AS darkness fell, 15-year-old Daniella Mestyanek Young snuck out of the house – but she wasn’t a rebellious teenager pushing the boundaries with her strict parents, she was fleeing a ...

I wanted to be free so badly I could taste it. Taking a deep breath, I opened the door. Dad's face was bright red, his breathing heavy with asthma and anger. Then, before I could lose my nerve, I ...

Christina Babin spent most of her childhood in a controversial religious cult — and is now opening up about the trauma she experienced. Babin, now 44, grew up as a member of the Children of God cult: ...

In the Children of God cult, childhood didn’t mean safety - it meant servitude. Children were raised under strict isolation, forbidden from normal education, and taught to serve the group’s disturbing ...

Almost three years after Children of God cult member Richard Rodriguez murdered Angela Smith and then committed suicide, a San Francisco journalist and a cult escapee are publishing books to spread ...

Children of God is a terrifying look inside a treacherous sex cult that weaponized members’ faith to control the flock. The documentary recounts the Padilla family’s harrowing experience within the ...

NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.

Editor's note: This interview deals with themes that may be disturbing to some readers. Author Faith Jones was raised in the cult group the Children of God (later known as The Family and The Family ...

Editor's Note: The following contains discussions of sexual and emotional abuse. To those of a certain generation, the need for youth to be on, or to watch, TikTok viral videos borders on obsessive.

AS darkness fell, 15-year-old Daniella Mestyanek Young snuck out of the house – but she wasn’t a rebellious teenager pushing the boundaries with her strict parents, she was fleeing a notorious sex ...