Cults and Extreme Belief

Name: S01:E05 - World Peace Unification Sanctuary
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 42 min 55 s

Season 1 Episode 5 - World Peace Unification Sanctuary

2018 · 43 min

TV-14

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Documentary

Former "Moonie," Teddy Hose, tries to alert the public to a gun-obsessed Unification Church offshoot known as The Sanctuary Church of Newfoundland, PA.

Subtitles: English

S01:E01 - NXIVM

As a recruiter for multi-level marketing self-help group NXIVM, Sarah Edmondson brought thousands of people to the organization. In October of 2017, she exposed the group as a destructive sex-cult.

S01:E02 - Children of God

Amy Bril recounts her childhood growing up in the Children of God, a group notorious for pedophilia and "religious" prostitution.

S01:E03 - Jehovah's Witnesses

Former Jehovah's Witness Romy Maple--a survivor of child sexual abuse--embarks on a journey to uncover why her pleas for justice were systematically ignored by top members of the organization.

Growing up in the United Nation of Islam (UNOI), Elijah Muhammad was forced into child labor, physical abuse and squalid living conditions. Today, he has a unique opportunity to speak to the FBI in hope of getting justice for himself and the other children abused by UNOI and its leader, Royall Jenkins', teachings.