Born in Synanon Shows How the Infamous Cult Weaponized Substance Abuse Treatment.
Important factors to consider include the individual’s personal characteristics, the nature of the group and outside circumstances.
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.
The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult, in which authorities believe more than 400 members may have died, was jailed on Friday for 12 months for producing and distributing films without a licence.
Amy Carlson, leader of the Love Has Won cult, died of alcohol abuse, anorexia, and colloidal silver ingesti
After months of scrutiny following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Japanese government last month asked a court to issue a dissolution order to the local arm of the controversial Unification Church.
Paul Mackenzie, the Kenyan preacher at the center of a doomsday cult in the country that led to the deaths ofmore than 400 people, was on Friday found guilty of operating a studio and distributing films without a license.
In fact, most kinds of emotional manipulation rely on these techniques. If someone can make you feel insecure, incomplete, and inadequate, then they can present themselves as the solution. That happens not just in cults but also in abusive relationships.
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).