MPs are demanding an inquiry into the Charity Commission after the watchdog banned a Christian group from charitable status on the grounds that religion is not always for ‘public benefit’. More than ...

When you consider Plymouth and its history, you probably think of the armed forces, the Blitz during the Second World War, or maybe the Mayflower setting sail from the Barbican. When you consider ...

Both Labor and independent campaigns have called on the Coalition to clarify if it is being formally supported by a secretive Christian sect. The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church denies organising ...

Fritz Penney had two years of counselling after leaving the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church "It's a lot of lies, it's a lot of control and it's a lot of fear," Fritz Penney says of growing up in a ...

Heather Coulter, teacher academy director for the OneSchool Global North America region, Jon “JF” Hewitt, principal and music teacher for the Kalispell campus, and Jonathon Borys, education director ...

Members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church started receiving the messages after this masthead reported that people linked with the sect had been turning out en-masse to support Liberal ...

The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church was unexpectedly catapulted to the forefront of the federal election campaign this week after Labor and Independent MPs questioned if members of the sect were ...

A woman has revealed how she escaped life in a secretive religious sect which outlaws birthdays, pop music and even make-up. Jessie Shedden, 34, from Gwent, South Wales, the youngest of eight children ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The pending sale of land by the South Barrington Park District to a small, relatively unknown church group grew into a resident upheaval that included a lawsuit, but ended Wednesday with cancellation ...

Lavinia Richardson, who spent the first 21 years of her life as a Brethren before dramatically leaving the Church two years ago, has told The Daily Telegraph the relationship with her family was now ...

"It's a lot of lies, it's a lot of control and it's a lot of fear," Fritz Penney says of growing up in a secretive religious community, before fleeing the group after realising he was gay. The 28-year ...