Tag: Cults
Japan cult guru seeks retrial in subway gas attack case
The former leader of a Japanese doomsday cult who was sentenced to hang for masterminding a deadly nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995 has filed a petition for a retrial, the Tokyo District Court said.[MORE]
S Korea cult leader jailed for sex crimes
A South Korean court has handed a six-year jail term to a religious cult leader for raping his female followers before spending several year on the run in China.[MORE]
US polygamous sect mums launch clothing line
The raid by Texas authorities on a reclusive polygamous sect in April and their seizure of 400 children amid allegations of abuse has had an unexpected consequence - the launch of a new clothing line.[MORE]
Rudd knocks back Exclusive Brethren inquiry call
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has rejected the Exclusive Brethren's call for an inquiry into their treatment.[MORE]
Last Russian doomsday cult members give up: report
The last nine surviving members of a Russian doomsday cult have emerged from a cave where they had been holed up since last year awaiting the end of the world, Interfax news agency has reported.[MORE]
2 Russian doomsday sect members 'died in cave'
Two members of a sect holed up in a muddy cave since November in expectation of the world's end have died, a survivor claims.[MORE]
Texas police raid Mormon sect after abuse claims
Police in the US state of Texas are investigating possible child abuse in a breakaway Mormon church led by the jailed Polygamist Warren Jeffs.[MORE]
'All children out' of Russian doomsday cave
Three of the last 14 members of a Russian doomsday sect have left their muddy cave, after five months barricaded underground waiting for the apocalypse.[MORE]
Defence workers trained by 'cult'
The Defence Department has admitted some of its personnel have undertaken professional development courses run by an organisation that had been listed as a possible cult.[MORE]
14 Russian doomsday sect members leave cave: report
Fourteen members of a doomsday sect have left a cave in central Russia after almost five months waiting underground for the end of the world, Interfax news agency reported.[MORE]
Rain threatens doomsday cult's bunker
Russian authorities have urged 28 members of a doomsday cult to leave the mud bunker in which they are awaiting the end of the world, saying spring rain may trigger its collapse at any time.[MORE]
Russia doomsday cult members leave cave hideout
Seven female members of a Russian cult have come out of the cave where they have been awaiting the end of the world, but 28 people are still underground, Russian media has reported.[MORE]
Doomsday sect to leave cave - before world's end
Members of a doomsday sect who have been in a cave in southern Russia for more than four months have indicated they will come out in late April.[MORE]
Tajikistan to crack down on witchcraft
Tajikistan is launching a crackdown on witchcraft and fortune-telling as part of an anti-poverty drive, after earlier banning lavish weddings and expensive funerals.[MORE]
PNG cult hampers flood relief
Members of a sectarian cult are hindering the movement of emergency supplies to flood-affected people in Papua New Guinea. [MORE]
Police arrest doomsday cult leaders in Uganda
State media in Uganda says police have arrested 12 leaders of a doomsday cult that believes floods swamping large parts of the north and east of the country herald the end of the world.[MORE]
Cult leader Dyers 'now a martyr'
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Australian cult leader Ken Dyers committed suicide last week but the controversy around him and his Kenja group has not died with him.[MORE]
PNG cult leader's wife sought over rape, murder accusations
Police in Papua New Guinea are searching for the wife of a notorious cult leader who was arrested last week. [MORE]
PNG police probe mob attacks linked to sorcery
Police in Papua New Guinea are investigating a spate of attacks in which locals have taken the law into their own hands.[MORE]
Exclusive Brethren election ads sent to tribunal
The Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner has ruled a member of the Exclusive Brethren has a case to answer over advertisements circulated during the last state election.[MORE]
