The leader of a Buddhist sect who is accused of trying to control his followers’ minds by giving them homemade medicines containing mercury has been arrested in Spain.
A 20-year-old man raised as a third-generation Jehovah’s Witness speaks about having to wait eight years for heart surgery due to his parents’ refusal of blood transfusions on Nov. 19. Amane Shimazaki For eight years until he turned 18, a man raised as a third-generation Jehovah's Witness suffere...
A team of lawyers has released the results of its survey on alleged child abuse by members of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group in Japan.
Former environment minister Yoshiaki Harada has become the de facto leader of a group aiming to link Japan's Kyushu region and South Korea via an undersea tunnel, the Mainichi Shimbun has learned -- spotlighting his connections with the Unification Church.
The Unification Church’s Japanese branch announced plans Tuesday to set aside a fund up to 10 billion yen ($67 million) to cover possible compensation for those seeking damages they say were caused by the group’s manipulative fundraising tactics.
E.l.f. Beauty Inc.’s stock tumbled 6% on Friday, after short seller Spruce Point Capital Management said the company has ties to the now-defunct NXIVM cult and may use some of its teaching in its marketing.
Criminal charges have been filed against the leader and members of Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI), an alleged religious cult in Surigao del Norte, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Danny Masterson has been expelled from the Church of Scientology following his rape conviction that earned him 30 years in prison.
Doomsday cults use isolation, love bombing, and fear to control their members.
As a devoted “Dafa” disciple, Dong Yiying gave up everything for Falun Gong but did not receive any protection that “Master” Li Hongzhi had promised. She tragically lost her life under the wheels of a truck, and her family fell into an abyss of misery.
Regional New South Wales healthofficials have won a court orderauthorising them to give a blood transfusion to a Jehovah's Witness toddler if needed in surgery.
Hokkaido University Professor Sakurai Yoshihide, a specialist in the sociology of religion, said the killing of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo exposed various problems with the former Unification Church.
I lived like an orphan in this world, helpless and careless.
Leah Remini has shared what she claims is footage from inside a Church of Scientology meeting, where members learn how to "extract money from Scientologists who don't have it to give."
Members of the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) have admitted to diverting government aid meant for indigent senior citizens and beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to fund the group.