New Groups

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Children of God/The Family

• Cult Survivor Doesn't Blame Other Members Who Molested Her as Child: 'We Were All Victims, Really' (06-04-2019)

Christian Fundamentalists

• The Day Christian Fundamentalism Was Born (05-29-2019)

Clergy Abuse

• La Luz del Mundo church leader charged with child rape in US (06-10-2019)
• Michigan AG announces 5 Catholic priests charged in sex abuse investigation (05-27-2019)
• Sacramento Catholic diocese settles priest sex abuse lawsuit involving Woodland woman (05-24-2019)

Colonia Dignidad

• Germany to pay $11,000 each to Chile Nazi sect victims (05-18-2019)

General Information

• Radicalisation in prisons: Council adopts conclusions (06-10-2019)
• 9 Women Have Now Accused Self-Help Guru Tony Robbins of Sexual Misconduct (05-29-2019)
• Adelaide Hills cult leader James Salerno found guilty of unlawful sexual intercourse (05-27-2019)

Grace Cathedral

• Rev. Ernest Angley's former restaurant headed for sheriff's auction (06-05-2019)

ISKCON

• Tortured Souls (05-22-2019)

Jehovah's Witnesses

• Former Jehovah's Witness says she was turned away from the religion for having doubts (06-10-2019)
• Shunned: A former Jehovah's Witness and his quest to help others (06-04-2019)
• Jehovah's Witness who posted criticisms on Reddit can remain anonymous, judge rules (05-22-2019)

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

• 'None of your business': A televangelist defending his private jets goes viral (06-06-2019)
• Kenneth Copeland defends use of 3 private planes in interview; 'It's a spiritual thing' (06-03-2019)

Manson Family

• Newsom denies parole to Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, overruling parole board (06-05-2019)

Messianic Jews

• A Chicago couple lives like Orthodox Jews - and spreads the word of Jesus (05-20-2019)

Mormon Church

• Republican Mormon official says he is gay (05-27-2019)

NXIVM

• Jury sees child pornography allegedly possessed by NXIVM leader (06-15-2019)
• Cult expert testifies about his NXIVM dealings (06-15-2019)
• Expert Witness at NXIVM Trial Describes How Abusers 'Gaslight' Their Victims (06-10-2019)
• Nxivm guru Keith Raniere had sex slave 'food cam,' oinked as they ate: witness (06-10-2019)
• Courtroom fills with laughter over Nxivm leader's 'bulls-t' reputation (06-10-2019)
• Alleged Nxivm leader Keith Raniere was really focused on penis size (06-10-2019)
• NXIVM's neighborhood shocked anew by trial revelations (06-06-2019)
• NXIVM cult 'sex slave' pretended to be asleep when leader approached her with his pants down (06-03-2019)
• Nxivm leader hid from me when I escaped his captivity: witness (06-03-2019)
• Nxivm Trial: Sex Cult Leader Confined Woman in a Room for 2 Years in Jealous Rage (06-03-2019)
• From Heiress To Felon: How Clare Bronfman Wound Up In 'Cult-Like' Group Nxivm (06-03-2019)
• Nxivm Trial: Sex Cult Used Spyware to Monitor Bronfman (05-31-2019)
• Nxivm 'sex cult' master Keith Raniere couldn't get it up: witness (05-27-2019)
• How People Leave One Cult - and End Up in Another (05-27-2019)
• NXIVM leader Keith Raniere's sexual exploits destroyed family, witnesses tell court (05-27-2019)
• NXIVM Leader Held Woman Inside Bedroom for 2 Years, Ex-Lieutenant Testifies (05-24-2019)
• NXIVM 'sex cult' leader wanted brandings to look voluntary (05-24-2019)
• What Kind of Person Would Join a Sex Cult? (05-24-2019)
• What it feels like to get branded by a sex cult (05-22-2019)
• Nxivm member testifies of paddlings, branding of 'slaves' and plans for a dungeon (05-22-2019)
• Nxivm leader was writing twisted handbook on sex slavery: testimony (05-22-2019)
• Group oral sex session to pleasure NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere was interrupted by federal raid, ex-follower testifies (05-22-2019)
• Nxivm trial hears of debauchery and cruelty within alleged 'sex cult' (05-20-2019)
• Nxivm president kept shrine to accused sex cult leader Keith Raniere (05-20-2019)
• Nxivm inner circle member testifies in federal court and says she was leader's slave (05-20-2019)
• From one strange 'cult' to another: NXIVM whistleblower had served in another sect, IDs doctor as member who branded women (05-18-2019)

Polygamist Groups

• Roy Jeffs, son of polygamist who told the world about his father's abuses, dies at 26 (06-03-2019)
• North Shore county orders work to halt on property owned by Mormon sect (06-03-2019)
• This 'Whistleblower' couple found love and then launched a three-part plan to take down a Utah polygamous sect (06-03-2019)
• Unlikely whistleblower helps uncover alleged half-billion tax scam by secretive polygamist sect members (06-01-2019)
• North Shore county orders work to halt on property owned by Mormon sect (06-01-2019)
• KARE 11 Investigates: Construction equipment at polygamist property (05-22-2019)
• Former polygamous leader found guilty in child-bride case (05-18-2019)

Psychics

• 3 more charged in Las Vegas 'psychic readings' $1M scam (06-10-2019)
• New charges against pair in Las Vegas 'psychic readings' $1M scam (06-03-2019)
• 2 charged in psychic scam; police say lawyer was swindled out of $1.5M (05-21-2019)

Ramtha School of Enlightenment

• QAnon Teams Up With Alleged Cult Leader (05-22-2019)

Scientology

• Scientology ROW: Fury at plans for £3m SCIENTOLOGY church near UK school - 'Inappropriate' (05-22-2019)
• Neighbors protest height of Clearwater condo proposed by developers tied to Scientology (05-21-2019)
• City of Clearwater denies Church of Scientology's bid to buy defunct fire station (05-20-2019)

TV and Radio Preachers

• The preachers getting rich from poor Americans (06-03-2019)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Groups

• How anger over taxes and conscription is widening split among Israel's Jews (06-03-2019)

Unification Church

• UB, Unification Church split approved by all sides (05-31-2019)

World Mission Society Church of God

• Controversial Ridgewood church's nondisclosure agreement nullified in Superior Court (05-24-2019)

New Books

• Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life Amber Scorah ( Viking June 4, 2019) Order

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