Cult expert says NXIVM curriculum was `destructive,’ compares group to Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard

An expert who rescues people from cults and deprograms them testified at the trial of NXIVM cult leader and accused sex trafficker Keith Raniere that the group’s program was “destructive” and needed to be exposed.

Cult expert Rick Ross took the stand in Raniere’s federal trial and said Albany-based...