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Aum Sect - Shoko Asahara

• 1995 sarin victim makes film to confront member of Aum Shinrikyo (04-14-2021)

Black Hebrews

• Report: Israel to deport members of polygamous sect (04-28-2021)

Clergy Abuse

• Retired Grand Haven priest defrocked over sexual abuse allegations (05-10-2021)
• Archdiocese of Hartford settles credible sexual abuse allegation made against former priest, teacher at East Catholic High School in Manchester (05-07-2021)
• Former Virginia Beach priest charged with sexually assaulting a minor decades ago (05-06-2021)
• Spain: Catholic leaders put numbers to sex abuse claims (04-27-2021)
• Former U.P. priest pleads guilty to sex abuse, to serve minimum 8 years in prison (04-24-2021)
• Ex-Catholic Priest Charged With Sexually Assaulting 4 Boys In Palmdale, Redondo Beach (04-19-2021)
• Minnesota bishop resigns at request of pope for covering up sexual abuse by clergy (04-15-2021)

Exorcism and Spiritual Warfare

• EVIL SPIRITS Inside the horrific 'exorcisms' sweeping Russia with sons whipped to death and daughters disembowelled by their parents (04-24-2021)

Falun Gong

• Falun Gong-aligned media push fake news about Democrats and Chinese communists (05-03-2021)

Falwell, Jerry

• Liberty University Sues Jerry Falwell Jr., Seeking Millions In Damages (04-19-2021)
• Falwell's son out as VP at Liberty University (04-16-2021)
• Liberty University bans employees from talking to Jerry Falwell Jr. about university relations (04-14-2021)

Followers of Christ

• Mom gets 3 daughters back from faith-healing grandparents (05-08-2021)

General Information

• Congregation or cult? Former members accuse Kansas City church of abuse (05-14-2021)
• Historic home of notorious B.C. cult listed for $2.8M (05-06-2021)
• Inside the Spirituality 'Cult' Whose Members Allege Sexual and Financial Exploitation (05-05-2021)
• Inside the 'Cult-Like' Summer Camp Where Women Say They Had to Hug Their Abusers (05-03-2021)
• Life in a cult: one couple is telling their story after a life inside (04-29-2021)
• Her Brother Was Tortured to Death by Members of a Cult, Including Their Own Mother (04-27-2021)
• Cult leader who practised obscure branch of Hinduism and claimed to be 'an incarnation of God' is accused of raping four female devotees (04-21-2021)

Grace Cathedral

• Internationally known televangelist Ernest Angley dies at 99 after a lifetime of controversy (05-10-2021)

Lev Tahor

• Feds charge extremist Orthodox sect Lev Tahor with exploiting, kidnapping children (04-21-2021)

Love Has Won

• Love Has Won: Family's grief at death of mummified cult leader (05-12-2021)
• Love Has Won cult followers face more severe charges in case of mummified body (05-08-2021)
• Mummified 'Love Has Won' leader found in Colorado compared to David Koresh by cult expert (05-07-2021)
• Son of an alleged cult leader speaks out after she was found mummified and in a shrine (05-07-2021)
• 7 Arrested After Mummified Cult Leader's Remains Found In Rural Colorado Home (05-06-2021)
• Mother of deceased cult member warns leaders are still active (05-06-2021)
• Mummified remains of cult leader found in home; 7 arrested (05-05-2021)
• Decayed Corpse of 'Cult' Leader Found in Colorado HQ (05-03-2021)

Manson Family

• She Escaped Charles Manson’s Murderous Sex Cult (04-27-2021)

Mormon Church

• Mormon sex therapist ousted from faith for critiques (04-24-2021)

Neo Nazis

• Neo-Nazi leader arrested in Arizona for aggravated assault (04-22-2021)

Neturei Karta

• Leader of extremist anti-Zionist Haredi sect, who met Ahmadinejad, dead at 87 (04-19-2021)

NXIVM

• Canadian connections of Keith Raniere's NXIVM sex cult ran deep (04-19-2021)
• How Keith Raniere lured scores of young women into sex slave cult NXIVM (04-19-2021)

Overcomers Ministry

• Overcoming the Overcomer Ministry: Sexual assault victims furious that Lowcountry pastor never had to face trial before his death (04-14-2021)

QAnon

• QAnon theorists find following even among Line users in Japan (05-06-2021)

Salmullah/God's Kingdom of Eden

• Lia Aminuddin: Return to Eden (part two) (04-30-2021)
• Lia Aminuddin: Life after Eden (part one) (04-29-2021)

Scientology

• What's Scientology doing in Delhi? (05-07-2021)
• "The Means of Getting Someone in the Door": An Inside Look at Scientology's Lavish Production Facilities and Actor Recruitment Strategy (05-03-2021)
• Clearwater Council rejects Downtown Development Board’s appointment request (04-19-2021)
• The Busted Musician Reveals He Left The Church Of Scientology After The Organization Attempted To Brainwash Him Into Thinking That His Wife Dragged Him Down. (04-16-2021)
• Scientology continues its domination of Clearwater coast: Church submits proposal to build on the downtown bluff after buying 60 properties in the Florida city (04-16-2021)

Scott, Gene

• Mansion once owned by televangelist listed for $48 million in California. Take a look (04-14-2021)

Shinchonji Church, founder Man-Hee Lee

• Cult or church? This Korean sect has thousands of devotees, but ex-believers lost faith and money (05-03-2021)

Trinity Broadcasting Network

• Ole Anthony, Dallas pastor known for relentless investigations into TV preachers, dies at age 82 (04-19-2021)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Groups

• Haredi 'rabbi' accused of being a covert Messianic missionary (05-03-2021)
• Christian missionaries infiltrate ultra-Orthodox enclave in Jerusalem (04-27-2021)

New Books

• In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father Rebecca Stott (Random House; Illustrated edition July 4, 2017) Order

  (04-23-2021)