The Korean doomsday church targeting Australians

Podcast: 7am · Solstice Media

Opublikowano: 2026-09-26

When starting out at university, it’s normal to want to meet new friends and establish a community. But for some young Australians, that formative time has led them down the path of a secretive and extreme religious group accused of using deceptive tactics to draw in young people: Shincheonji. According to one former member, the group took over his life – leaving him sleep deprived and isolated, and teaching him that using his own judgement was dangerous. He described what happened to him as “mind control”. Since then, similar accounts have been heard by a major...