A SMOOTH-TALKING , charismatic “holy man” who claimed to possess healing powers and an “organic penis” has been found guilty of rape and indecent assault. “Guru” Michael Lyons aka Monan Singh, 51, wore flowing robes, drove expensive cars and flew around the world boasting of links to the Dalai Lama, a court in London heard. [...]
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POLICE in Ghana were recently called to a hospital that had been besieged by a bunch of crazy Jehovah’s Winesses objecting to a blood transfusion for a five-year-old boy. The trouble, according to this report, erupted when Kwabena Afum and his wife, Margret Afum aka Abena Oduma, brought their son Jepheth to New Edubiase Government [...]
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A YOUNG Baltimore woman who starved her son to death after she became involved with a bizarre Christian cult has released from jail – on condition that she attends a rehabilitation programme at a faith-based treatment centre. Ria Ramkissoon, who recently pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in the death of her 16-month-old son, Javon [...]
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FOLLOWING the news this week that “Church” of Scientology is infiltrating UK prisons via an anti-drug outfit called Criminon, a law suit has been launched in the US against the cult by a former member and his wife. In the test case Marc Headley and his wife, Claire, say they were treated like slaves and [...]
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THE slow disintegration throughout the 1990s of the Reverend Moon Sun-Myung Unification Church may be reversed now that the barmy brainwashing cult has a spanking new, $100-million World headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, and fresh blood at its helm. Days before the Rev Moon turned 90 earlier this year, a pair of his sons prominently [...]
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GERMAN Scientologists are trying to block the broadcast of a film that depicts the cult as dangerous and unethical. The 90-minute film Bis Nichts Mehr Bleibt (Until Nothing Remains) tells the story of a family’s strife as a result of its involvement with the cult. According to this report, it tells the true story of [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
