New Groups

• Love Has Won (09-12-2020)

New Articles

Aum Sect - Shoko Asahara

• AUM founder's 2nd daughter to receive his remains, Tokyo court rules (09-18-2020)

Brother Julius

• Burlington man pleads no contest to conspiracy in killing of Southington cult leader (09-24-2020)

Children of God/The Family

• Children of God survivor wants justice for others (09-09-2020)

Christian Fundamentalists

• Evangelical churches hit hard by coronavirus in Latin America as many flout guidelines (08-31-2020)

Clergy Abuse

• Number of WNY priests accused in Child Victims Act suits grows to 173 (09-26-2020)
• Japan Catholic Church sued for damages in alleged sex abuse (09-26-2020)
• Former priest, who worked in Bellingham and Hudson in the 1950s, was named in child sex abuse settlement (09-17-2020)
• 2 new sex abuse suits filed against Metuchen Diocese include clerics not accused before (09-12-2020)
• Priest added to list of Albany diocese abusers after decades of allegations (09-09-2020)
• Ex-priest is accused of abusing 4 kids. Monett woman says church ignored her pleas. (08-31-2020)
• 11 victims who claim Lawrence priest sexually abused them settle for $1.4M: Mitchell Garabedian (08-31-2020)
• MONK-EY BUSINESS How 'Hitler-obsessed' leader of Buddhist sect 'stole £25m and brainwashed millions' - before disappearing off the map (08-31-2020)

Daybell, Chad and Lori Vallow

• Lori Vallow is 'not opposed' to joining trial with Chad Daybell (09-17-2020)
• Chad Daybell-Linked End-Times Website Appears on List of Alleged Extreme Antigovernment Groups (08-31-2020)

Exclusive Brethren

• Government Awards £240 Million PPE Deal to Firm Linked to Religious Sect (08-31-2020)

Falun Gong

• The 'highly sophisticated' religious movement trying to brainwash Australians (09-12-2020)

Falwell, Jerry

• 911 call from Falwell house reveals ex-Liberty president was drinking, fell down, lost 'a lot of blood' after resigning (09-21-2020)
• Giancarlo Granda claims Falwell Jr. has been 'relentlessly harassing' him since sex scandal broke (09-12-2020)
• Jerry Falwell Jr.'s entire family made millions off Liberty University (09-09-2020)
• Liberty University tells staff members to distance themselves from Falwell (09-09-2020)
• How Jerry Falwell Jr mixed his personal finances with his university's (09-07-2020)
• Liberty University opens investigation into 'all facets' of Jerry Falwell Jr.'s tenure (09-03-2020)
• Jerry Falwell Jr. to receive $10.5 million in compensation for resigning from Liberty University (08-31-2020)
• 'Predator' Jerry Falwell Jr. sent lewd photo of Liberty student, pool boy claims (08-31-2020)
• 'She was the aggressor': Former Liberty student alleges sexual encounter with Becki Falwell (08-31-2020)
• Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney, says he helped the Falwells block the release of racy photos (08-31-2020)

General Information

• German court jails sect leader for murder of 4-year-old (09-26-2020)
• Tactics employed by right-wing extremist groups are now being used by extremists on the left, report finds (09-18-2020)
• Greatest Domestic Threat Is Lone Actors Self-Radicalizing Online, Wray Says (09-18-2020)
• What Is It About California and Cults? (09-04-2020)
• Meet The New Cult In Town: Love Has Won, Now Quarantining On Kauai (09-04-2020)

Genesis II Church

• 'You have no authority over us': Church leader, sons jailed for insisting chemical's power to heal trumps laws of the state (09-07-2020)

Hate Groups and Extremists

• 2 Self-Proclaimed 'Boogaloo Bois' Charged With Conspiring To Work With Foreign Terrorists (09-07-2020)

ISIS/the Islamic State

• UNBELIEBERS: ISIS hijacked Justin Bieber fan account to radicalise youngsters as huge cache of sick extremist material is discovered (09-07-2020)

Jehovah's Witnesses

• Casper Jehovah's Witness Ministerial Servant Accused of Sex Abuse (09-12-2020)
• Dutch government launches hotline for sexual abuse in Jehovah's Witnesses (08-31-2020)

Ku Klux Klan

• Michigan State University drops building name linked to KKK member (09-14-2020)

Love Has Won

• 'My Sister Is Running A Cult With A Bunch Of Followers,' Woman Claims; Sister Denies Accusation (09-16-2020)
• Protesters Vandalize Kauai Home Rented By Religious Cult, Police Say (09-14-2020)
• "Cult-like" Colorado spiritual group met with violent protests during Hawaiian sojourn (09-14-2020)
• Love Has Won escorted to airport (09-12-2020)
• 'Love Has Won' Cult Intercepted at Kahului Airport, Rerouted to Colorado (09-12-2020)

Militias or private armies and Extremist Groups

• Charges filed against militia members traveling to Kenosha (09-07-2020)
• Kenosha Shooting: What The Law Says About Militias (09-04-2020)
• Kenosha Shooting Suspect Fervently Supported 'Blue Lives,' Joined Local Militia (08-31-2020)

Neo Nazis

• Lawyers Eye Neo-Nazi Website Founder's Assets for $14M Award (09-26-2020)
• Finnish top court bans Finland's main neo-Nazi group (09-23-2020)
• Second neo-Nazi pleads guilty to threats against journalists (09-22-2020)

NXIVM

• 'The Vow' Star Mark Vicente on the "Horror" of NXIVM (09-28-2020)
• Inside the head-spinning world of Clare Bronfman and the NXIVM cult (09-22-2020)
• Raniere lawyers say NXIVM leader prevented crime, brought peace to Mexico (09-22-2020)
• Actually, the Cultiest Part of The Vow Is the Night Volleyball (09-21-2020)
• Cult heiress Clare Bronfman threatened NXIVM sex slaves: Prosecutors (09-17-2020)
• India Oxenberg Survived the NXIVM 'Sex Cult'. Her Mother Fought For Her Through it All. (09-16-2020)
• Law Beat: NXIVM past attorneys' defense of Seagrams fortune heiress (09-07-2020)
• Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman stands by Nxivm leader Keith Raniere (09-03-2020)
• NXIVM Cult Leader's Jailhouse Call to Disciples: 'The Judge Needs to Know He's Being Watched' (08-31-2020)

Psychics

• Unmasking the Spiritual Scammers of Paris (09-14-2020)

QAnon

• Inside the QAnon cult as its contagion spreads to Scotland (09-28-2020)
• QAnon leaders look to rebrand after tech crack downs (09-28-2020)
• The Most Dangerous Cult of Our Times: QAnon's Inexorable Spread Beyond the U.S. (09-25-2020)
• The men behind QAnon (09-24-2020)
• The QAnon orphans: people who have lost loved ones to conspiracy theories (09-24-2020)
• Former QAnon Followers Explain What Drew Them In - And Got Them Out (09-24-2020)
• Debunked QAnon conspiracy theories are seeping into mainstream social media. Don't be fooled. (09-18-2020)
• Wellness and Yoga Influencers Are Taking a Stand Against QAnon (09-17-2020)
• QAnon is coopting a USPS phishing scam (09-17-2020)
• QAnon Followers Attack SF's Scott Wiener Over Sex Offender Law (09-17-2020)
• A hashtag-inspired movement perpetuates myths about sexual exploitation and preys on fear with exaggerated and out-of-context statistics, advocates say (09-14-2020)
• 911 dispatchers slammed with calls about QAnon-backed false claims about wildfires (09-12-2020)
• QAnon Traffic Declined After Facebook Cracked Down (09-12-2020)
• How QAnon and other dark forces are radicalizing Americans as the COVID-19 pandemic rages and election looms (09-03-2020)
• QAnon supporters join thousands at protest against Germany's coronavirus rules (08-31-2020)
• Explained: How the QAnon Conspiracy Theory Gained a Foothold in America (08-31-2020)

Scientology

• Mad Brad -- Brad Pitt was 'twinned with teen in sauna & insulted by supervisor until he stormed out' during time in Scientology (09-21-2020)
• Dad claims John Travolta accused of not facing up to 'abusive' Scientology practices by leader David Miscavige's father (09-21-2020)
• KCK residents push back against Church of Scientology moving into office building (09-18-2020)
• Clearwater opens door for land swap with Church of Scientology for coveted lot (09-17-2020)
• Planning Commission votes to deny Scientology dormitory on Central Avenue (09-17-2020)

Twelve Tribes/Messianic Communities

• Religious sect Twelve Tribes under police investigation after dig for remains (09-28-2020)
• Boy, 17, is charged with the murder of the former leader of secretive 'Twelve Tribes' religious sect after he died in a raging house fire (09-03-2020)

Vissarion, Church of the Last Testament

• Sins of the sex-obsessed Jesus of Siberia: He's the ex-traffic cop who declared himself the Son of God and mesmerised 50,000 followers. But after his arrest this week, it turned out he's not the Messiah - just a very naughty boy (09-26-2020)
• Who is 'Jesus of Siberia', the Cult Leader Arrested for Extortion and Emotional Abuse in Russia? (09-25-2020)
• Police uncover weapons, cash and jewels in raid on Siberian religious sect (09-24-2020)
• Russian cult leader who claims he is the reincarnation of Jesus is arrested by special forces in Siberia (09-23-2020)
• Cult leader who claims to be reincarnation of Jesus arrested in Russia (09-23-2020)
• Russian Authorities Storm Siberian Commune, Arrest Messianic Cult Leader (09-23-2020)

White Supremacists

• White supremacist gets three years in jail for online racist threats (09-03-2020)

Word of Faith Fellowship

• Case against Facebook commenters moves to state court (09-24-2020)

New Books

• Religion of Fear: The True Story of the Church of God of the Union Assembly David Cady (University of Tennessee Press; 1st Edition May 29, 2019) Order

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• Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier Benjamin E. Park (Liveright; Illustrated Edition February 25, 2020) Order

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