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Feb 6, 2026

Leader of cult-like group charged with murder claimed God spoke through her, former member says

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Clara Harter  Los Angeles Times  February 6, 2026 Shelley Bailey “Kat” Martin taught members of her secretive religious group th...
Feb 5, 2026

What is coercive control?

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What is coercive control? Coercive control involves deliberate, repeated patterns of physical or non-physical abuse used to hurt, scare, in...

Yamagami Sentencing Reveals Japan’s Troubled Response to Religious Cults

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Kitō Masaki  Nippon February 4, 2026 In January 2026, Yamagami Tetsuya was sentenced to life for the July 2022 assassination of ...
Jan 30, 2026

Korean hosts condemn online cults after 13-year-old transgender girl livestream suicide

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OSEN January 27, 2026 Jang Seongkyu·Lee Sangyeop's ranking battle chart show 'From one to ten' shocked viewers by selecting the ...
Jan 29, 2026

The Prophet and the Pathologist: Stephen Kent, Massimo Introvigne, and the Battle for an Honest Study of Religion

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Jonathan Simmons Free Inquiry Magazine , Volume 46 Religious apologists have a playbook for scholars who get too close to the tr...

South Korea’s ex-first lady jailed for 20 months in bribery case

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AFP DAWN.COM January 29, 2026 SEOUL: A South Korean judge handed the country’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee 20 months in jail on Wednesday...
Jan 27, 2026

Taken No More: Protect Your Children Against Traffickers and Cults

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Robin Boyle Laisure ​:  Taken No More: Protect Your Children Against Traffickers and Cults   (Bloomsbury 2025 ​) In America, every 2.5 hours...
Jan 20, 2026

Kishi-Moon tie still afflicts Japan as Abe assassin faces verdict

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The roots of Shinzo Abe’s assassination trace back to Cold War anti-communism and the Unification Church’s fateful entry into Ja...

Social media are helping cults to recruit and control members

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The internet has replaced door-to-door evangelists with online influencers The Economist  January 8, 2026 It began as just another niche gam...
Jan 14, 2026

Unification Church-backed project in Cambodia investigated for alleged corruption tied to previous gov't

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Korea JoongAng Daily January 13, 2026 A development project in Cambodia promoted by the Unification Church faces a criminal investigation fo...
Dec 31, 2025

Police Raid Ex-Unification Church Official's Home in Bribery Probe

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Statute of Limitations Nears for Democratic Party Lawmaker's 2018 Bribery Case Involving 20M Won and Watch Lee Gi-woo Chosun...
Dec 28, 2025

Security guard shot dead by colleague over firewood dispute in Kanpur

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The Press Trust of India   December 25, 2025 KANPUR (UP): (Dec 27) A 45-year-old security guard was shot dead allegedly by his colleague fol...