Sensational TV series about religious leaders sentenced for sexual abuse are broadcast without considering that they wreak havoc in the lives of their innocent followers.
Anti-Cult
Trial for the Dissolution of the FECRIS: The Anti-Cultists Lose the First Round
On May 15, the Court of Marseille rejected FECRIS’s motion to dismiss, and sentenced the anti-cult organization to pay the corresponding expenses.
Black Magic, False “Victims,” and “Religious Fraud”: Parallels Between the Cases of the Unification Church in Japan and Tai Ji Men in Taiwan
While certain features of criticism against “cults” are international, others are typical of the Sinosphere and are present in both cases.
MIVILUDES, from Tragedy to Farce: Bailiff Compels Georges Fenech to Pay His Debts to Scientology
Former MIVILUDES chief and member of its Orientation Council had € 5,000 plus interests seized from his bank account.
Another Scandal: France’s Cultural (and Anti-Cult) Diplomacy Is Financed by the Chinese Communist Party
A report by the Czech academic center Sinopsis highlights “major donations” by United Front’s “heavyweights” to finance French “influence diplomacy.”
Anthroposophy: French State Television Censored for Its Anti-Cult Bias
The French Council of Journalistic Ethic and Mediation found that France 2 relied excessively on apostate ex-members, and presented a distorted view of Steiner schools.
L’anti-sectarisme à la mode de Caen : Pour éviter un procès, la MIVILUDES s’exécute face à la Scientology
Confrontée à un procès, la mission gouvernementale française de lutte contre les sectes republie son rapport annuel en y incluant une réponse de l’Église de Scientology.
Detroit: Anti-Cult Pro-Russia-and-China Activist Arrested After She Assaulted a Scientology Church and a Synagogue
The interesting story of Randi Nord opens a window on the American and international ramifications of bigotry.
Scandal: FECRIS Falsifies the Program of a 2017 Conference to Hide that a Fanatical Anti-Ukrainian Russian Lawyer Was Among the Speakers
Alexander Korelov claims “former Ukraine” is still “part of my country, the USSR.” FECRIS retroactively changes the program of a 2017 conference to eliminate his name and speech.
France: Raelians Told that a “Cult” Cannot Rent a Room in an Accor Hotel
Theoretically, the infamous 1995 “list of cults” is no longer in force. However, it is still used to discriminate against the movements that were included.