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Arthur Janov dies at 93; 'primal scream' psychotherapist with a rock star...
Los Angeles TimesAssociated PressOctober 4, 2017Arthur Janov, a psychotherapist whose "primal therapy" had celebrities screaming to release their childhood traumas and spawned a best-selling book in...
View ArticleJudge tosses satanist's lawsuit disputing 'In God we trust'
ABC NewsOctober 5, 2017CHICAGO — Hell may have to freeze over before a self-declared satanist gets another shot at challenging the constitutionality of the motto "In God we trust," on American...
View ArticleKorean spiritual leader plans martial arts school near Kerikeri
A company owned by a Korean spiritual leader plans a martial arts centre on the site of Marty's Cafe and Golf Driving Range, off SH10 north of Kerikeri. Photo/Peter de GraafPeter de GraafNorthern...
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Abusive 'prophet' freed from jail
MICHELE MANDELTORONTO SUNOCTOBER 06, 2017 Fred King calls himself the Prophet.But one of his victims calls him a polygamist and cult leader who allegedly treated her like a sex slave.And after just a...
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Legion of Christ Faces New Scandal
Associated Press October 07, 2017Prelates attend a mass celebrated in the Legion of Christ main headquarters, the Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum, in Rome, Feb. 25, 2014. The rector of the...
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Brazil Branches of US-Based Church Target of Numerous Probes
Stylofino picture frame factoryPETER PRENGAMANAPOctober 10, 2017RIO DE JANEIRO — Every day before work, Liliane Souza says, she and three dozen fellow workers at a Brazilian picture-framing factory...
View ArticleBrainwashed by a cult: French priest offers therapy to ‘reclaim’ Yazidi captives
ReutersOctober 10, 2017It was a lucky haircut that opened the doors of Iraq to Father Patrick Desbois.In 2015, the French priest was trying to find a way to get into Iraq and help the Yazidi people...
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ZIMBABWE: Act Against Self-Styled Prophets, Court Urged
Daniel NemukuyuThe Herald (Harare)October 11, 2017The courts have been urged to act against self-styled prophets, who conveniently take advantage of desperate and unsuspecting believers to milk them of...
View ArticleResidents: Church under investigation is rumored to be a cult
Harve JacobsWCSCOctober 12, 2017COLLETON COUNTY, SC (WCSC) - People who live near a Colleton County church that’s under investigation say they’ve heard rumors it’s a cult.The Colleton County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleNot in the cards : Psychic, 70, nabbed in theft of cash from Chiba cafe owner
Hisako Deguchi (TBS News)Tokyo ReporterOctober 12, 2017CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 70-year-old woman claiming to be a psychic who is suspected of stealing about 26 million yen...
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Records reveal how money from Utah and U.S. Mormons props up LDS operations...
Nate CarlisleSalt Lake TribuneOctober 15, 2017Among the distinctions the LDS Church is known for are its missionaries in white shirts, its towering temples and saying next to nothing about its...
View ArticleManipulative people brainwash their partners using something called...
LINDSAY DODGSON BUSINESS INSIDER October 16, 2016 People in abusive relationships may become victim to something called "perspecticide."It occurs when their abusive partner has made them believe so...
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Levitating Over The Church-State Wall?
Hollywood Celebrities, Ex-Beatles Join Forces To Push Transcendental Meditation In Public SchoolsJune 2009 Featured By Rob BostonPublic school officials in Marin County, Calif., may have thought they...
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Why are Scientologists setting up a European hub in Ireland?
David MiscavigeCentre opening in country with only 87 Church of Scientology membersMario DanneelsIrish TimesOctober 13, 2017One year after launching a “National Affairs Office” on Merrion Square, the...
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Netflix's One of Us Reveals the Fight of Hasidic Jews to Break From the Sect
LARA ZARUML.A. WeeklyOCTOBER 16, 2017 One of Us premieres Oct. 20 on NetflixNew Yorkers will immediately recognize the opening shots of One of Us, the new documentary from Jesus Camp filmmakers Heidi...
View ArticleHungary: Police search Scientology center in Budapest
Associated PressOctober 18, 2017BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hungarian police say they are carrying out a search at a Church of Scientology center in Budapest.Police said the search by members of the National...
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Glenn Close says growing up in a cult motivated her to be a better parent
Fox NewsOctober 19, 2017Before Glenn Close became a Hollywood star, she was a member of a religious cult known as the Moral Re-Armament (MRA). But the 70-year-old insisted her traumatic childhood has...
View ArticleTAJIKISTAN: One more prisoner of conscience
Mushfig BayramForum 18October 20, 2017Jehovah's Witness conscientious objector to military service Daniil Islamov has been jailed for six months. And the government has imposed highly intrusive...
View ArticleIn 2,500 words on abusive psycho-spiritual group, New York Times buries...
Mark KellnerGetReligionOctober 20, 2017Anyone who has followed the history of new religious movements in the United States and elsewhere knows that, since the 1970s, the word "cult" is one four-letter...
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Melbourne base of US religious cult sells for $9.5 million
THE Australian base of a US religious cult — whose founder quit amid a wave of allegations of sexual assault — has sold for $3.5 million more than its quoted price on Melbourne’s fringe.Scott...
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