David MiscavigeandShelly Miscavige It’s been nearly two decades since actress and former Scientologist, Leah Remini, has been looking for Shelly Miscavige, the missing wife and First Lady of the Ch...

Be Scofield is the author of the new bookHunting Lucifer: One Reporter's Search for Cults and Demons. Her reporting is mentioned in New York Times, Rolling Stone, Playboy, People and has led to co...

A recent survey of the children of followers of religious groups has found strong support for establishing a mechanism for them to "escape" both their parents and the groups if they are troubled by th...

Oct. 28, 2022 A group of religious researchers in Japan has called on authorities to exercise their right to ask questions to bring about a swift investigation into the religious group previously k...

The headquarters of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification in Tokyo | KYODO Nov 7, 2022 The Cultural Affairs Agency has drafted rules on exercising the right to ask questions in a ...

An hour's drive from Melbourne, in the Geelong suburb of Norlane, sits an unassuming old brick hall. From the outside, it appears to be any other church in the middle of suburbia. But what ex-memb...

A woman speaks about her experience being raised as part of a “blessed second generation” of Unification Church followers. On the table are a seal and rosary left by her mother. | CHUGOKU SHIMBUN T...

Samantha Emily Crouch A woman accused of taking part in the murder of an eight-year-old diabetic girl is refusing medical treatment while pregnant in prison. Samantha Emily Crouch, who is at theBr...

（Deryk Terril poses for a photograph in downtown Spokane on Sept. 10. Terril’s lawsuit against the Jehovah’s Witnesses joins a growing mountain of cases alleging the church conceals sexual abuse. “H...

Former Manson family member and convicted murderer Patricia Krenwinkel listens to a ruling denying her parole in 2011 [File: Reed SaxonAP] Manson family’ cult follower Patricia Krenwinkel is the lo...