Falsely accused of satanic horrors, a couple spent 21 years in prison. Now...
Avi SelkWashington PostAugust 25, 2107The “satanic panic,” some call it now. It began some time in the 1980s, when newscasters and fundamentalist Christian cartoons warned of the evils of the...
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Thirty Years Ago, People Tried to Save the World By Meditating
Believers in the Harmonic Convergence traveled to places like Chaco Canyon and Stonehenge to welcome aliens, the resurrected Maya and wait for world peaceJason DaleySMITHSONIAN.COM AUGUST 17,...
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Salvation Road by D.W. Gregory, a play about the cult experience
Salvation Road by D.W. Gregory, a play about the cult experience, which was produced at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival by ICSA member Charles Breinig in 2009, is now available for Dramatic Publishing...
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ICSA Events: Cult Education, Recovery and Assistance
Event: Understanding Abusive Spiritual Systems and Relationships Continuing education credits available – with conditionsOctober 14, 2017Murfreesboro, Tennessee Event: Cult Recovery: Gaining Insight...
View ArticleDespite crime allegations, gurus in India hold sway
Muneeza NaqviAugust 27, 2017NEW DELHI: A flamboyant and hugely popular spiritual guru who was convicted of rape, triggering a deadly rampage by angry supporters, is not the only Indian sect leader to...
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Carol Giambalvo's Cult Information and Recovery
Carol Giambalvo’s interest in cults and thought reform began in 1978 when her step-daughter began exhibiting a drastic personality change following becoming a devotee in ISKCON. She began researching...
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Recovery Weekend Workshop - Regaining Freedom of Mind October, 2017 - Sydney,...
CIFS is a non-profit association, founded in 1996 by a small group of parents whose children were recruited into cults.Regaining Freedom of MindOctober, 2017 - Sydney, NSWCIFS Weekend Recovery Workshop...
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Pope Francis says sexual abuse by priests is an 'absolute monstrosity' in new...
In foreword to memoir by survivor of clerical abuse, pope promises action but critics say he has not done enough to hold perpetrators to accountPope Francis made the comments in a foreword to a book by...
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Sex and the sect: the infamous Brethren
Long after it became mired in scandal, the cult continued to exercise a powerful hold over Rebecca StottMary WakefieldSpectatorAugust 19, 2017In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, A Father, A CultRebecca...
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Russia Bans Jehovah's Witnesses' Translation Of Bible
Tom BalmforthRadio Free EuropeAugust 18, 2017"When the ruling came into full force after July 17, then of course everyone without exception stopped gathering in big groups because it is a criminal...
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The Gift of Our Wounds: A Sikh and a Former White Supremacist Find...
Arno MichaelisPardeep Kaleka The powerful story of a friendship between two men―one Sikh and one skinhead―that resulted in an outpouring of love and a mission to fight against hate.One Sikh. One former...
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Monkey on a Stick: Murder, Madness and the Hare Krishnas
by John Hubner, Lindsey GrusonTwo investigative journalists, John Hubner and Lindsey Gruson, masterfully document the staggering number of crimes tied to the Hare Krishnas and the work of the dedicated...
View ArticleI was a neo-Nazi. I know the cure for hate
TONY MCALEERCONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAILAUGUST 21, 2017Tony McAleer is a former white supremacist. Today he is the executive director of Life After Hate, an organization that is dedicated to...
View ArticleThe Challenge of the Cults
MOHAN GURUSWAMY National Hearld August 28, 2017One Godman demanded Roll Royce’s and the recently convicted Ram Rahim of Dera Sacha Sauda demanded sex, which he quaintly sold to his followers as his...
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Why religious cults such as Dera Sacha Sauda are so popular
Gurmeet Ram Rahim SinghReligiosity is being displaced by veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object. Ironically it is not the veneration of inanimate idols that is worrisome...
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Indian guru jailed for 10 years for raping 2 followers
Dr. Saint Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim InsanRiots erupted when Dr. Saint Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim Insan was convicted on charges dating back to 2002.CBC.caThe Associated Press Aug 28, 2017 A judge on Monday...
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Fourth Perth Waldorf School student contracts measles
Cathy O'LearyPerthNowAugust 25, 2017A FOURTH case of measles has been confirmed in a student from the Perth Waldorf School in Bibra Lake.The WA Health Department’s Virus Watch bulletin has confirmed...
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Ex-Members Describe Military-Style Christian Sect Now Accused of Child Abuse
Deborah "Lila" GreenCORKY SIEMASZKONBCNews.comAugust 28, 2017They are an “Army of God” waiting for Armageddon at their compound in a remote corner of New Mexico.They wear uniforms, have ranks, and take...
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Swami Prakashanand Saraswati
Swami Prakashanand SaraswatiSwami Prakashanand Saraswati or Swamiji (Hindi: स्वामी प्रकाशानंद सरस्वती) (born 1929) is a convicted felon and child molester, spiritual leader, social reformer and...
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Secrecy surrounds screening of anti-immunisation doco Vaxxed
Peta RasdienThe West AustralianAugust 22, 2017Anti-vaxxers are resorting to covert tactics to ensure a screening of controversial documentary Vaxxed goes ahead on Friday.Ticket holders have been told...
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