Legionaries of Christ, His Way Spirit Led Assemblies, Sister Wives
"A new HBO series on Marcial Maciel has once again placed the spotlight on the founder of the Legionaries of Christ and the complaints of sexual abuse against him.
The congregation in Rome confirmed to ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language news partner, that it had known about the production for years and agreed to be interviewed to address their past and show the changes the order has undertaken since the scandal."
" ... The HBO Max documentary series examines the career of the founder of the Legionaries of Christ.
Maciel was considered a charismatic leader and effective fundraiser for decades, but it was later revealed that he had sexually abused at least 60 minors, battled addiction to a morphine derivative, led a hidden double life, and had at least one daughter.
The first season of the series directed by MatÃas Gueilburt consists of four episodes. The first, set in the 1940s in Mexico, chronicles the founding of the Legionaries of Christ and the initial warning signs about Maciel, which were ignored.
The second episode, set in the 1950s, describes the Legion's expansion to Spain and Italy, as well as the start of investigations after the first reports of abuse and his addiction to a morphine derivative became known."
KTLA: Former member shares details on cult-like religious group at center of SoCal missing persons case
A former member of an alleged cult-like religious group in Riverside County is speaking out as the disappearance of Emilio Ghanem, last seen in 2023, is now being investigated as a possible murder. Ghanem, 40, was reported missing in May 2023. He was a former member of the Hemet-based group "His Way Spirit Led Assemblies." Ghanem had spent the previous two decades as a devout member, working at Fullshield Inc., now known as Maxguard. In April 2023, Ghanem left both the religious group and MaxGuard, moving to Nashville, Tennessee, to be with his family. His sisters say he started his own pest control company in Nashville and returned to SoCal to open a satellite office, aiming to regain some old clients.
US Weekly: Sister Wives' Christine Brown Admits She Was 'In a Cult,' Raised Her Kids in 1 Before Leaving Kody
"Christine Brown is opening up about losing her religion — and raising her family in what she says was a "cult" — in her new, tell-all memoir.
In the prologue for Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family and Finding Freedom, out now, Christine, 53, asked herself, "But was I in a cult?"
She acknowledged that her religious belief, what she described as a "version of fundamentalist, polygamist Mormon" faith, can be considered to be a cult by many in the outside world, but confessed, "If I was, I'm glad of it."
Christine, whose grandfather led the Apostolic United Brethren starting in 1954, explained, "I come from a family and a community filled with talent, nurturing and love and women who had the support and ability to make good decisions for themselves."
While she went willingly into her own plural marriage with Kody Brown in 1994, as she looked back at her upbringing and the idea of polygamy, Christine determined that her life before divorce was in fact a cult."
"Maple Yip, one of the survivors of the controversial religious group Christian Gospel Mission, also known as Jesus Morning Star (JMS), has announced that she will be releasing an autobiography, detailing her experiences in the cult.
As reported on Mingpao, Maple, who is also the wife of singer-actor Alex Fong, announced the news on Threads, stating that she will be releasing the book, (loosely translated as "Trace"), which will further detail her life inside and outside of JMS in hopes it would serve as a warning to the public.
"You might be thinking, 'This story has already been told in the documentary 'In the Name of God' and its sequel 'The Echoes of Survivors,' so why publish another book to recount all this? After watching the documentary, you may still have many questions. You may feel that cults and sexual abuse are far from you. I believe this is because you don't fully understand my experience," she wrote.
"This book details my journey from conversion at age 16 or 17, through brainwashing, quitting the cult, and ultimately filing a lawsuit. I hope that by documenting that painful period, I can sort out my thoughts and seek healing. I hope that reading my experience will help you realise, 'Oh, if I continue like this, I might go astray,' and learn from it to avoid being hurt."
Maple said that there are many other manipulative groups in society that one can unknowingly fall into, and that she hopes that people can escape, or help those who are caught up in them."
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