Prominent Examples

• OneTaste: Nicole Daedone founded this group promoting “orgasmic meditation,” where women received clitoral strokes as enlightenment. Investigations revealed coerced sex work, debt bondage, and FBI probes for trafficking.[wikipedia +1]

• Love Has Won: Amy Carlson, as “Mother God,” led followers in drug-fueled rituals claiming divine reincarnation. Her mummified body was found amid brainwashing and theft accusations.[cbsnews]

• Children of God (post-Berg): Karen Zerby took over, issuing decrees on sex while facing child abuse allegations; the group persisted with prophecy and control.[listverse]

• The Family International: Zerby enforced adult-minor sex bans later but oversaw ongoing psychological abuse.[cbsnews]

Historical Cases

• Wonder Woman Poly-Cult: Betty Holloway and Olive Byrne co-led William Marston’s free-love group, embracing nudity, submission, and female-led matriarchy as societal prep.[listverse]

• Narcosatanicos: Sara Aldrete co-led rituals with murders and drugs in 1980s Mexico alongside Adolfo Constanzo.[listverse]