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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

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• LGBTQ people are leaving Orthodox Judaism behind
• Hasidic sect in northern Israel churns out child brides and conceals sex abuse report
• Former first ladys sentence increased to four years in prison on appeal
• Ex-Unification Church official gets longer prison term during appeal over gifts to former first lady
• At least 40 billion secured in Unification Church liquidation
• New Empire snaps up controversial churchs Midtown HQ for likely resi project
• Actor Nathan Chasing Horse sentenced to life in prison in Nevada for sexual assault
• She Didnt Realize She Grew Up in a Cult Until She Saw It on the News
• Cult leaders should be prosecuted like abusive spouses, say MPs
• Crown misconduct led to stayed sexual assault charges against Alberta spiritual leader and wife, court hears

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