Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Dec. 2 Takeshi Iwashita Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with the leader of a Unification Churchaffiliatein Tokyo in 2019 when he was policy chief of the ruling Li...

The apprehension unfolded with a massive operation involving 175 police officers, resulting in the release of 26 women who complained of being held against their will. Disturbing accounts revealed the...

Actress Leah Remini claims the Church of Scientology subjected her to decades of psychological manipulation during her time with the organization then hounded and harrassed her once she left, accordin...

Synanon, the self-help rehabilitation center turned notorious cult that operated from the 1960s through the 1980s, was initially pitched as a refuge for people with substance abuse disorder. Bac...

If possible, try and maintain contact.Dmytro SheremetaShutterstock No one ever sets out to join a cult. At the beginning it looks like the groupwill meet some need or ideal. For most people it see...

Members of a group of former second-generation followers of Jehovah’s Witnesses announce the results of a survey about sexual abuse and harassment in the religious organization in Tokyo on Nov. 28. ...

Paul Mackenzie, 50, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers of the members of the Good News International Church to starve themselves to death in Shakahola forest, appears at Malindi ...

Danny Masterson has been expelled from the Church of Scientology following his rape conviction that earned him 30 years in prison, DailyMail.com can reveal. The actor has been declared a 'suppr...

Amy Carlson.Photo:HBO YouTube Amy Carlsonclaimed to have been reincarnated asMarilyn Monroeand Joan of Arc, and also said thatRobin Williamsadvised her from the Great Beyond. The Colorado-based ...

Yoshihide Sakurai is a professor in the sociology department of Hokkaido University and author of the book "Unification Church: Sex, Money and Resentment." After months of scrutiny following the ...