A new U.S. State Department report says Fiji has failed to adequately tackle human trafficking, including allegations involving the Grace Road Group. The country received a one-year waiver that spared...

Thirty-seven years have now passed since their murders. Twenty years have passed since the state of Ohio executed Jeffrey Lundgren for his crimes. 19 Investigates is giving you a look at the story fro...

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"I want to run screaming out of there every time I have to visit my family that lives there. It’s claustrophobic, and I can’t wait to escape as soon as I arrive."

Inquest hears paediatricians pleaded with child safety for action to protect the eight-year-old from her parents and other Toowoomba sect members

Dr Christine Marie survived one false prophet, then sent another to prison. Now she has a warning for New Zealand.

Ryan Carey was born into the Geelong Revival Centre, a Pentecostal church in Australia where his father was second-in-command. But it was an environment of fear and control, where the authority of the...

Leah Remini said she’s ‘incredibly proud’ to support the Michael J. Rinder Aftermath Foundation, which helps people leave Scientology.

A Paris court on Friday jailed a young Indian man to 20 years jail for leading a masculinist group that forced young girls, many of them minors, to perform sexual acts and in some cases tortured them.

Sexual abuse by priests, members of a religious order and educators has shaken the Catholic Church worldwide over the past decades. By contrast, another form of abuse has received far less attention –...

Former musician, Scientologist and Charlie Sheen punching bag Chuck Lorre created some of the biggest sitcoms in television history. Now he's written a dishy, thoughtful how-I-did-it memoir.

South Korea's Democratic Party has found signs that tens of thousands of Shincheonji members joined the party around its August convention.

Gloriavale’s Dove Stedfast has welcomed baby No. 7 and opens up about motherhood, marriage, family life and her hopes for the future.

Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja appeared at the Seoul High Court on Tuesday for the first hearing of her appeal against a two-year prison sentence. She arr

Some believe we live on a pear-shaped planet that is completely hollow. The same crowd say the entrance to hell can be found in the North Pole. Sorry, Santa. Then there are those who claim to survive ...

Rohan Rane has been on trial this week in Paris on charges including torture of minors, extortion, corrupting minors online and distributing child sex images

Every religion has a musical tradition no matter how small the church or strange the belief. Some of this music was recruitment propaganda, some was not. Either way, fringe faiths among musicians is n...

An alleged neo-nazi accused of leading an international online network that sexually exploited and tortured young girls has gone on trial in Paris, facing a ...

An elderly ex-monk has been jailed for up to 13 years for the “vile” sexual assault of six girls at a temple in Springvale and Keysborough. Naotunne Vijitha, 71, was found guilty by a Victorian County...

The cult leader’s mother, his three wives, and the children I came to know behind the walls of his church compound.

Delhi Spiritual University ashram founder Virendra Dev Dixit faces serious rape and confinement charges. Follow Bhaskar English Latest Updates. The ashram’s founder, Virendra Dev Dixit, faced rape and...

The Special Penal Tribunal of First Instance and the Appeals Tribunal have reached “moral certainty” of the late Argentine Father Carlos Miguel Buela ...

DAEJEON — A court on Thursday ordered a religious cult, its leader and No. 2 official to pay about 370 million won ($277,000) in damages to three f...

Former Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel has been preliminarily granted parole, initiating a state review process that could lead to her release.

An Adelaide woman tells of the globally watched ritual that saved her after leaving a religious cult shut down over abuse allegations.

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Former Shincheonji members raise concerns about the religious cult maintaining its charity status for tax purposes amid abuse allegations stemming from an investigation that began eight months ago.

Jeong Myeong-seok and the Christian Gospel Mission, also known as Jesus Morning Star, were ordered to jointly pay 250 million won ($187,000), 80 million won plus and 40 million won, respectively, to h...

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The Culture Ministry rejected two requests to sell land and buildings while the foundation and its affiliates faced corruption-related investigations.

A woman sexually abused by a member of her Jehovah's Witness congregation as a child says she feels like a "powerless little girl again" after her abuser was

Experts say that a 'final straw' is never really about that one specific moment.

After years of research and dedication, Lauren Shoemaker’s scholarly work is finally taking shape in a new book. Shoemaker, a Slippery Rock University associate professor of languages, literatures, cu...

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