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Call to outlaw ‘coercive’ cults, stop financial secrecy for extreme churches
Revelations about alleged abuse and other disturbing behaviour at a secretive Pentecostal church have sparked calls for reform.
- by Richard Baker
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Secret recordings reveal the bizarre teachings of one of Australia’s most extreme churches
New leaked audio and church material reveal the extreme teachings of the secretive church’s leadership.
- by Richard Baker
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Leaked recordings reveal secretive church pushing physical punishment of children
On the tape, a pastor says using the “rod of correction” can help prevent school shootings and gender dysphoria.
- by Richard Baker
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‘Like Handmaid’s Tale’: Church’s doctrine pushed teen to marry her rapist
Racism, misogyny and homophobia: this is the gospel taught in one of Australia’s most extreme Pentecostal church networks.
- by Richard Baker
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‘Whole world on fire’: Inside one of Australia’s most extreme churches
Leaked recordings and testimony from former members have revealed how this Pentecostal church operates.
- by Richard Baker
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Royal family
King Charles asked Pratt to cease payments outside charity
Secret recordings capture billionaire Anthony Pratt describing how the monarch wanted to avoid any perceptions of impropriety.
- by Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker
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Trump's White House
‘Being rich is my superpower’: Tapes reveal Pratt’s pursuit of the powerful
Recordings expose billionaire Anthony Pratt’s dealings with Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and King Charles.
- by Richard Baker, Nick McKenzie and Hannah Bowers
Member of controversial Geelong church charged with child sex abuse offences
A man connected with the secretive and ultra-conservative Geelong Revival Centre has been charged with multiple child sex abuse offences.
- by Richard Baker and Erin Pearson
Open investigation: Despite trials, tribulations, there’s still no justice over Kew killing
As the final episode of The Confession podcast goes to air, no one can say with certainty who killed Eliah Abdelmessih, Katia Pyliotis remains in legal limbo, and Victoria Police is yet to hold anyone to account for its botched investigation.
- by Richard Baker
Flaw and order: Judge suspects homicide detective lied to court in Pyliotis case
As the case against accused killer Katia Pyliotis crumbled, the detectives who investigated the murder of Eliah Abdelmessih faced searching courtroom questions about the quality of their investigation.
- by Richard Baker
Bombshell backfires: A long-lost diary is found and the fifth murder trial of Katia Pyliotis is aborted
Detective Warren Ryan told a jury his missing diary would exonerate alternate murder suspect Susan Reddie. But then someone found it, and the case against accused killer Katia Pyliotis unravelled.
- by Richard Baker
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