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Federal agents raided a California residence linked to Robert Shinn, the "TikTok Cult" pastor highlighted in the 2024 Netflix documentary "Dancing for the Devil," on Friday as they pursued an investigation into sex trafficking and other offenses

The stylish leaders of the so-called "orgasm cult," OneTaste, were convicted on Monday of manipulating their wellness company's members to engage in sexual activities with clients and investors

Jurors were shown video footage Wednesday of OneTaste guru Nicole Daedone telling her followers the way to "deflect rape" is to turn your sexuality up all the way.

Attorneys representing Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz of OneTaste asserted that the supposed grooming victims currently feel embarrassed about their sexual encounters as the intense federal trial began

Jack Lasota, the enigmatic individual believed to lead the Zizian cult, was apprehended with a partner in Maryland on Monday

Jack "Ziz" LaSota, 34, the apparent leader of a bizarre vegan transgender cult, the Zizians, declared his innocence in a Maryland court as a judge ordered him held without bail on Tuesday.

Desiree Hamm, 37, earned the disgraceful label following her 13 convictions in 2011 after admitting guilt to multiple child-related sex offenses, according to a statement from the Comal County District Attorney's Office

Authorities now say Hannah Kobayashi, the budding Hawaiian photographer who vanished in Los Angeles three weeks ago, voluntarily went to Mexico to “step away from modern connectivity.”

Missing Hawaiian photographer Hannah Kobayashi intentionally skipped her connecting flight from Los Angeles to New York, investigators say — though her family disagrees.

People who survived Good News International Church, a Christian cult in Kenya, continue to be deeply affected by the tragedy in which around 430 members lost their lives. Their extremist leader had persuaded many to fast unto death in anticipation of the world's end

The eye-catching complex in Bushwick, Brooklyn continues to function as a community center and place of worship for the Nuwaubian Nation, who also call themselves Sabaeans.

A mother from Utah is charged with abducting her 5-year-old daughter for more than a year during a divorce, bringing the child to a cult that promotes bitcoin as a remedy for excessive government control

A previous facilitator for One Taste who declined to comply with an investigation into the company is filing a lawsuit against the lawyer who previously represented her

The feds accused Yakov, Smiel and Yoil Weingarten of snatching the kids from their New York home in 2018 after their mother fled Lev Tahor, a group of zealots who practice stomach-churning habits.

The feds are "criminalizing sex" and looking to put people "in prison for funsies" by prosecuting the two glamorous leaders of embattled "sexual wellness” empire OneTaste, their lawyer claimed Wednesday.

Alleged “orgasm cult” OneTaste is actually just a “wellness” company like SoulCycle and Crossfit, an attorney for the controversial...

Aaron Bushnell, the US airman who burned himself to death to protest the Gaza war, was allegedly raised in a religious compound that has been accused of being part of “a mysterious and abusive Christian cult.”

Aharon Ramati received a nine-month community service sentence because numerous victims were too traumatized to give testimony

"Orgasm was God and Nicole was like Jesus."

The glamorous founder of an alleged “orgasm cult’’ faced Brooklyn federal court Thursday after being accused of grooming members into having sex with...

According to the prosecutor's charge sheet, 180 of the 191 deceased children have yet to be identified

The most outrageous documentaries and docuseries of 2023 feature titles like "The Curious Case of Natalia Grace," "Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God," "Twin Flames," among others

José Manuel Cánovas, 50, was nabbed on Wednesday following a raid on his sprawling 24 acre compound -- complete with clandestine laboratories -- in the town of Murcia in south-east Spain, local media reported.

Blaze Thibaudeau, his mom, Spring, his 23-year-old sister, Abi Snarr, and his uncle, Brooke Hale, apparently traveled from Arizona to Idaho because his mother believes she has been selected by God for the Second Coming of Christ

Angel Almeida's NYC gun arrest two years ago may have led authorities to the discovery of a Satanic pedophile extortion cult that targets minors.