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The Alamo Christian Foundation was an American cult which was founded in 1969 by Tony Alamo and his wife, Susan Alamo. [1] [2] Susan Alamo died in April 1982.After years of legal troubles during which he engaged in abusive behavior against his followers, [3] Tony Alamo was convicted of 10 child rape offenses in 2009.
Sara Aldrete, another high-ranking member of the cult, was arrested at the scene along with several others. In 1993, the cult members were found guilty of a number of charges, including capital murder and drug trafficking. Several of them, however, claimed they were not guilty of Kilroy's murder and told the press they were tortured to confess ...
Rajneesh greeted by followers on one of his daily "drive-bys" in Rajneeshpuram.Circa 1982.. Tensions with the public and threatened punitive action by Indian authorities originally motivated the founders and leaders of the Rajneeshee movement, Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh and Ma Anand Sheela, to leave India and begin a new religious settlement in the United States.
"Cults are people in robes chanting crazy things and drinking Kool-Aid. That's not what we do!'" She ended up marrying a fellow "family" member and the two welcomed a daughter together; in 2012 ...
The Finders came to wider public attention when two members of the movement were arrested in Tallahassee, Florida in 1987 and charged with misdemeanor child abuse of the six children accompanying them, the two men having remained silent when, in a public park, the police inquired as to their identity and relationship to the children. [2]
Exactly which gods the local people prayed to remains a mystery. To get Christianised, people in the region were compelled to renounce their gods and stop their ritual of offering “devil's money ...
The Center started as a direct offshoot of primal therapy, but quickly abandoned primal therapy and subsequently went through many theoretical shifts, including an emphasis on dream analysis. Over time, the Center became cult-like and extremely abusive to its members.
The anti-cult movement, abbreviated ACM and also known as the countercult movement, [1] consists of various governmental and non-governmental organizations and individuals that seek to raise awareness of religious groups that they consider to be "cults", uncover coercive practices used to attract and retain members, and help those who have become involved with harmful cult practices.