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News and Opinion
Is cult author Steven Hassan embellishing and/or exaggerating his bio?
Author Steven Hassan, who writes and speaks about groups called "cults," has a personal history of cult involvement. Hassan was in the Unification Church ("Moonies") founded by Sun Myung Moon for two years in the 1970s. And his origin story includes a dramatic "deprogramming" intervention arranged by his parents. However, it... MoreRecent Additions
- Former Mormon reveals the wild list of rules she was forced to follow while living within ultrastrict religion from being told drinking COFFEE would bar you from heaven to awful law of chastity that pushed many into PORN addictions
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- Leader of Extreme Body Modification Cult Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
- Survivor of cult helps bring down the human trafficking sect he escaped from Pablo Salum was the first person to escape and denounce the Escuela de Yoga
- FBI investigates reports of historical child sexual abuse within sect also operating in New Zealand
- New RHONY star Rebecca Minkoff is a hardcore Scientologist who rubbed shoulders with Danny Masterson and has donated MILLIONS to the church while her doctor dad was implicated in horrifying wrongful death lawsuit of Lisa McPherson
- Nun alleging sexual abuse by Tendai priest in Japan seeks relief amid skepticism (Pt. 3)
- Is Church of Scientology Best Judge Of Whether Church Of Scientology Forced Teen To Marry Her Rapist
- Cried every day: Kenya cult families struggle for closure
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