‘Religious cult’ application rejected by council
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A local government council has rejected a development application from a “religious cult,” effectively banning it from teaching out of an office building it occupies in an inner city suburb of a major Australian city.
The Town of Cambridge received an application from the International Education Organisation, which a former member claims is a front for the Shincheonji Church of Jesus.
The proponents wanted to change the building use of the office space it occupies in West Leederville to an educational establishment in an inner city suburban area of Perth.
But residents opposed the development application, with one person writing to the council saying it was a “stretch” to call the proposal an educational establishment.
In documents published by the local government, the resident stated the application should be rejected on the grounds that media reports had suggested the group was more of a “religious cult than a place where students might enrol for a well-rounded education.”
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