Tag: Sect
Cast out a demon? Sect leader in Schweinfurt in court for rape – Bavaria
Physical abuse, rape against evil forces: According to the Schweinfurt public prosecutor’s office, a “spiritual leader” of an alternative residential community in Lower Franconia wanted to free a woman possessed…
Controversial sect: Scientology dropout reports persecution: "They showed up at my work, in the cinema, in the supermarket"
Sabrina David was a long-time member of Scientology. The then 15-year-old came into contact with the cult through her best friend’s mother. After leaving, the Swiss woman reported persecution and…
A guru who attacked minors, preferably virgins
They ended up “losing themselves there” like Agnes Arabela Marques. She is one of the victims of Gregorian Bivolaru, the guru suspected of sexual violence within a sprawling sect arrested…
Fifteen people indicted, six imprisoned
This Friday, a Romanian-Swedish guru and fourteen people were indicted in Paris, suspected of being involved in large-scale sexual violence within an international yoga movement accused of sectarian excesses, a…
The guru indicted and imprisoned
The guru of an international yoga movement, Gregorian Bivolaru, was indicted this Friday evening for rape, abuse of weakness, kidnapping and human trafficking by an organized gang, AFP learned from…
How the government wants to better fight the “new gurus”
Advocate cures of raw foods, juices or extreme fasts to cure all ailments, including the most serious illnesses. Organize such control over its victims that, like puppets, they break up…
Shincheonji Sect: An end-time cult that proselytizes in Germany
As of: September 24, 2023 12:06 p.m A Christian sect from South Korea is spreading in Germany: Shincheonji. The members primarily recruit students. What begins with reading the Bible ends,…
Leslie van Houten: Member of Charles Manson sect freed
Leslie van Houten Member of Charles Manson cult soon to be released At the age of 19, Leslie van Houten was a member of the so-called Manson Family © Stan…
Crime: At least 318 dead in “hunger sect” in Kenya
crime At least 318 dead in “hunger sect” in Kenya Kithure Kindiki (M), Minister of the Interior of Kenya, inspects graves in a forest area in the south of the…
Kenya: Already more than 200 dead in Christian “hunger sect”
Salvage work continues More than 200 dead in Kenyan “hunger cult” – 26 arrests Exhumed corpses of the “hunger sect” in Kenya © Uncredited/AP/DPA A cult leader in Kenya told…