The Seekers were formed in Chicago by Dorothy Martin, who claimed that she was a messenger for an alien lifeform known as The Guardians, who predicted a catastrophic flood that would kill billions.
A man who claimed to be proficient in Qimen Dun Jia (the Art of Becoming Invisible), horoscope and other "magic", alone or with the help of another man, had defrauded 19 victims of a total of more than 6 million yuan.
Women who accused the That ‘70s Show actor and prominent Scientologist of rape say Scientology helped silence them while they were in the church
Eighty members of a Ugandan religious cult who had been convinced to travel to Ethiopia and starve themselves have been repatriated, authorities in Uganda say.
Some of them turned against their beloved ones and as the result, leading to the breakdown of their families; some suffered from serious illness and even died with the dream of “reaching Consummation” or "ascending to heavens".
I was on a New York City bus, tired and eager to get home, when a woman who lacked all ability to “read the room” approached me and, unbidden, sat down beside me.
Yang Xiaoling a pseudonym was born in 1991 and gave birth to two children. When not looking after her children, this smiling woman runs a thriving health spa in the center of Jieshou City, Anhui Province. But who could imagine that ten years ago, this sunny-looking woman broke the law as the resul...
Two years ago, I had an eighth-grade education thanks to spending 35 years in a cult.
A general incorporated association that is dedicated to combating child abuse stemming from religious beliefs has been established. Those born into religious families announced its founding in Tokyo on Saturday.
Nowadays, 39-year-old Yang Yu a pseudonym dared not look back on those days when she was mind-controlled by the “Almighty God” cult because it was such a terrible experience for her. Two years might not be a long time, but it was unbearable for Yang Yu to reflect, as if she was falling into an aby...
Lawyers working for people who claim they were victimized by the religious group widely known as the Unification Church say the number of people demanding a return of their donated money has reached nearly 100, with total claims worth around 2.6 billion yen, or 19 million dollars.
E Entertainment, the management company of boy group E'LAST, is facing suspicions of being affiliated with the religious cult known as 'Manmin Central Church'.
Samuel Bateman, 47, has now been charged with 51 felonies, including claims he filmed the sexual abuse of underage girls he claimed were his “wives.”
Because of his obsession with “Falun Gong” for 25 years, he wasted the best years of life until this year when he finally came to his senses. Looking back on the past years, he was full of remorse and hatred.
Children were targeted as the first to be starved to death in the final days of a Christian doomsday cult in Kenya, according to fresh accounts emerging.
The Shakahola saga caught the government flatfooted. It must be held responsible for the deaths. Not the devil.