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13 Jul 2026

Europe & UK Cult News: 6–12 July 2026

Europe & UK Cult News
UK
Romania
Italy
Czech Republic
Ireland
Switzerland
Europe
Andrew Tate
Tristan Tate
SSPX
Unisono
Alfie Coleman
Modern Mystery School

The week of 6-12 July carried cult and high-control-group stories across Europe and the UK: Romanian prosecutors expand the Tate brothers' trafficking case with new alleged offences including complicity in trafficking a minor, UK and Irish outlets revisit Society of St Pius X chapels after Rome's schism decree, Fox News reports Game of Thrones actress Hannah Murray's account of psychosis after a 2017 wellness cult ordeal, Alfie Coleman, a neo-Nazi from Essex, England, is jailed after a Tesco “kill list” terror plot, La Stampa covers a postponed Turin trial of Unisono leader Carla Stagno, and Czech broadcaster Prima prepares the cult drama My nejsme sekta. Summaries draw on monitored European and UK outlets. Full source links follow.

Updated 7/13/2026, 10:33:22 AM

6 Jul 2026

Europe & UK Cult News: 29 June–6 July 2026

Europe & UK Cult News
UK
Scotland
Ireland
Italy
France
Switzerland
Europe
SSPX
AllatRa
Radha Soami
Dialog Society
Peter Thiel
Pietralunga
Modern slavery

The week of 29 June to 6 July brought Vatican excommunication of the Society of St Pius X after bishop ordinations in Switzerland, asset seizures from an alleged alchemy cult in Umbria, and investigative attention to Radha Soami's purchase of a landmark Glasgow church. Scotland saw far-right blackshirt-style parades. A fishing skipper received community service for modern slavery aboard a trawler. A Peter Thiel-linked Dialog Society retreat planned for Wicklow was cancelled after protest. Items published before the coverage week appear under In previous weeks. Summaries draw on monitored European and UK outlets. Full source links follow.

Updated 7/6/2026, 6:09:35 PM

29 Jun 2026

Europe & UK Cult News: 22–28 June 2026

Europe & UK Cult News
UK
Sweden
France
Switzerland
Ireland
Europe
United States
Australia
South Korea
Maniac Murder Cult
SSPX
Mohamed Al-Fayed
Filiation Solazaref
Dialog Society
Jesus Army
Science of Identity Foundation
Shincheonji
Order of Saint Charbel
Zizians

The week of 22-28 June brought cult and high-control-group news across Europe and the UK: Sweden's first Maniac Murder Cult terror conviction and expert warnings about online extremist hubs. Pope Leo XIV confronted the Society of St Pius X over planned bishop ordinations in Switzerland. Mohamed Al-Fayed survivors lodged fresh complaints against the Metropolitan Police. Michael Petkov-Kleiner's memoir of the French Filiation Solazaref cult drew renewed attention. Leaked details of Peter Thiel's Dialog Society retreat near Dublin put the gathering under scrutiny. Harrison Hill argued that the UK is not immune to American-style cult harm. Summaries draw on monitored European and UK outlets. Full source links follow.

25 Jun 2026

Europe & UK Cult News: 15–21 June 2026

Europe & UK Cult News
UK
Ireland
Greece
Europe
Scotland
United States
Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
AllatRa
Palantir
Peter Thiel

The week of 15-21 June brought fresh movement on the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL) case in Crewe, where protests outside Webb House continue alongside court hearings on obstruction charges from April's police raids; Ireland's first labour-exploitation trafficking convictions and a dismantled ring in Athens; openDemocracy's investigation into AllatRa's doomsday climate narrative inside the European Parliament; a leaked guest list for Peter Thiel's secret Dialog retreat near Dublin, with a "Build-a-Cult" session on the programme; and a local history feature on the Buchanite cult expelled from Ayrshire in the 1780s. Summaries draw on monitored European and UK outlets; full source links follow.

15 Jun 2026

Europe & UK Cult News: 8–14 June 2026

Europe & UK Cult News
UK
Scotland
Europe
Sweden
France
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Ireland
Portugal
Argentina
United States
Maniac Murder Cult
Ashram Shambala
Kwasizabantu
Cyrille Adam
Konstantin Rudnev
MISA
Gregorian Bivolaru

The week of 8-14 June carried cult and high-control-group stories across Europe and the UK: Sweden's Maniac Murder Cult terror trial and a 764-linked arson case; modern slavery on Scottish trawlers; polygamous-family and guru abuse trials in France; Argentina's Ashram Shambala leader losing house arrest; German reporting on Kwasizabantu beatings; Switzerland's infoSekta logging record counselling demand; Austrian singer Michelle's turn to spiritual healing; Presbyterian safeguarding failures in Belfast; a Cornwall TEDx pitch on AI and coercive control; Portuguese yoga schools disputing cult coverage; conspiracy chatter around Marina Abramovic; and Pope Leo XIV warning young Spaniards against a “cult of self-image.” Summaries draw on monitored European and UK outlets; full source links follow.

8 Jun 2026

Europe & UK Cult News: 1–7 June 2026

Europe & UK Cult News
UK
Europe
Sweden
France
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
Afghanistan
Nigeria
United States
Eternal Values
Maniac Murder Cult
Andrew Tate
AllatRa
Taliban
Com network
Raëlian movement
Active Club England
Maasbach church
SSPX

The week of 1-7 June carried cult and high-control-group stories across Europe and the UK: Sweden's first Maniac Murder Cult terror prosecution; a Paris court backs a former Raëlian adherent's testimony against the movement; HBO premieres a documentary on a male supermodel's exit from an alleged Manhattan modelling cult; Switzerland's infoSekta reports record cult-counselling demand; the disputed AllatRa movement draws protest after a European Parliament seminar in Brussels; and UK campaigners challenge Andrew Tate's extradition delay after a Moscow appearance. Summaries draw on monitored European and UK outlets; full source links follow.

9 May 2026

❝Building the Cult❞: How the Law Failed Katie Simpson

Coercive Control
Legislation
Armagh
Northern Ireland
UK

A landmark independent review published this week exposes not just a murder, but a cult-like system of control. One that the law failed to see, and that survivors of coercive groups will recognise in chilling detail.

4 May 2026

Inès Chatin, Libération’s rue du Bac investigation, and France’s public reckoning

Child sexual abuse
France
Libération
Inès Chatin
Paris

After Libération put the rue du Bac investigation on the page, France's major broadcasters, regional archives, and the Paris Bar's dated columns picked up the thread from Paris to the Atlantic coast. This piece walks the dated record in sequence—who was named, who had to answer—and keeps allegations framed as allegations until any court says otherwise.

2 May 2026

Breton mayor remanded as prosecutors allege sect-like online group and sexual coercion

France
Tréogan
Côtes-d'Armor

The recently elected mayor of Tréogan, a village of about 100 people in France's Côtes-d'Armor, is in provisional custody while Toulon prosecutors pursue a case that began with a 2022 complaint and now includes accusations of cultic exploitation, intrusive control, and sexual violence.

1 May 2026

Norway Supreme Court rules in Jehovah’s Witnesses case: what happened, what it means, and what may come next

Jehovah's Witnesses
Legislation
Oslo
Norway

Norway's Supreme Court has invalidated state refusal decisions on Jehovah's Witnesses subsidies and registration, while exposing a sharp judicial split over pressure, withdrawal, and harm.

30 Apr 2026

Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light: 500 Police Officers raid Crewe Cult HQ

Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
Cult Apologists
Modern Slavery
UK
Crewe
Cheshire

What happened in Crewe, what allegations are being investigated, and why the public defense campaign around ARPOL has become part of the story.

29 Apr 2026

In Plain Sight: What Netflix's ❝Unchosen❞ Shows Us About Hidden Cults In The UK

Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
UK
Netflix
TV

Netflix's Unchosen brings hidden high-control religion into public view. Drawing on testimony from former PBCC member Lance Christie, this piece compares key scenes with documented patterns in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church - including social exclusion, family pressure, gendered control, economic dependency, and distrust of outside authorities.