Commission and Jehovah's Witnesses call off legal action
Civil Society19 Jan 2017 The Charity Commission is able to continue with its inquiry into safeguarding concerns at the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, after settling legal proceedings. In June...
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Cult Child
Free today - January 20, 2017!Free download of "Cult Child" free until midnight tonight. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016L2HE8GAngie "Vennie" Kocsis is a writer, poet, artist and nu-folk singer. She...
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Church of Scientology's supreme leader David Miscavige in Auckland for...
StuffJanuary 21 2017The gala opening of the new Church of Scientology headquarters in Auckland.The controversial Church of Scientology opened its first New Zealand base on Saturday.It's housed in one...
View ArticlePagans, Wiccans, Satanists can now practice religion in Ohio prisons
By Alan JohnsonThe Columbus DispatchJanuary 20, 2017Inmates in state prisons have a new choice to practice their religious convictions: Paganism.The Appalachian Pagan Ministry, a small volunteer group...
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Why some religions, like the Mormons, sing
The Economist January 19, 2017BY H.G. AND ERASMUS | SALT LAKE CITYIF YOU know anything at all about the Mormons, you probably know that they sing and play great, homely American music. So in Donald...
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Scientology's UK HQ angers residents by felling trees in conservation area
People in St Hill Green, West Sussex brand church ‘selfish and arrogant’ after 22 trees were cut down, but spokesman says more trees have been plantedThe GuardianRobert BoothWednesday 18 January 2017...
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Q&A with Don Donderi on aliens, Roswell and his UFO course at McGill
JOHN MEAGHERMONTREAL GAZETTEJanuary 14, 2017 A retired McGill professor is convinced we have been visited by UFOs and extraterrestrial life forms.In fact, Don Donderi knows people who claim to have...
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A guru's healing touch: My embrace with India's hugging saint
The renowned spiritual leader and humanitarian, Mata Amritanandamayi, is best known for her healing hugs, having embraced a reported 33 million people worldwide. Alison Bone recalls her quest to meet...
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Faith and polygamy: which religions permit plural marriage?
Polygamy is taboo in Western society and Christianity but other cultures and faiths permit plural marriage.Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) By Nicola Heath 18 JAN 2017In Australia, marriage is...
View ArticleHow Mormon Polygamy In The 19th Century Fueled Women's Activism
NPRJanuary 17, 2017Heard on Fresh AirDownloadA House Full of FemalesPlural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870by Laurel Thatcher UlrichHardcover, 484 pagesPulitzer Prize-winning...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 1/21/2017
Polygamy, Mormon, Mennonite, Scientology, Prejudice, Plymouth Brethren, Tvind, legalDocumentary - One Man, Six Wives and 29 Children - 1999First produced in 1999, One Man, Six Wives and 29 Children...
View ArticleLaw Loophole Allows Drug Rehab Program to Legally Operate
By ASSOCIATED PRESSJanuary 23, 2017A Church of Scientology-backed drug rehabilitation program in southeastern Oklahoma where four clients died continues to operate because of a loophole in a state...
View ArticleFormer Continental Design employee files lawsuit alleging religious...
Quality manager says he was forced to take classes in ScientologyBy Stuart HirschThe Herald BulletinJanuary 23, 2017 ANDERSON — A local businesswoman is under fire for alleged religious...
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Pastor, 2 others convicted of child abuse at Mobile religious private school
Associated Press January 18, 2017Three people have been convicted on child abuse charges linked to a private church school on the Alabama coast. A statement sent by twitter from Mobile County...
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ICSA 2017 Annual Conference - Bordeaux, France Cultic Dynamics and...
June 29 – July 1, 2017 (preconference workshops on June 28th) http://www.icsahome.com/events/conferenceannualThe International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is conducting its 2017 Annual...
View ArticleEnCourage Survivors of Cults and Abuse
Welcome to EnCourage Survivors of Cults and AbuseHow we can help you: EnCourage was set up in order to offer support to those who have left a cult, abusive group, one on one cult or been spiritually...
View ArticleBishop brainwashed my son, mother tells court
JANUARY 23RD, 2017ANGELOS ANASTASIOUCYPRUS MAILThe mother of a monk who is suing Bishop Athanasios of Limassol told Limassol court on Monday that her son was brainwashed and recruited by ‘confessors’...
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I was a self-help guru. Here’s why you shouldn’t listen to people like me.
I learned the hard way that the people trying to solve your problems often need help the most.VoxMichelle GoodmanJanuary 23, 2017Deepak Chopra is a fraud. This is what I was thinking as I lingered 20...
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Agony of Co Down man who lived next door to sex slaves in communist cult
Belfast TelegraphBy Brett CampbellJanuary 24, 2017A Co Down man who lived next door to a bizarre communist cult — where women and a child were held captive for decades — has broken down in tears as he...
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'The Last Jedi'? In Real Life, Jedi Can Be a Religion
The New York TimesCHRISTOPHER D. SHEAJANUARY 23, 2017The makers of the “Star Wars” franchise on Monday announced the name of the films’ next installment — “The Last Jedi” — just as “Rogue One” hit $1...
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