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Almendros, Carmen et al.: "Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Group Psychological Abuse Scale" - abstract
American Academy of Pediatrics: "Religious Exemptions from Child Abuse Statutes"
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children: "Psychosocial Evaluation of Suspected Psychological Maltreatment in Children and Adolescents" - abstract
American Psychiatric Association: "Statement on Repressed Memories of Abuse"
APA: "Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse"
Asser, Seth & Swan, Rita: "Child Fatalities from Religion-Motivated Medical Neglect" - abstract
Boulette, Teresa, Ph.D. & Andersen, Susan M., Ph.D.: "Mind Control and the Battering of Women" - abstract
Chambers, William, Ph.D. et al.: "The Group Psychological Abuse Scale"
Chambers, William, Ph.D. et al.: "The Group Psychological Abuse Scale" - abs
Characteristics of Abusive Churches
Churches That Abuse - Book Review by Maxine Pinson
Furnari, Leona: "Born or Raised in Closed, High-Demand Groups or Cults: Developmental Issues"
God's Brothel - Book Review by Doni Whitsett, Ph.D.
Halperin, David & Markowitz, Arnold: "Residential Treatment: The Potential for Cultic Evolution" - abstract
Halperin, David, M.D.: "Cults and Children: The Role of the Psychotherapist" - abstract
Kelley, Susan, Ph.D.: "Ritualistic Abuse of Children: Dynamics and Impact" - abstract
Kent, Stephen & Hall, Deana: "Brainwashing and Re-Indoctrination Programs in the Children of God/The Family" - abstract
Kent, Stephen, Ph.D.: "Education and Reeducation in Ideological Organizations and their Implications for Children" - abstract
Kent, Stephen, Ph.D.: "Lustful Prophet: A Psychosexual Historical Study of the Children of God's Leader, David Berg" - abstract
Landa_Susan: "Children and Cults: A Practical Guide"
Langone, Michael D., Ph.D.: "Outline: Child Literature"
Langone, Michael D., Ph.D.: "Psychological Abuse: Theoretical and Measurement Issues"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Children and Cults -- excerpt from Recovery from Cults
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Psychological Abuse" - abstract
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Satanism and Occult-Related Violence: What You Should Know"
Lloyd, David, Esq.: "Ritual Child Abuse: Understanding the Controversies" - abstract
MacDonald, Gordon, Rev.: "Disciple Abuse" - abstract
Markowitz, Arnold, C.S.W. & Halperin, David A., M.D.: "Cults and Children: The Abuse of the Young" - abstract
McClung, Floyd: "Authority: Its Use and Abuse, A Christian Perspective" - abstract
Muster, Nori: "Authoritarian Culture and Child Abuse in ISKCON" - abstract
Rochford, Burke: "Child Abuse in the Hare Krishna Movement:1971-1986" - (full text 237k)
Rochford, Burke: "Further Reflections on Child Abuse within ISKCON" - Hare Krishna
Shaw, Daniel: "Traumatic Abuse in Cults: A Psychoanalytic Perspective" - abstract
Shrestha, Bharata das: "ISKCON’s Response to Child Abuse: 1990-98" - Hare Krishna
Ward, David: "Domestic Violence as a Cultic System" - abstract
Weishaupt, Kaynor & Stensland, Michael: "Wifely Subjection: Mental Health Issues in Jehovah's Witness Women" - abstract
Whitsett, Doni, Ph.D.: "The Psychobiology of Trauma and Child Maltreatment"

 

E-Library

 

1,139 victimized by Aum Shinrikyo ask for state benefits

10 years for polygamist sect member in sex assault

12 Members of Peru Sect Burn to Death

13,000 abuse claims in juvie centers

2009s Miss Indonesia Admits to Being Raised in 'Sex Cult'

9 ex-Alamo group members to testify

A “Most Vulnerable Segment”

A dissident ‘disappears’

A time to go with our heads as well as our hearts

Abuse of child 'witches' on rise, aid group says

Abuse Victims Conference in Connecticut

Abusers were 'dregs of society'

Abusive Leadership

Academy at Ivy Ridge / Worldwide Association of Specialty Schools (WWASPS): Reform School Ordered to Return Tuition

Accused Calif. Killer Said to Have Led Incest Cult

Adoptee Allegedly "Brainwashed"

AFF News Briefs - Vol. 4, No. 4, 2002 - print

Alamo could use a prison consultant

Alamo defender asking to withdraw

Alamo defense asks for mercy, cites evangelist’s ‘good works’

Alamo Follower Set For January Sentencing

Alamo tells girl from jail: `I'm still in charge'

Alamo, 75, gets 175 years

Alamo-Member Parents Denied Again

Alleged Canadian polygamist to invoke religious freedom

Amid a holy war

An abuse of belief

ANALYSIS-Saudi speeds up education reform, clerics resist

Anand Margis seeks judicial probe into killing of their monks in 1982

Angola police say release 29 children from sect

Another scandal for Legion founder Maciel

Apostates fear a resurgence of FLDS tyranny

Archbishop assails Irish orders over child abuse

Are we all capable of violence?

Arizona sheriff accused of misconduct

Arrest of allegedly abusive mother sparks protests

Arrested: Leaders of FLDS-linked Canadian polygamous sect

Article on Cultic Child Abuse

Asin’s assistant in Baba’s abode

At 75, Charles Manson still has power to influence others

Attorney questions witnesses' expertise on FLDS religion

Attorneys: CPS overruled efforts to end rights for some FLDS parents

Aum cult member's death sentence upheld over Tokyo subway gas attacks

Austrian Murder Sparks Protests in India

Authorities say speculations on church investigation ‘hitting the nail on the head’

Ava clearly showed grave illness, pediatrician testifies

B.C. court quashes polygamy charges against controversial leaders of Bountiful

B.C. court quashes polygamy charges against controversial leaders of Bountiful

Bahais claim Iran persecutes believers

Bahais try to help others escape persecution in Iran

Baltimore archbishop calls for a review of the Legion of Christ

Banned From Church

Barsana Dham a magical place for worshippers - Temple is one of the largest Hindu worship centers in the country.

BARSANA DHAM TEMPLE Infomercial executives help support Hindu temple Hindu temple used direct marketing as means of financial support.

Battle over legal costs could derail B.C. polygamy case

Behind the closed doors on C Street

Behind the Yearning for Zion Gates

Being photographed, video taped is un-Islamic: TNSM chief

Benny Hinn: 'I Would Not Do This for Money'

Bishops were warned of abusive priests

Blaming gay men for abuse gets us nowhere

Bloomberg's Loyal Cult: The Independence Party

Boarding school ordered to refund tuition

Book Review: Lost boy's story of abuse moves from suit to book

Book Review: Churches That Abuse

Book Review: Churches That Abuse

Book Review: La explotacion de la fe

Book Review: Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse

Book Review: Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius

Book Review: Underground as an example of narrative sensemaking

Bountiful Blight

Bountiful blues

Boy chosen by Dalai Lama turns back on Buddhist order

Brazil Supreme Court: Extradite head of child abusing sect

Breach of Confessional

British Make Poking Fun at Stupid Scientologists A Crime

Cai cult linked by the internet

Can Britain De-Program the Radicalism of its Muslim Population?

Canadian filmmaker Haggis renounces Scientology

Catholic Lay Group Tests a Strategy Change

Catholic order aims to stem clergy shortage

Catholic Order Jolted by Reports That Its Founder Led a Double Life

Caught between Scientology and her husband, Annie Tidman chose the church

Celebrities lead charge against Scientology

Celina: Baba Ramdev, the outlaw!

Charitable Front

Chased by their church: When you try to leave Scientology, they try to bring you back

Checks on Power and Authority in the New Testament

Child Abuse

Child bride offers to settle suit against polygamous church's land trust

Child-Custody Deal Favors Escapee of Notorious Cult 'The Family'

Children and Cults: A Practical Guide

Children of polygamous sect to be reunited with parents

China 'blocks YouTube video site'

China seeks to exorcise 'evil cult' it invited in

China spiritual group endures despite 10-year ban

China's Falun Gong crackdown: 'The persecution is almost underground'

Christian cult stole our kids, say parents

Church disunity, recession worry Moon followers and operations

Church Killing Case May Hinge on Abuse

Church Killing Case May Hinge on Abuse

Church leader Alan Bushey, 58, Necedah, found guilty of hiding corpse of Magdeline Middlesworth in central Wisconsin home while he and Tammy Lewis profited

Church of Scientology facing dissolution in France as members go on trial accused of organised fraud

Church of Scientology Sues Daughters of St. Paul for Publishing Book by Catholic

Churches That Abuse: Abusive Churches - A View from Within

City Drops "Brain Education" School Program Run By Yoga Cult

Co-accused in 'cult' abduction pleads guilty

Comment: Scientology cult targets Ghanaian children

Commentary: No ‘Big Love’ for polygamy laws

Conférence de Lorraine Derocher donnée le 13 mars 2008 chez les Sceptiques du Québec

Conference on “Ritual Abuse and Mind Control”

Confidentiality sought in Alamo suit

Controversial priest defrocked

Converts drown during baptism

Convicted child sex abuser Tony Alamo will be sentenced next month

Convicted pastor says he's 'one of the prophets'

Corrupt Legionaries exposed

CORRY: Yoga practitioners should get out their hymnals and Vedas

Counseling: Wellspring Helping Ex-Members

COURT WATCH: Neglect Conviction Upheld

Courts: 1-Year Term in Fatal Spanking

Courts: 1-Year Term in Fatal Spanking

Crack down on 'orgy' cult

Crisis of Faith

Cult boss on 14 sex charges

Cult healer ‘raped pretty followers’

Cult leader and killer Charles Manson looks less menacing in new photo

Cult leader on sex crime charges

Cult loses sex driver

Cult program in NYC schools

Cult sex: Leader's term upheld

Cults on Campus

CULTS, CONSPIRACIES, AND SECRET SOCIETIES

Curtain rises on W. Texas polygamist sex trial today

D.C.’s ‘invisible army’ for Christ

Dad reaches out to sect child

Dahn Yoga: Body, Brain and Wallet

Dangerous cults: the Assemblies of God and the Leader Newspaper Group

Death Opens Doors on Group

Death sentence affirmed in sarin attack

Death sparks calls for self-help regulation

Deaths at Sweat Lodge Bring Soul-Searching

Denver Archbishop Chaput investigating vast sex-and-money Church scandal

Destiny's controversial covenant slammed

Differing accounts of Ray's behavior in sweat-lodge deaths

Doctors part of God's will, too

Does Islam insist on polygamy? A response

Dogfight over religious dogma

Dr. Evil

Drug Dealing for Jesus: Mexico's Evangelical Narcos

Due Process

Dying Jehovah's Witness granted right to refuse dialysis treatment

Dysfunctional Churches

EGYPTIANS FACE TRIAL FOR INCITEMENT AGAINST BAHA’IS

Elior Chen interrogated in J'lem

Elizabeth Smart kidnapper shares LeBaron traits, expert says

Ending polygamy one man at a time

EU urges Obama to support terror cult

Exclusive Brethren lose workplace exemption

Exclusive: James Ray breaks silence after AZ jail release

Ex-follower of Alamos looks back

Expert paid $500,000 for report on Elizabeth Smart kidnapper

Ex-TV evangelist Schuller buys cable network AmericanLife

Faith healing or inhuman sacrifice?

Falun Gong quashes press

Falun Gong Wages War of Words with China

Father cannot introduce new evidence in Bethany Hughes case, court rules

Father loses access to his Brethren children

FBI: No updates on Shawano hit list

Firebrand risks jail in call for jihad cash

FLDS appeals trust rulings to Utah Supreme Court

FLDS exile to offer tour of polygamist communities

FLDS exile to offer tour of polygamist communities

FLDS fiduciary defends cow sale decision

FLDS lawyers accuse Rangers of misleading judge

FLDS leader Jeffs starving himself, jail authorities say

FLDS leader's life on the run is detailed in his dictations

FLDS man to be sentenced for sexual assault

FLDS Member, Ex-Cop Sues Over Job Loss

FLDS Member, Ex-Cop Sues Over Job Loss

FLDS ranch leader to give deposition in child custody case

FLDS trust settlement talks begin Wednesday

FLDS: Did secret deal leave former polygamous sect members out?

FLDS: Jeffs awaits Arizona trial

FLDS: Keate guilty of child sex assault

FLDS: Polygamous sect defendants have no right to challenge search, Texas A.G. says

FLDS: Texas judge orders psych exam for polygamous sect teen mom

Followers mourn death of spiritual leader

Followers offer a peek into Alamo compound

Followers offer a peek into Alamo compound

For televangelist Juanita Bynum and other women, domestic violence knows no limits

For these 'spiritual warriors,' the casualties were real

Force-feeding ends as jailed polygamous leader Jeffs resumes eating

Former Alamo follower speaks out in support of the preacher

Former Canadian KKK leader renounces his past

Former cult abductee graduates

Former FLDS member to describe polygamy, abuse

Former KKK, now Christ's crusader

Former Members' Documents, Tapes Give Close Look at Shawano Sect

Former MLA to defend Bountiful polygamy accused in court.

Former monk pleads guilty to sexual assault

Former Oregon juvenile officer faces ethics fine

Former plural wife discusses religious teachings in Texas FLDS trial

Four days after patient’s death, no FIR against Ayurvedic doctor

Fr. Berg leaves Legion of Christ to join Archdiocese of New York

France declares war on Sect influence in the United Nations

Frank Blasts Nazi Comparisons From LaRouche Backers

Freedom Foundation leader leaves city questioning his motives, calls Baptist doctrine ‘crappy’

French aristocrats break free from sect leader

French Branch of Scientology Convicted of Fraud

Full publication of clerical child sex abuse report may take years

Girl 'married' at 8 says sex started in 3rd grade

God and the Recession

Going home, 1970s terror gang activist paroled after just 7 years

Government says no need for new Alamo trial

GP's £2m 'guru' claim thrown out

Growing hate groups blame Obama, economy

Growing up J.W.

Gwinnett guru defends himself; theft charges dropped

Hard-line Israelis have secularism under siege

Hearing Postponed For Woman Linked To Texas Raid

Help available to former followers, those wishing to leave ministry

Helping others avoid cultists

House of Prayer ‘mistreated OAP’

House Where Father Killed Children Is Razed

How Scientology got to Bob Minton

How to Spot an Abusive Church

Hundreds of Irish Catholic priests 'to be implicated in child abuse report'

I am Annoyed and Disappointed

I was her guardian'

In his own words: Winston Blackmore

IN THE COURTS: Charismatic Church Pastor Accused of Sexual Assault, C-O 11-9 & 10 1994

IN THE COURTS: Indictment for Alleged Deprogramming Plan

IN THE COURTS: Ritualistic Child Abuse

Indonesian 'sex cult' leader jailed: report

Interference threatens landmark custody arrangement

INTERNATIONAL: Sweden-American Cult Experts Consult in Sweden

Intimidating and violent: defector

Iranian Raelian leader blackmailed by Iranian government

Ireland braces itself for another report on clerical child abuse

Ireland 'left out' in atonement drive for sins of the Fathers

Ireland's Christian Brothers in U-turn on compensation

Irish Court May Censor Next Catholic Abuse Report

Irishman wants to kill for Islam

Is congressional boardinghouse a cult?

Is Scientology a Cult? Is Paul Haggis the Next Martin Luther?

Japanese premier's wife claims alien abduction

Japanese premier's wife claims alien abduction

Jeffs' appeal hearing moved back to Salt Lake City

Jeffs loses bid to re-interview officials about raid

Jehovah's witnesses face increased risk of death during childbirth

John Kolbek

Jonestown Revisited: Evolving play looks at how Modestan turned to cult, suicide

Judge delays start of evangelist Alamo's trial

Judge denies defense motion in Jeffs case

Judge Denies Elizabeth Wesson's Request

Judge grants transfusion for baby

Judge Orders $500K for Each of Preacher's Victims

Judge sentences Wesson to death

Judge upholds taking of Alamo church kids

Judge: Sever Alamo ties to regain children

Just a sect, Exclusive Brethren is not above the law

Keep suit, custody actions separate, state asks

Keeper of Lighthouse cult cried wolf too often

Ku Klux Klan calling cards dropped off at Davie restaurant

Lakota Nation files lawsuit against parties in sweat lodge incident

LaRouche presence around campus agitates community

LaRouchites on Parade

Last child in TX raid freed from foster care

Latest news from The French Scientology Trial

Law enforcement recordings in Jeffs case to be kept secret

Law professor discusses controversial medical neglect case

Lawmaker not fazed by FLDS ire

Lawsuit calls yoga chain a cult

Leader Charged with Molestation

Legionaries' future in the balance

Lia Eden sentenced to prison, again

Live from the FLDS hearing in Austin

Maine bishop calls attention to clergy abuse

Maine woman avoids prison in killing of white supremacist husband after years of abuse

Man gets probation in counterfeit case

Manson cult member dies in jail from cancer

Many Women Targeted by Faith Leaders, Survey Says

Many Women Targeted by Faith Leaders, Survey Says

Marcus Wesson Transferred to San Quentin

Marcus Wesson: “Cult-Like” Figure

Marcus Wesson: Guilty of Murdering His Family

Marcus Wesson: His Attitudes Glimpsed

Marcus Wesson: How He Controlled Family

Marcus Wesson: Manipulation and Control of Family

Marcus Wesson: Prosecution May Use Mind Control Argument

Marcus Wesson: Prosecution Says He Brainwashed His Children in “Family Cult”

Marcus Wesson: Recruiting

Marcus Wesson: Son Says Father Is Insane

Marcus Wesson: Wife Says She Would Still Die for Him

Media, Money and Sun Myung Moon

Medjugorje - a shrine to the Virgin Mary or a sham?

Meeting a "Monster"

Member of Alamo church faces sentencing

Mennonite abuse survivor speaks out against church

Metroland sued for $65 million

Mexican court orders Bolivian preacher kept in jail pending investigation into plane hijacking

Michigan Raid Reveals a Mysterious Islamic Sect

Minister 'killed to silence wife'

Minister's marriage to 10-year-old Que. girl hidden from mother, court hears

Miss Indonesia's links to religious cult

More on Big Love

Mormon sect protests Mexico abduction

Mother of the Female Suicide Bombers’ speaks out

Mother, community search for answers in death of two girls

My mom drives out demons

Mystery of dead Briton and the right-wing cult

Nearly seven years prison for child abuser guru Oliver Shanti

Nepali Hindu group owns responsibility for Indian priest’s murder

New Branch of Churches of Scientology for Europe Opens in Brussels

New lawyer signals new strategy in Alamo case

New moons are rising

New move to unseat attorney representing polygamous sect leader's daughter

New site eyed for building in Colorado City

News Summaries: Advisor 3/1

Newspaper accuses printer of censorship

Nigerian car thief turns into goat!

Nigerian Forces Raid Militant Compound

Nigerian Troops Storm Sect Compound

No easy solutions in polygamous church land fight

No sects please, we’re French

North Bay Spiritual Guru Sentenced In Beating

North Carolina Enforces Spanking Ban

North Idaho polygamist sect drawing new scrutiny

Not dancing to Beijing's tune

Nuwaubian leader jailed, but the sect carries on

Nuwaubian leader jailed, but the sect carries on

NZ mother 'drowned' during Maori exorcism

OKC Bombing & Waco Anniversaries Sunday

Only Itself to Blame

Oprah and the Sweat Lodge Guru

Order in Tubac prepares for apocalypse

Orthodox end silence on sex abuse

Papers detail sect's plans

Papers detail sect's plans

Paraguayan bishops blast Opus Dei colleague, deny cover-up

Pare Alamo Ties to Get Kids Back, Parents Told

Payout Is Bittersweet for Victims of Abuse

Photos show birthing center at sect's Texas ranch

Physician Misconduct Cases Said Neglected

Plateau bargaining

Police report gives first details of Arizona sweat lodge deaths

Politicians unite against forced teenage weddings

Polygamist church's late payment rejected in Utah

Polygamist predicts opponents will be 'damned'

Polygamist Sect Leader Convicted of Sexual Assault

Polygamist seeks taxpayer $$ for defense

Polygamous fundamentalists baptized by proxy into LDS Church, researcher says

Polygamous sect blasts Texas report

Polygamous sect protesters rally at courthouse for FLDS trust case hearing

Polygamy harms the women and children involved, say opponents

Polygamy law may face religious freedom challenge

Pope must act now to stop Legionaries of Christ 'train wreck' going off the cliff

Portland pastor faces three years in tax case

Prayer mom falls ill at trial

Predators on campus: An inside look at cults in New Jersey

Probation ordered in polygamous trust worker trespassing case

Prof. Aagaard on New Religious Movements

Professional Profile: Dr. Paul Martin

Prophet Without Honor

Protesters offer different opinions on FLDS trial

Psychiatrists cannot undo Taliban brainwashing

Psychological Abuse: Theoretical and Measurement Issues

Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Group Psychological Abuse Scale

Publish and Perish

Questions About ‘Sweat Lodge’ Rite Where 2 Died

Reasons for Leaving: Psychological Abuse and Distress Reported by Former Members of Cultic Groups

Recent high-profile defectors

Religions Rooted In Delusions

Report: Another Death as Result of James Ray Healing Exercise

Repressed Memory Murder Case Dropped

Repressed memory: Issue still argued

Richard Hamlin gets life in prison

Robinson abuse suit's dismissal to be appealed

Roland Joffé's new film Mission: to uncover secrets of the Opus Dei

Romanced by Falun Gong

Roundup: Tories prepared to stand ground on polygamy: documents

Saakashvili Weighs in on Jehovah’s Witness Baby Treatment Case

Safety Net gets new roadmap for helping youth

Sai Baba visit puts Chavan on the mat

Satanic cult leader arrested in central Russia

Saudis Go From Jihad to Rehab

School abuse inquiry

Scientology foe’s arrest raises issue of rights

Scientology Litigation

Scientology: Religious sect, or money-making cult?

Second trial begins for polygamist charged with sexual assault of a child

Secret mission to expose L. Ron Hubbard as a fake

Secretive worldwide sect battles Vermonter in court

Sect leader accused of assaulting girl, 12 [Kenja Communications]

Sect leader gets prison time in Wis. corpse case

Sect leader indicted for child abuse

Self-Help Doesn't Help—And Often Hurts

Sex Cult Leader on Trial for Blasphemy

Sex, Shoes, and California Zen

Shedding Light on Marcus Wesson's Past

Shooter In Pittsburgh Cop Killings Held Strongly Anti-Semitic And Racist Beliefs

SIFF: Children of the Revolution: Two New Docs Wrestle With the Old Hippie Idealism

Some Sacramento-area faithful turn backs on pastors, 'spiritual abuse'

Sparsely, Sage and Timely

Spiritual Abuse: Book on Spotting Spiritual Abuse

SPLC’s Intelligence Report: Tony Alamo Faces New Underage Sex Charges

Straights: Exposing Institutional Child Abuse Since 2000

Stream of consciousness

Strength in their numbers

Strict and strong, or why rigorous religion works

Suit against Dahn Yoga alleges ‘psychological manipulation’

Superseding indictment not in public record

Supporters of 'Antichrist' minister protest Miami-Dade judges

Suspected witch leaves court in quandary

Sweat lodge deaths cast negative spotlight on guru

Sweatbox victims were attending 'Spiritual Warrior' program

Symposium: Islamic Terror and Sexual Mutilation

TAHOE BOY: Nevadan recounts his life as wandering son

Talk of 'celestial wives,' long-term effects of assault

Teen defends evangelist Alamo in leaked Web video

Temple man quits over beating scandal

Ten people who can help make the case against polygamy

Texas AG: Polygamist sect man skirted bank laws

Texas lawmakers forming panel to examine FLDS raid

Texas Reports Added Signs of Abuse at Sect’s Ranch

Texas seeks custody of sect leader's alleged bride

That Girl: The Captivity and Restoration of Patty Hearst

The 12 Tribes at a glance

The Assclown Offensive: How to Enrage the Church of Scientology

The Assclown Offensive: How to Enrage the Church of Scientology

The battle for a religion's heart

The Big Question: What is the Unification Church, and do its practices have a future?

The Cult That Wants My Kids

The healing powers of Mutume

The Island Pond Raid: 25 Years Later, Part 1

The Jessops: An FLDS family in pictures

The knock at the door that turned my parents into brainwashed fanatics - and nearly cost my life

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

The man who never was

The Meaning of Music in a German Sect in Chile: Colonia Dignidad

The Prophet's Fall: A Note in Response to Lawrence Foster's "The Psychology of Prophetic Charisma"

The Psychobiology of Trauma and Child Maltreatment

The rise, fall, and rise again of Satan

The roots of religious extremism in Mexico

The Scary Yoga Obsession

The shocking truth about ethics

The Terrorist Mind: An Update

The truth rundown

The Year in Hate

They don’t want to leave a trace of anything Baha’i

Thin Line Between Religions and Cults

Thought Reform Consultants

Three of Scientology's elite parishioners keep faith, but leave the church

Three sect leaders sentenced for inciting incest

Three top executives ousted by Washington Times

Tokyo stations commemorate 14th anniversary of AUM sarin attack

Tony Alamo News

Torture panels shock audiences

Transcript of interview with girl, 17, from Alamo compound

Transformation sessions claim high cost

Trial date set in case of alleged teen bride

Trial delayed for Swinton

Trial of accused cult members delayed again

Trial set in Colorado for suspected FLDS 'Sarah'

Turkish Blasphemy Trial Begins Against French-Turkish Author

Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius

TV preacher from Town of Hamptonburgh indicted in $3 million gem fraud

Tvind Leader Sentenced

Twelve Tribes wants to buy buildings, create square

Two girls remain in foster care

Two members in Alamo case released from jail

U.S. FAILS TO PRESS CHILE ON BORIS WEISFEILER CASE

U.S. Nuns Facing Vatican Scrutiny

Uganda: Benny Hinn's Miracles

Uhurus campaign against city's plan to bolster BayWalk, privatize sidewalks

Understanding Contemporary Millenarian Violence

Unification church passes to a new generation as sun sets on Moon

Unification Church: Cult Observer 8.2

Unification Church: Cult Observer 8.9

Unmasked blogger blames First Baptist, Sheriff's Office

Unproven, perilous alternative cures are embraced

Update: Ringo to join Paul at Radio City Music Hall in April

Utah's 'Safety Net' for polygamists is tested

VALLEY CENTER: Followers find fulfillment without possessions at Twelve Tribes

VALLEY CENTER: Twelve Tribes Christian community lives as an example of its faith

Vatican calls on the faithful for mass apology for sex scandals

Vatican investigates Legionaries of Christ

Violent white supremacist to be released from jail

Warren Jeffs

Was Nancy Garrido a victim or accomplice?

Wesson Diaries, Other Evidence Released

Wesson lawyers ask for retrial, cite orders to jury

Whatever happened to ... ‘Community’ members move on

When battered women keep their silence

Where sect takes precedence over everything else

White supremacist set to be executed for 1994 murder

White-Supremacist Activity Is on the Rise in Sand Land, and One Latino-American Family Is the Victim of a Vicious Hate Crime in North Phoenix

Will followers still obey evangelist from prison?

Will Smith's Charities Include Scientology

Will Smith's New Village Academy a Scientology front

Wis. dad of dead girl says he trusted God to heal

Witness: Accused cult leaders had her committed to keep quiet

Witness: Alamo described sex abuse

Witnesses talk of Mitchell's religion, past during competency hearing

Wives galore

Woman incorrectly IDs pastor at sex-crimes trial

Woman 'married' to pastor at age 8 to retake stand

Woman who escaped from polygamist cult spoke of her ordeal

Women say temple gurus made sexual advances - Austin American-Statesman

Year after Alamo raid, questions remain

Yearning for Truth: Oprah's Visit to the FLDS Compound

Yoga Group Accused Of Coercion, Sex Assault

York's sect at it again

Zen master's followers allege Vietnam persecution

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