CultNEWS101 Articles: 2/11/2026
Patrick Ryan
"Following an ABC investigation into fringe Christian group Shincheonji, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) has announced a probe into the group's charity status.
Previous ABC reporting uncovered the invasive, highly organised tactics members use to bring in new recruits, motivated by the indoctrinated belief that by recruiting they are doing God's work.
The group has been described as an "apocalyptic Christian cult".
Followers believe Jesus's return is imminent and that those who have heard God's word through the group's founder and Messiah, 94-year-old Lee Man-hee, will be saved from the apocalypse.
Shincheonji has featured prominently in the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into cults and fringe groups, with ex-members and their families citing psychological abuse including sleep deprivation, brainwashing and pressure to isolate from family and friends."
OSV News: Spain: Principal of Legionaries of Christ-linked school resigns amid abuse scandal
"The principal of a school run by members of Regnum Christi, the lay arm of the Legionaries of Christ, resigned after a school chaplain was arrested for sexually abusing five underage girls.
“Given the situation we are experiencing at the school where I am principal, which has caused profound pain and has generated distrust in our institution, I believe I must resign,” wrote Father Jesús María Delgado, a Legionaries of Christ priest and principal of the Highlands El Encinar school in Madrid.
“I want to express to those who feel let down and dejected by the disappointment that I share their pain. I apologize for all this hurt,” he wrote."
Sydney Morning Herald: Samantha’s ex-partner isolated and abused her. He’s the first man in NSW to serve jail time for coercive control
What is coercive control?
Coercive control involves deliberate, repeated patterns of physical or non-physical abuse used to hurt, scare, intimidate, threaten or control someone.
Behaviour can include:
• Limiting freedom or controlling choices
• Harassing, monitoring and stalking
• Shaming, degrading or humiliating
• Social isolation
• Threats, violence and intimidation
• Emotional, financial or sexual abuse
• Systems abuse, such as making false reports to authorities
It carries a maximum sentence of seven years. The law currently only applies to behaviour after July 2024 towards current or former intimate partners.
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