The parents of an 8-year-old girl who died after they withheld her insulin, encouraged by members of a small Christian sect who believed God would save her, have been sentenced to at least 14 years in ...

A religious sect called “The Message” has spread worldwide — and also sprouted destructive “cults.” An investigation exposes the child abuse, misogyny and manipulation in some of the faith’s subgroups ...

Former students have lifted the lid on a controversial spiritual group on the Mornington Peninsula attracting wealthy, ...

Prevailing conceptions of the cult are criticized. A new typology of religious collectivities is elaborated and related to a theory of the development of cults. This theory claims that a central ...

Officials in Guatemala are dealing with a strange situation. They have seized about 140 children from Lev Tahor, a fringe Jewish sect that has long faced charges of child abuse. The group claims ...

Victorians are being steered away from life saving medical treatment by unregulated cult-like groups acting “with impunity”, ...

New Zealand leavers of a secretive sect the FBI is investigating for historical child sexual abuse have formed the first support network for former members in this country. They said recent publicity ...

For her first 22 years, Sarah Kiser’s thick hair stretched down past her knees. People would accidentally sit on it. The strands would gnarl up into painful tangles. The ends always felt dry and ...

Emily Hamer Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team and Tim Steller Arizona Daily Star Nov 12, 2024 Nov 12, 2024 0 A religious sect called “The Message” has spread worldwide — and also sprouted ...