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"Sex cult" leader "born evil" says childhood classmate
In an ironic twist a newspaper run by Falun Gong, which has been described as a personality "cult," reported about the life and criminal prosecution of "sex cult" leader Keith Raniere.
A "cult" reporting about a "cult"?
Raniere is the notorious founder of NXIVM (pronounced nexium), a supposed self-improvement...
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