lawrence Ray faces charges including forced labour, extortion and sex traffickingBBCFebruary 12, 2020A man accused of abusing his daughter's university roommates has been arrested in the US and charged...
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Dozens of Canadians included in lawsuit over alleged abuse by NXIVM sex-cult...
U.S. suit includes claims against founders of cult and heiresses of Seagram's liquor empireJason ProctorCBC NewsFebruary 11, 2020A Vancouver woman who went public with allegations of sex slavery inside...
View ArticleRussian Court Accepts Case To Try Scientologists In St. Petersburg
Radio Free Europe February 12, 2020A court in the Russian city of St. Petersburg has accepted a case to try a group of people who follow the Church of Scientology on charges of illegal...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 2/13/2020
Jehovah'sWitnesses, NXIVM, Kingdom of Jesus Christ church, Hare Krishna Movement, China, Religious Freedom Punch: People blaming me don't know how much I love my daughter – Jehovah's Witness dad who...
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Ex-Hasidic woman tells trial she was exempted from secular studies at age 13
Clara Wasserstein, a former member of an ultra-Orthodox community north of Montreal, says the focus of girls’ education was to prepare them to be wives and to raise Jewish children.Montreal GazetteTHE...
View ArticleThe History of Mass Therapy With its Roots in Mind Dynamics Institute, Misuse...
The History of Mass Therapy With its Roots in Mind Dynamics Institute, Misuse of Zen Insights, and Hyping the Positive Thinking of New Thought Religion. (Joseph Szimhart, Patrick Ryan, and Joseph Kelly)
View ArticleBuilding Bridges; Leaving and Recovering from Cultic Groups and Relationships
Building Bridges; Leaving and Recovering from Cultic Groups and Relationships: (Patrick Ryan and Joseph Kelly)ICSA Workshop Day 1 -- Saturday, February 8th -- Recovery Issues After Leaving an Abusive...
View ArticleWoman who escaped polygamy shares mixed feelings about bill to decriminalize it
Ginna RoeKUTVFebruary 13th 2020SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Utah lawmakers are unanimously backing a bill that would lessen the punishment for people caught practicing polygamy. Senate Bill 102, sponsored...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 2/14/2020
Transcendental Meditation, Jehovah's Witnesses, Michael Sperou, Legal, Sexual AbuseWiki Leaks: Transcendental Meditation Governor Recertification Course Overview of Policies and Procedures, May 2005"...
View ArticleMandatory reporting laws for religious institutions come into effect
Sumeyya IlanbeyThe AgeFebruary 16, 2020Laws requiring clergy to report child abuse to authorities — even if it's heard in the confession box — will come into effect on Monday, ending the "special...
View ArticleDisgraced religious order tried to get abuse victim to lie
NICOLE WINFIELD and MARÍA VERZAAPFebruary 17, 2020an hour agoMILAN (AP) — The cardinal’s response was not what Yolanda Martínez had expected — or could abide.Her son had been sexually abused by a...
View ArticleThe Family Survival Trust invites you to attend our Psycho-educational...
February 25, 20206:30 PM – 8:30 PM GMTManchester Town Hall, Albert SquareManchester, M2 5DBThis group is open to people affected by a wide variety of cults and extremist/exploitative groups (eg...
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Cult Twelve Tribes Sydney headquarters raided by police
Alison Piotrowski9 NowFebruary 18, 2020The headquarters of the Sydney-based arm of the Twelve Tribes cult was raided today by detectives as a part of Strike Force Nanegai.A Current Affair can reveal...
View ArticleLeading Santa Muerte Expert Interviewed on the Fastest Growing New Religious...
ANDREW CHESNUTPatheos FEBRUARY 6, 2020 BY What prompted your interest in the Santa Muerte phenomena?*I am a specialist in the religious landscape of Latin America and was conducting research for a book...
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Disgraced religious order tried to get abuse victim to lie
NICOLE WINFIELD and MARÍA VERZAFebruary 17, 2020MILAN (AP) — The cardinal’s response was not what Yolanda Martínez had expected — or could abide.Her son had been sexually abused by a priest of the...
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