Basically, anti-cultists and deprogrammers regarded as a “cult” any group that had as members children of parents willing to pay for deprogramming them.
Anti-Cult
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 5. CAN and Illegal Deprogramming
Massive evidence confirmed that the anti-cultists referred parents of members of new religious movements to deprogrammers.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 4. Anti-Cultists and Deprogrammers, An Old Association
CAN’s anti-cult predecessor, the Citizens Freedom Foundation, already got in trouble for its clandestine association with illegal deprogramming.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 3. The Jason Scott Case
The Scott case resulted in American courts putting an end to forcible deprogramming, a criminal activity supported by leading anti-cultists.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 2. American Anti-Cultism and Deprogramming
Based on pseudo-scientific theories of brainwashing, anti-cultists supported the criminal but lucrative business of deprogramming.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 1. The Waterloo of the Cult Awareness Network
“Bitter Winter” serializes a historical study about anti-cultism and its illegal activities, written by an eminent sociologist and a financial expert in 2000.
Hate Crimes Epidemic Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Japan: Who Is Responsible?
Documents prove that private anti-cult organizations had a key role in the creation of government documents that caused a surge of hate speech and violence.
The Anti-Religious, Anti-Cult, and Anti-Tai-Ji-Men Bias in the Media
The Tai Ji Men case is a perfect example of how several media are prejudiced against spiritual movements and would easily believe lies about them.
Taiwan, France, Japan: Roots and Consequences of an Anti-Cult Ideology
Some had predicted the demise of religion in the Global West after the end of the Cold War. It did not happen—which caused harsh reactions.
Russia, Anti-Cultist Scares Children with a New Bogeyman, Massimo Introvigne
Archpriest Alexander Novopashin uses an old picture, whose meaning he does not understand, to present the editor of “Bitter Winter” as a demon-in-chief.