• Woman abandons family and goes abroad to South Korea
    2022-10-27

    Every time I thought of her, I would dissolve into tears. I want to know whether Mom is safe and sound, whether she eats well and dress warmly, whether she is missing us……

  • The Silent Witnesses: Jehovah’s Witnesses covered up child sexual abuse in Washington state for decades, lawsuit alleges
    2022-10-25

    They were in the Bible study room when Deryk Terril, a shy 11-year-old with shaggy hair in 1976, found the courage to finally say something: An elder at a Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation in Spokane had been molesting him for years, Terril, now 57, recounts in a lawsuit filed in August.

  • California governor blocks parole of Charles Manson cult follower
    2022-10-25

    California’s governor has blocked the parole of Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel — the longest-serving woman prisoner in the United States — more than 50 years after she scrawled “Helter Skelter” on a wall using the blood of one of their victims.

  • 3 held for killing women in Kerala for ‘black magic rituals’
    2022-10-25

    Kerala Police on Tuesday arrested three persons, including one woman, suspected for luring and killing women allegedly as human sacrifices in black magic rituals, Kochi City Police Commissioner CH Nagaraju said.

  • Kishida: Dissolution of religious groups can be based on Civil Code violations
    2022-10-25

    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday that illegal acts under the Civil Code can be the basis for a court order to dissolve a religious corporation, a comment that differs from the conventional interpretation of the Religious Corporations Law.

  • Kishida instructs legislation to help ex-Unification Church victims
    2022-10-21

    Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says he will instruct the government to submit bills aimed at providing relief to the victims of the shady practices of the former Unification Church, possibly during the current session of the Diet.

  • Kishida speeds up bills to help Unification Church victims
    2022-10-21

    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to quickly push legislation to help victims of the Unification Church’s dubious sales and donation practices.

  • How These 5 Cults Manipulated Their Followers
    2022-10-20

    Most cults have charismatic and charming leaders who are seen as godlike by the cult's members. Leaders may use flattery and seduction in the beginning to lure members in, but later turn to mistreatment or abuse — either sexual, physical or mental — to maintain control.

  • Japan followers of Unification Church breaking ties with group
    2022-10-17

    A number of followers are breaking ties with the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, amid the lingering issue of massive donations made to the group.

  • Mom breaks away from “Almighty God” cult and gets home
    2022-10-13

    At the dinner party, our mother held tightly the hands of anti-cult volunteers in gratitude, saying that she would neither believe in “Almighty God” nor participate in any cult activities ever again.

  • Woman allegedly acted as goddess, forced 5 ‘devotees’ to eat faeces as punishment; faces 50 charges
    2022-10-12

    A 52-year-old womanwho allegedly pretended to be the embodiment of a Indian goddess was handed several extra charges last week for offences such as forcing her "devotees" to eat human faeces and pulling out their teeth.

  • S. Korean religious leader who claims to be the messiah arrested on sexual assault charges
    2022-10-09

    Jung Myung-seok, the 77-year-old leader of the controversial religious group Christian Gospel Mission (CGM), isaccused of sexually assaultinga Hong Kong woman and an Australian woman by “quasi-rape” from 2018 to 2021.

  • Countrywoman misguided by fake Jesus
    2022-10-08

    I also fully realized the evil nature of the “Almighty God” cult from the bottom of my heart. And I understood that there was no such thing as “eternity of life” in the world

  • Japan Lower House Speaker Admits Ties to Unification Church
    2022-10-07

    Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda on Thursday admitted attending four meetings related to the controversial religious group known as the Unification Church.

  • Former Practitioner: “Li’s Consummation Kills”
    2022-10-06

    After breaking away from “Falun Gong”, Wang Gang started to live a positive life.

  • Followers of social media spirituality influencer accused of 2 murders in Alabama: 'I am a god'
    2022-09-29

    Several followers of a social media influencer who calls himself a "god" and leads an abstract spirituality group online have been accused of two separate murders in Alabama.