Tore Klevjer has seen the destruction done to the lives of many people who have become part of a cult in Australia.The president of Cult Information and Family Support Australia is hoping an inquiry into the tactics of cults and…[Continue Reading...]
After more than five decades of extracting hundreds of people from cults, Raphael Aron says the situation’s only getting worse and more people than ever are being brainwashed. “I get at least one call a week from a family wanting…[Continue Reading...]
Frontline workers in Queensland are welcoming new laws that make coercive control a criminal offence as the state grapples with the ongoing scourge of domestic and family violence. Source: The Catholic Leader. The new offence, which comes into effect on…[Continue Reading...]
Is a cult a misunderstood religion? Or something much more dangerous? The line between high-control religions, new religious movements, and 'cults' is as grey as ever. But the fascination we have with these groups is only getting stronger. What counts…[Continue Reading...]
At an asking price of up to $1.65 million, the listing for the property in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges boasts about three hectares of land, exotic European trees and “so many possibilities” – but there’s an unspoken catch. At one time,…[Continue Reading...]
The Ferny Creek property includes a hall formerly owned by a cult named The Family. Children in the religious group had their hair dyed blonde, as detailed in the ABC documentary series titled The Cult Of The Family. Right picture:…[Continue Reading...]
A former member of a Geelong’ doomsday cult’ is showing his support for an inquiry into protecting people from behaviours and methods of control. Legislative Assembly Legal and Social Issues Committee recently opened a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into the recruitment…[Continue Reading...]
Cults are intriguing. The word conjures images of followers with glazed eyes entranced by an extravagant narcissist. Cults also invite curious readers: truth-seekers eager to discover what magnetism draws followers into the orbit of their leader, and voyeurs keen to…[Continue Reading...]
Psychologist and cult survivor Maria Esquerra has spoken on the “overdue” parliamentary hearing by the Victorian government into cults and fringe groups. “Myself with a lot of other people, mostly who grew up in cults, actually … we got together,…[Continue Reading...]
Members of a secretive Christian sect are being given instructions on how to lie about their beliefs against voting in elections, through messages the ABC understands have been circulated among the sect's followers. There have been reports of unusually large…[Continue Reading...]
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