• Born in Synanon Shows How the Infamous Cult Weaponized Substance Abuse Treatment
    2023-12-14

    Born in Synanon Shows How the Infamous Cult Weaponized Substance Abuse Treatment.

  • How to get someone out of a cult – and what happens afterwards
    2023-12-10

    Important factors to consider include the individual’s personal characteristics, the nature of the group and outside circumstances.

  • Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses can’t forget premarital sex hearings
    2023-12-06

    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.

  • Kenya doomsday cult leader jailed for unlicensed film production
    2023-12-04

    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.

  • HBO Series Explores Bizarre Tale of 'Mother God,' Cult Leader Found Wrapped in Christmas Lights After Death
    2023-12-01

    Amy Carlson, leader of the Love Has Won cult, died of alcohol abuse, anorexia, and colloidal silver ingesti

  • OPINION:Japan is not putting the Unification Church out of business
    2023-12-01

    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.

  • Kenya doomsday cult leader found guilty of illegal filming, but yet to be charged over mass deaths
    2023-11-30

    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.

  • How apocalyptic cults use psychological tricks to brainwash their followers
    2023-11-30

    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.

  • Buddhist leader arrested after trying to control followers' minds with mercury-laced 'medicines'
    2023-11-26

    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.

  • Ex-Jehovah’s Witness denied surgery after parents refused
    2023-11-25

    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...

  • Lawyers release survey on alleged Jehovah's Witness child abuse
    2023-11-24

    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.

  • Ex-Japan minister heads Japan-Korea tunnel body, admits help from Unification Church group
    2023-11-22

    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.

  • Unification Church in Japan offers to set aside up to $67 million in a compensation fund
    2023-11-16

    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.’s stock falls after short seller Spruce Point alleges ties to defunct NXIVM sex cult
    2023-11-16

    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.

  • Charges filed vs leader, members of Surigao ‘cult’
    2023-11-10

    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).