• Japan's lower house passes bill to help Unification Church victims. Law restricts solicitation of donations; critics urge tougher steps as in France
    2022-12-08

    A bill offering support to victims of the Unification Church passed Japan's House of Representatives on Dec. 8.

  • Thousands flocked to spiritual leader who claimed he could multiply money. Then dead bodies turned up
    2022-12-08

    At every gathering spiritualleader Dimas Kanjeng held, tens of thousands would attend, recalled businessman and lawyer Muhammad Ali. At the height of Dimas’ popularity, he was estimated to have 23,000 followers.

  • Obsession with Almighty God harms me and my family
    2022-12-08

    With the help of my family, I was able to gradually have a normal family life again. Looking back on those years when I believed in the “Almighty God”, I was totally obsessed with its fallacies, which deeply harmed not only my family but also myself.

  • Sociologist Shinji Miyadai seriously hurt in Tokyo blade attack
    2022-12-04

    A Japanese sociologist known for his thoughts on girls dating for money and the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, was seriously wounded Tuesday in a suspected knife attack on a Tokyo university campus

  • Victim family calls out for help
    2022-12-01

    The reason why I share with friends the true story of my family here, is that I hope anti-cult experts could reach out to us and provide with professional deprogramming assistance, and help my mother and my younger sister see as soon as possible the true color of “Almighty God” cult.

  • Housewife: “Almighty God rips my leg off”
    2022-11-24

    Looking back on those years when I believed in the “Almighty God”, I was totally obsessed with its fallacies, which deeply harmed not only my family but also myself.

  • Detective Leah Remini Just Dropped Another Scientology Bombshell
    2022-11-22

    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 Church of Scientology’s de facto leader, David Miscavige.

  • Disturbed young men in women-hating 'incel' cult are hammering their faces in a bid to improve their looks and achieve the facial shape
    2022-11-17

    They are ‘involuntary celibates’ or ‘incels’, part of a misogynistic subculture on shady online forums where users exchange fantasies about rape and mass murder.

  • Man ends up begging on streets after brainwashed by cult
    2022-11-17

    After hearing my uncle’s experience, my mother and cousin cried quite bitterly, and everybody on the spot all hated the evil cult to guts. Fortunately, my uncle fully came to his sense after that and declared he would never believe in the “Almighty God” again.

  • How The Falun Gong And Epoch Times Are Lying To America
    2022-11-11

    The spread of fake news increased dramatically during the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide. Studies among political and medical information groups such as the National Library of Medicine and even Harvard have proven this again and again.

  • Inside a UFO Doomsday Cult in Tubac: Gabriel of Urantia
    2022-11-11

    Inside a UFO Doomsday Cult in Tubac: Gabriel of Urantia

  • Children troubled by parents' religion want 'exit' system, survey shows
    2022-11-10

    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 the group's activities.

  • Teacher shares firsthand experience as Falun Gong follower
    2022-11-10

    In July 1998, Cheng Qiuluan was drawn into “Falun Gong” cult before she could think it straight. At that time, she was only 40 years old. In the following ten years, she had been struggling in the claws of “Falun Gong” cult.

  • Epoch Times Loses Defamation Lawsuit About ‘Substantially True’ Reporting on Co-Founder’s Jan. 6th Conspiracy Theories
    2022-11-09

    Reviewing the case with a fresh look, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit dispensed with the possibility of resolving the case under either New York or Maine law and affirmed the dismissal under “dispositive First Amendment principles.”

  • Religion researchers issue statement on ex-Unification Church
    2022-11-09

    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 known as the Unification Church.

  • Japan draws up draft rules for Unification Church probe
    2022-11-08

    The Cultural Affairs Agency has drafted rules on exercising the right to ask questions in a proposed investigation into the Unification Church, sources said Monday.