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CultNEWS101 Articles: 4/11-12/2020
ICSA Webinar, Video, Cult Recovery, WMSCOG, LGBTQ, Mission Society Church of God, White Supremacist, Ku Klux Klan, The Twelve Tribes, Self-radicalization, Scientology, China, Religious Freedom ICSA:...
View ArticleAlleged Sarah Lawrence ‘sex cult’ leader wants out of jail amid coronavirus
Ben FeuerherdNew York PostApril 13, 2020Accused Sarah Lawrence sex cult leader Lawrence Ray wants to be released from federal lockup amid the coronavirus outbreak — claiming he has health issues that...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 4/16/2020
ICSA Webinar, Trauma, Israel, Covid-19, ultra-Orthodox, Kenneth Copeland, Scientology, Life Tabernacle Church ICSA: "Cult Recovery and Family Support NOT Cancelled!" Webinar Series ExpandedThursday...
View ArticleSix members of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia face trial
MOSCOW, April 15 (RAPSI) – A court in the city of Ulyanovsk will consider a criminal case against six members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious organization banned in Russia, the press service of the...
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Info-Cult - Pandemic
Hello,Info-Cult hopes that everyone is staying healthy and safe during this pandemic. Please note that as a safety precaution, our staff is working from home. Therefore, we will be able to continue to...
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Will Religion Deliver Us From or Doom Us to the Pandemic?
How do leaders of deeply religious societies, who have for centuries encouraged mass gatherings, abruptly tell believers that it is precisely these congregations they should avoid?Siddharth KapilaThe...
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Ex-Hasid: Why my former community makes for such compelling television
Opinion by Frimet GoldbergerCNNApril 16, 2020Frimet Goldberger is an award-winning journalist who frequently writes about the Hasidic community, why she left and how to better understand it. The views...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 4/17/2020
ICSA Webinar, Online Workshop, Jehovah's Witnesses, Legal, Russia, Info-Cult, ShincheonjiICSA: "Cult Recovery and Family Support NOT Cancelled!" Webinar Series ExpandedFriday 04/17/2020, 12 PM EST...
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La Luz Del Mundo's 'Apostle' Leads His Church From Inside A Jail Cell
AARON SCHRANKLAistAPRIL 14, 2020The invitation to pray together went out last week to millions of members of La Luz Del Mundo. A California court of appeal had dismissed criminal charges against their...
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Inside the Fringe Japanese Religion That Claims It Can Cure Covid-19
Happy Science, which boasts millions of followers, is led by a man who channels Buddha (and Jesus and Freddie Mercury) and says he can defeat the coronavirus. For a fee.Sam KestenbaumThe New York Times...
View ArticleCult Witness (Cult Documentary)
Real StoriesAugust 20, 2016At the age of 19 Samuel Stefan, consumed by crisis, was drawn into a cult. It would be 10 years before he was able to escape.Using a technique called ‘love-bombing’ cults...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 4/22/2020
Transcendental Meditation, Vatican, The Exclusive Brethren, The Gentle Wind Project, The Janus Project, The Children of God, Documentary, Cult Recovery WorkshopTalk Beliefs: Why I Joined the...
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Growth In The LDS Church Is Slowing - But Not For Reasons You Might Suspect
Emma PenrodReligion UnpluggedApril 20, 2020The Salt Lake Temple, a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, pictured before a minor earthquake...
View ArticleAn Inside Look at America’s Insidious Christian ‘Ex-Gay’ Movement
Cassie Da CostaThe Daily BeastApril 17, 2020The documentary Pray Away, which was supposed to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this year, deftly explains the continued and renewed existence of the...
View ArticleDo All Ex-Cult Members Think The Same?"
Spectrum:New episode of our podcast, Radical Empathy. In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Calvin, an former Mormon fundamentalist, about his experiences.
View ArticleApologist journal smacked down by best ever Scientology prof — and with...
Underground BunkerIn June we pointed out that the [CESNUR] journal had created a stir by charging that critics of Scientology have often said that Hubbard lied about having a civil engineering degree...
View ArticleLos Gatos widow alleges psychics scammed her out of her house, savings
Martha RossThe Mercury NewsMay 1, 2020A retired Los Gatos kindergarten teacher alleges she was left homeless, destitute and emotionally traumatized after she fell victim to a family of self-proclaimed...
View ArticleICSA History Collection Interview of Clark, Kelly, Ryan
International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)May 5, 2020Robert E. Schecter, PhD, interviewed three exit counselors on October 27, 2018 as part of a series of interviews designed to illuminate ICSA’s...
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The Beach Boys began a U.S. tour that featured the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Today in Entertainment HistoryBy The Associated PressMay 3, 2020 On May 3, 1968, The Beach Boys began a U.S. tour that featured the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. For the most part, audiences were turned...
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Conspiracy theories run rampant when people feel helpless. Like now.
A pandemic is an especially dangerous time for false information to spread.Adam M. Enders and Joseph E. Uscinski Washington PostMay 5, 2020 As the coronavirus pandemic has unfolded, conspiracy theories...
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