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The Cult Education Institute (CEI) is a nonprofit library with archived information about cults, destructive cults, controversial groups and movements. CEI is an educational tax-exempted charity and an institutional member of the American Library Association. The CEI online library, which was first launched in 1996, is constantly expanding to include new research and information. The database contains thousands of files including news reports, peer reviewed papers, court documents, book excerpts and personal testimonies, all carefully organized within hundreds of titled subsections . There are also links to additional relevant research resources, a book list and a public message board attached for comments. Due to the size of the CEI library a search feature is available for your convenience. Also see the site map to learn where information and material is located.

News and Opinion

Is cult author Steven Hassan embellishing and/or exaggerating his bio?

Author Steven Hassan, who writes and speaks about groups called "cults," has a personal history of cult involvement. Hassan was in the Unification Church ("Moonies") founded by Sun Myung Moon for two years in the 1970s. And his origin story includes a dramatic "deprogramming" intervention arranged by his parents. However, it... More

Recent Additions

• Freeze on Quiboloy assets extended to February 2025
• Jehovahs Witnesses must pay $48k in court costs for failed bid to be excluded from abuse inquiry
• Iraq cracks down on lottery-based suicide sect that has seen dozens of deaths
• Wife of polygamist Mormon leader gets 15 years for child sex abuse
• Former member of Two by Twos sect arrested for alleged historical sex offending
• Inside the Egyptian-themed NYC compound that's home to extremist UFO cult — and could be yours for $6M
• How owner of the universe cult leader Apollo Quiboloy ordered sex slaves to perform night duty as hunt continues for preacher hidden in tunnels at sprawling Philippines compound
• Controversial church branded dangerous cult opens new branch in Bristol
• Guatemala Probes Child Abuse Claims Against Jewish Sect
• Former Mormon couple detail the ultra secretive temple ritual practiced only by the religious elites

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