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"Sex cult" leader "born evil" says childhood classmate

In an ironic twist a newspaper run by Falun Gong, which has been described as a personality "cult," reported about the life and criminal prosecution of "sex cult" leader Keith Raniere.

A "cult" reporting about a "cult"?

Raniere is the notorious founder of  NXIVM (pronounced nexium), a supposed self-improvement... More

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