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Aum Sect - Shoko Asahara

• Court rules on Aum cult founder's ashes (07-10-2021)

Children of God/The Family

• My escape and recovery from life as 'sex cult girl' (07-26-2021)
• Sex cults like Nxivm exist in the UK too - I grew up in one and trained for Armageddon before escaping at 15 (07-10-2021)

Christian Fundamentalists

• Fighting a Fundamentalist University's Anti-LGBTQ Policies (07-02-2021)

Church of God Restoration

• Church fighting pandemic restrictions is cult-like, former worshippers, expert allege Church controls internet access, relationships, dress code, ex-members say (07-15-2021)

Clergy Abuse

• California church leader held for alleged child sex abuse (07-26-2021)
• Priest formerly assigned to Eastern Shore church among latest names on clergy abuse list (07-23-2021)
• New Hampshire bishop accused of abusing teenage boy (07-23-2021)
• Former Auburn priest accused of sexual abuse (07-23-2021)
• Area Catholic diocese adds four priests to list of clergy credibly accused of of sexual abuse (07-19-2021)
• Former U.P. priest gets 2nd prison sentence after abuse plea (07-16-2021)
• Former South Burlington priest accused of child sexual abuse (07-16-2021)
• Ex-New Orleans priest accused of molestation surrenders law license after lying about past (07-05-2021)
• Deceased Bishop added to the list of clergy with credible accusations of sexual abuse (07-05-2021)

Daybell, Chad and Lori Vallow

• Killing Lori Daybell's former husband was all part of 'master plan,' Arizona police say (07-05-2021)
• Records describe cult-like beliefs related to the fatal shooting of Lori Vallow's ex-husband (07-05-2021)
• Maricopa County grand jury indicts Lori Vallow on conspiracy to murder ex-husband in Chandler (07-02-2021)

General Information

• Members Of Kansas City, Kansas, Sect That Engaged In Human Trafficking Lose Defamation Claims (07-23-2021)

Genesis II Church

• The Family Behind the Covid Bleach Cure Was Making a Fortune (07-02-2021)

Jehovah's Witnesses

• Inside the Jehovah's Witnesses' Secret Pedophile Database (07-29-2021)

Lev Tahor

• Two leaders of extremist Lev Tahor ultra-Orthodox cult arrested in Guatemala (07-10-2021)
• US, Guatemalan forces raid extremist haredi Lev Tahor cult compound (07-10-2021)

Little Pebble

• At 27, Claire's husband forced her to join a cult. They were preparing for the world's end. (07-05-2021)

Manson Family

• Danny Trejo Spent Time In Jail With Cult Leader Charles Manson: 'He Could Have Been A Professional Hypnotist' (07-10-2021)

Militias or private armies and Extremist Groups

• Warrants Issued, New Details Emerge in 'Rise of the Moors' Case (07-15-2021)
• A refusal to acknowledge US laws, belief in UFOs and selling fake passports to pay for their abandoned house HQ: The inside story of the 'Rise of the Moors' militia who hit the headlines after stand-off with Massachusetts cops (07-10-2021)
• Members of 'Rise of the Moors' sovereign citizen militia REFUSE to cooperate at arraignment and claim they are not subject to U.S. laws after 11 were arrested during armed standoff near Boston (07-10-2021)
• Eleven arrested in armed militia group stand off with police near Boston (07-05-2021)

Neo Nazis

• Neo-Nazi Andrew Dymock jailed for terror and hate crimes (07-26-2021)
• UK bans fifth neo-Nazi group under terror laws (07-14-2021)

NXIVM

• Nxivm 'slave master' Lauren Salzman gets time served for role in cult (07-29-2021)
• How a mother and daughter rose up in Nxivm, got indicted and eventually turned against Keith Raniere (07-29-2021)
• Catherine Oxenberg feared daughter India had suicide pact with NXIVM sex cult (07-26-2021)
• Survivor of sex cult explains how she avoided being brainwashed by NXIVM (07-23-2021)
• Feds seek leniency for star NXIVM trial witness Lauren Salzman (07-21-2021)
• Seagrams heiress keeps paying as NXIVM's Keith Raniere adds big-name lawyers (07-15-2021)
• NXIVM's Salzman can't attend first grandchild's birth, judge says (07-12-2021)
• NXIVM's Salzman asks for bail modification to become a grandma (07-10-2021)
• Allison Mack: Hollywood actor with key role in abusive Nxivm sex cult (07-05-2021)
• Allison Mack sentenced to 3 years in prison for her role in NXIVM sex cult (07-02-2021)

Scientology

• Scientology ties prompt some to back away from Tampa human rights summit (07-23-2021)

Twelve Tribes/Messianic Communities

• Childhood in a cult was unusual, but there's 'more of us than I ever imagined' (07-27-2021)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Groups

• Love Looks Like This: My Husband and I Left Our Ultra-Orthodox Community for a Modern Orthodox Life (07-21-2021)
• 'My Unorthodox Life': Netflix mixes glitz with glatt in new series (07-14-2021)

White Supremacists

• 16 members of Florida white supremacist gang charged in sweeping indictment (07-19-2021)

New Books

• Cult Following: My escape and return to the Children of God Bexy Cameron (Manilla Press July 8, 2021)Order

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• Too Close For Comfort: Escape from a Destructive Cult SG Williams (June 27, 2021) Order

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• Understanding Religious Abuse and Recovery: Discovering Essential Principles for Hope and Healing Patrick J. Knapp ( Pickwick Publications April 21, 2021) Order

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