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How to tell if you’re in a cult July 16, 2018
Sherab Wong shares telltale signs of a cult.Melanie ChalilMalayMailJuly 16, 2018PETALING JAYA, July 16 — Following the success of last year’s Malaysia Dharma Stream Forum, a forum that aimed to raise awareness on the rise of cult movements in Malaysia, organisers are back with a second edition with hopes of addressing cult issues and fostering […]
Courts Are Rarely Kind to 'Brainwashed' Victims July 15, 2018
Allison Mack in 'Smallville'Months ahead of the NXIVM sex trafficking trial, we take a look at how juries react to cults.Sarah BermanVICEJuly 9 2018Though we’re still months out from a trial that will test whether or not alleged cult leader Keith Raniere and former Smallville actress Allison Mack broke sex trafficking and forced labour laws, […]
Watch: Jehovah's Witnesses official says to destroy records because 'Satan's coming after us' July 15, 2018
David GambacortaPhilly.comJuly 9, 2018A Jehovah’s Witnesses official delivered an urgent message to a group of elders at a 2017 seminar in Britain: The time had come to rethink the record-keeping policies of the organization, which has come under fire for its handling of child sex abuse complaints.Shawn Bartlett, the Witnesses’ record management overseer, explained that […]
Faith-healing parents plead guilty in death of newborn twin July 15, 2018
Sarah Elaine Mitchell, 25, and Travis Lee Mitchell, 22, the parents of a twin girl who died hours after her home birth last year with dozens of people attending from the faith-healing Followers of Christ Church pleaded guilty Monday to negligent homicide and criminal mistreatment. July 9, 2018. Beth Nakamura/StaffMaxine Bernstein (mbernstein@oregonian.com)The Oregonian/OregonLiveJuly 9, 2018The parents of […]
The cult that's infiltrated NZ schools, campuses and churches July 15, 2018
Former “Moonie” Jeong Myeong-seok was paroled from South Korea’s Daejeon prison in February this year, having served nine years for raping and molesting his followers.Rosel LaboneNotedJuly 15, 2018A religious sect based on the teachings of a South Korean “messiah” and convicted sex offender has quietly infiltrated university campuses, schools and mainstream churches in New Zealand. Rosel Labone […]
Jehovah's Witnesses must ask permission before collecting personal data on the doorstep July 15, 2018
Olivia Rudgard, religious affairs correspondentTelegraphJuly 15, 2018Religious groups must comply with data protection laws, the European Court has warned, as it rules that Jehovah's Witnesses must ask permission before collecting personal data on the doorstep. In a ruling made following an appeal by the Finnish arm of the religious group, the Court of Justice of […]
EU court says Jehovah's Witnesses must comply with data privacy laws in door-to-door preaching July 15, 2018
Foo Yun CheeREUTERSJuly 10, 2018BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Jehovah’s Witnesses must obtain consent from people before they take down their personal details during door-to-door preaching in order to comply with EU data privacy rules, Europe’s top court ruled on ... [July 10th].The case arose after Finland in 2013 banned Jehovah’s Witnesses from collecting personal data during […]
Quebec Court Evicts Hasidic Jews From Vacation Property July 15, 2018
CJN NewsJuly 10, 2018 A group of Hasidic Jews in the Laurentians have until July 26 to leave a residence they have been using in violation of local bylaws.The move came after the Quebec Superior Court ordered the group out of a residential complex in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que., which is situated about 100 kilometres north of […]
Call for Papers – ICSA International Conference July 15, 2018
Submission Deadline: October 31, 2018. Call for Papers – ICSA International ConferenceCoercive Control and the Psychology of Influence across Comparative Contexts – Implications for Policy, Practice and the Criminal Justice ProcessUniversity of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK -- July 4 – 6, 2019The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is conducting its 2019 Annual International Conference jointly with Info-Secte/Info-Cult […]
Wilmington psychic's future: 1 year and 1 day in prison July 15, 2018
Esteban ParraDelaware News JournalJuly 13, 2018A Wilmington psychic reader busted for filing false tax returns was read her future: one year and a day in prison.Forty-year-old Candy Miller, whose business was located on Concord Pike, was sentenced Thursday on charges she filed false tax returns for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012, under reporting her total income […]
Psychic’s future includes a year and a day in federal prison July 15, 2018
Associated PressJuly 13, 2018WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge has sentenced a Delaware woman to a year and a day in prison for tax fraud related to her psychic readings business.Forty-year-old Candy Miller was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in March to one count of filing a false tax return. Prosecutors dropped two other counts.Miller […]
Family feud rises over remains of executed Aum Shinrikyo guru July 15, 2018
THE ASAHI SHIMBUNJuly 9, 2018 A family dispute is brewing and concerns about renewed cult activities are growing over the cremated remains of Chizuo Matsumoto, the Aum Shinrikyo founder and convicted mass murderer who was executed on July 6.The body of Matsumoto, who went by the name of Shoko Asahara when he masterminded a series […]
Turkish 'cult leader' Adnan Oktar detained on fraud charges July 15, 2018
Independent OnlineAFP REPORTERWORLD / 11 JULY 2018Ankara, Turkey - Turkish police on Wednesday detained on fraud charges a televangelist notorious for propagating conservative views while surrounded by scantily-clad women he refers to as his "kittens".Adnan Oktar, who also denies evolution and is regarded by critics as the leader of a cult, was detained alongside almost […]
Russia pursues Jehovah's Witnesses as 'extremists' July 15, 2018
AFP/BERTRAND GUAYChannel NewsAsiaJuly 11, 2018MOSCOW: With masks and rifles, police came to Anatoly Vilitkevich's door in the early morning and made him pack a bag. He was wanted for religious extremism - as a Jehovah's Witness."Forget it," they told his wife, Alyona, taking away the couple's tablet devices, computers and phones. "Go and find a […]
Buddhist leader facing sexual misconduct allegations is 'embarrassed and thoroughly apologetic' July 15, 2018
BRETT BUNDALEThe StarThe Canadian PressJuly 10, 2018HALIFAX—International Buddhist leader Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is apologizing for the “pain, confusion and anger” sweeping through the Shambhala community amid sexual misconduct allegations against the Nova Scotia-based spiritual leader.Mipham, who has stepped back from his duties pending the outcome of a third-party investigation, said in a letter Tuesday that […]
The Japanese Death Cult's String of Futility July 15, 2018
Scott StewartStratforJuly 10, 2018HighlightsFrom the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, Aum Shinrikyo launched the most ambitious weapons-of-mass-destruction program ever by a non-state actor. Despite devoting years of effort and tens of millions of dollars, the program met with only limited success. Using more readily available weapons such as guns and explosives remains far cheaper and more effective […]
The Spectrum of Coercive Control with Rod Dubrow-Marshall, PhD. July 14, 2018
Closing Plenary: Coercive Control Across the Sprectrum
My Experience Reporting on the Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack July 14, 2018
Shogo TakahashiNHK WORLDJuly 12, 2018The former leader of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult and 6 of his past followers were executed in early July. Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, masterminded the sarin gas attack on Tokyo’s subway system in 1995 which killed 13 people and injured more than 6,000.NHK World Executive Shogo […]
Shambhala Buddhist Leader Faces Sexual Abuse Allegations July 14, 2018
Libby TorresGothamistJuly 12, 2018The Shambhala Buddhist community in North America is being rocked by allegations of sexual abuse at the highest level, according to multiple reports including the New York Times.The allegations revolve around the prominent leader and creator of the Shambhala iteration of Buddhism, Mipham Rinpoche. Referred to as Sakyong Mipham— sakyong is a […]