Welcome to The Cult Education Institute

The Cult Education Institute (CEI) is a nonprofit library with archived information about cults, destructive cults, controversial groups and movements. CEI is an educational tax-exempted charity and an institutional member of both the American Library Association and New Jersey Library Association. The CEI online library, which was first launched in 1996, is constantly expanding to include new research and information. The database contains thousands of files including news reports, peer reviewed papers, court documents, book excerpts and personal testimonies, all carefully organized within hundreds of titled subsections . There are also links to additional relevant research resources, a book list and a public message board attached for comments. Due to the size of the CEI library a search feature is available for your convenience. Also see the site map to learn where information and material is located.

News and Opinion

"I often wonder if my cousins are members of a cult. They worship Donald Trump."

CultNews recently received some interesting questions from a reader concerned about President Donald Trump.

The reader said, "I often wonder if my cousins are members of a cult. They worship Donald Trump. He has become a god-like figure in their lives and ... More

Recent Additions

• White evangelicals distinct on abortion, LGBT policy, poll shows
• What Do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe?
• NXIVM's Raniere loses bid to have victims names disclosed at sentencing
• French priest recounts how he abused boy scouts over decades
• Aharon Ramati named as rabbi arrested for alleged enslavement of women
• Haredi cult victim: Rabbi used women to groom us
• Jerusalem police arrest suspected cult leader who kept dozens of women, children
• Fears of a cult takeover roil a tiny town in northern Maine
• Case of 2 missing kids grows to include deaths, cult rumors
• Seth Jeffs development of Pike Lake Road property comes to a halt

More in What's New
Today's headlines at CultNews.net