Redress Scheme: – July 1, 2020
Redress Scheme: – July 1, 2020 These five organisations refuse to join the child abuse redress scheme.
Universal Medicine: – July 26, 2020 [UK]
Universal Medicine: – July 26, 2020 [UK] plight to save his daughter, 9, from an international breast-fondling cult
Shincheonji: – August 1, 2020 [Thailand]
Shincheonji: – August 1, 2020 [Thailand] South Korean cult leader arrested for hiding Covid-19 data, embezzlement
Research: – August 6, 2020 [Canada]
Research: – August 6, 2020 [Canada] Researchers reveal patterns of sexual abuse in religious settings
Exclusive Brethren: – August 9, 2020
Exclusive Brethren: – August 9, 2020 speaking out against the secretive Christian sect
Life in ‘The Children Of God’
(Name withheld) I grew up in a utopian seaside town learned to surf and completed a trade as a motor mechanic. I had no sooner completed my trade at the age of 20 when my mother passed away. A sequence of events was put in motion from that point that was to mould my life…
My Encounter With ‘Kenja’
(Name withheld) I wasn’t so much as recruited into a cult. The cult enveloped me. From 1975 to 1976, I saw my father die slowly and painfully. The death of a parent at a young age makes one reflect on life and its meaning. My Encounter With ‘Kenja’
I lost my son to a one-on-one cultic relationship
(Name Withheld) It was September 1999 when I lost my only son. A mother’s worst nightmare, they say. But my son didn’t die, and I didn’t lose him to drugs or a mental illness. So why does a loving, caring, family-oriented young man suddenly shun his entire family and cut ties with all his friends?…
Forty years on: reflections on another life
(Peter Flinn) Like Martin Luther King, I have a dream. A dream in which the current Brethren leadership acknowledges the dreadful damage done to so many individuals and families across the world over 50 years, and opens the door for re-unification, with no strings attached. A dream in which the Exclusive Brethren positively engage with…
Twenty five years on the bridge to OTVII (
(Kevin Mackey ‘Feral’ from) The story of my involvement with the cult of scientology, it spans a quarter of a century where I got most of the way up the bridge and did scores of courses, trained as an auditor and did admin training as well.I hope I show how in this strange environment a…
From Fear to Freedom
(by Peter Black) Taken into ‘The Worldwide Church of God’ at the age of 3 by his believing parents, Peter lived in a cultic world for over 30 years. When he left, he was confronted with a world of unknown technology and a need to re-establish his self-esteem which had been worn down over many…
Scientology Disconnection tore apart my family
(Adrian Kelsey) I told her this is not me wanting to break our bond nor is it you, take a look what your heart says, this is somebody else – the Church – saying we cannot be together. I am not forcing this situation on you and vice versa, Scientology is forcing this on us.They…