You expect to see a few clubs trying to recruit at uni O-week. Maybe it's a sport team, or an arts group. But what about a cult? Students across the country are experiencing "walk up evangelism", and it's not just…[Continue Reading...]
Reporting structures in cults can enable child abuse and undermine child safety systems, a Victorian parliamentary inquiry has heard. Ex-members Ryan and Catherine Carey told the inquiry on July 24 that parents at Geelong Revival Centre reported abuse to cult…[Continue Reading...]
A Sunday school teacher who was jailed for sexually abusing nine children was protected by the leader of his fundamentalist church, after parents reported the abuse to him instead of police, a Victorian parliamentary inquiry has heard. Catherine and Ryan…[Continue Reading...]
Religious cults are allegedly using uni campuses to recruit new members, and some of the unis are trying to crack down. So does walk-up recruitment need to get banned? Listen to the report at https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/walk-up-evangelism-on-campus/105533546[Continue Reading...]
As Australia continues to grapple with alarmingly high rates of family and domestic violence, First Nations women and children remain disproportionately impacted. The Hatchery's Ending Coercive Control & Family Violence Conference will bring a national focus on distinct challenges faced…[Continue Reading...]
Isabella* would drag herself to prayer gatherings and Bible study at 7am every morning. From 9am to 5pm she would cold-call Christian pastors across Victoria, and evenings brought more recruitment activity, team meetings and Bible studies. Most days she would…[Continue Reading...]
As of 26 May, the Queensland government has criminalised coercive control following the passage of the legislation a year earlier. Under the Criminal Law (Coercive Control and Affirmative Consent) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024, coercive control is now recognised…[Continue Reading...]
The Victorian parliament has launched a long-overdue inquiry into abuse and coercive control within cults and religious fringe groups. It is a welcome acknowledgement of the damage that can flourish under the guise of faith, and the unquestioning obedience to…[Continue Reading...]
Young Christians are being left vulnerable to deceptive cult recruiting across Melbourne, an expert warns. A Victorian parliamentary inquiry is examining whether coercive control tactics used by cults and fringe groups should face criminal sanctions. The inquiry comes as groups…[Continue Reading...]
Canberra Liberals leader Leanne Castley says coercive control stripped power, freedom and independence from the two women closest to her. Watch video https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-08/leanne-castleys-plea-to-outlaw-coercive-control-is/105391716[Continue Reading...]
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