Scientologists pitch up near site of Grenfell tragedy
Jody Harrison Herald ScotlandJune 20, 2017SCIENTOLOGISTS have been criticised after setting up a tent near the burnt-out Grenfell Tower block and offering "healing" massages to people in the...
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Phil HallWestfair Business Publications June 16, 2017The view from Neil A. Salonen’s office on the eighth floor of the University of Bridgeport’s Wahlstrom Library offers a panoramic bridge between his...
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How the Hare Krishna Movement Started 51 Years Ago in the East Village
Prabhupada’s kirtan album that ended up inspiring George HarrisonKASPER VAN LAARHOVENBedford + Bowery JUNE 15, 2017If you’ve ever been to Union Square, you’ve seen them: They chant, drum; sometimes...
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The Silence of the Lambs
Are Protestants concealing a Catholic-size sexual abuse scandal?KATHRYN JOYCENEW REPUBLICJune 20, 2017It was a hot day in July, a Saturday afternoon, and Kim James was bored. Her older sisters had...
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Canadian arrested for her religion pepper sprayed, shackled in Chinese detention
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPEThe Globe and MailJune 20, 2017Chinese authorities have pepper sprayed and shackled a Canadian woman who is a Falun Gong practitioner kept behind bars since February – and whose...
View ArticleThis Secret Catholic Exorcist Cult in Brazil Is Making a Deal with the Devil
The Vatican is looking into a group of exorcists who apparently made a pact with Satan on climate change and the death of Pope Francis.BARBIE LATZA NADEAUDaily BeastJune, 2017ROME—Plinio Correa de...
View ArticleExtremism experts are starting to worry about the left
Extremism experts are starting to worry about the left Joshua HershVice News CanadaJune 15, 2017WASHINGTON — In the spring of 2016, Brian Levin found himself in an uncomfortable position: trying to...
View ArticleLeading Group for Church Abuse Victims Faces Uncertain Future
Lilly FowlerRELIGION & POLITICSJune 20, 2017David Clohessy often looks as if he’s on the verge of tears when he talks about survivors of sexual abuse. When his vivid blue eyes start to well up,...
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'It is a battle for hearts and minds': Trudeau's $35 million gamble to...
Whether these and other counter-radicalization measures being tried in the West are having any impact is anyone’s guess; the evidence is still largely lackingDouglas QuanNational PostJune 11, 2017As a...
View ArticleOn the Edge: A tale of two bishops
Ed KocielaSt George NewsJune 20, 2017OPINION – When the law finally caught up with Warren Jeffs, he was riding high in the back of a new Cadillac Escalade with his favorite wife at his side and one of...
View ArticleTrained to Kill: How Four Boy Soldiers Survived Boko Haram
The four children, from a fishing village in Nigeria, were among thousands abducted by Boko Haram and trained as soldiers. They learned to survive, but only by forgetting who they were.SARAH A....
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Meet the former ultra-Orthodox rabbi now living as a woman
Alexandra KingCNNJune 17, 2017(CNN) Just five years ago, 25-year-old Abby Stein was an ultra-Orthodox rabbi named Yisrael. Today, she's an openly transgender woman. And she's ready to share her...
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The Innocent Casualties Of Russia's 'War On Terrorism'
Laurence WilkinsonFORBESJune 21, 2017Mr. Wilkinson is a London-based Legal Counselor for ADF International.Police arrived unannounced at the home of Donald and Ruth Ossewaarde during a small church...
View ArticleWhat life is like in the mysterious and powerful religious sect founded in...
Herald Miles Plymouth HeraldJune 18, 2017A powerful new memoir has been released that lifts the lid on life within one of the world's biggest religious communities - which has its roots in...
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Exit work with families and current members
Exit 'Lessons from adjacent fields Cults'27-28 June 2017, BordeauxExit work with families and current membersJoseph Kelly & Patrick Ryan - Intervention101.comFighting terrorism and violent...
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Who is Patricia Krenwinkel? Charles Manson family cult member denied parole...
The 69-year-old played a part in a series of brutal killings that saw her caged for nearly half a century in California, USATom MichaelThe SunJune 23, 2017One of the jailed members of the murderous...
View ArticleInside the Sprawling Compound That Polygamist Leader Warren Jeffs and His 79...
June 23, 2017Inside Edition VIDEOIt may look like a motel off the beaten path, but a property in a remote area of Utah was actually the home of notorious polygamist Warren Jeffs.Inside Edition was...
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Couple Exonerated in 'Satanic Panic' Child Ritual Abuse Case
What caused the "Satanic Panic" phenomenon to begin in the 1980s, and how did a husband and wife who started a daycare center get swept into the center of it?Bethania PalmaSnopesJune 23,...
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Pupils 'at risk' in unregistered religious schools where children are 'beaten...
Inspectors discovered 286 unregistered schools in England. One in five are religion-basedRachael ReveszThe Independent OnlineJuly 3, 2017Thousands of pupils are at risk in unregistered faith schools,...
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Church member jailed as 'perverted' past catches up with him
JENNIFER EDERThe Marlborough ExpressJuly 5, 2017A Blenheim man has been sent to prison at the Blenheim District Court.A man who played out his "perverted sexual needs" on his nephew more than 50 years...
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