Los académicos tienen un papel clave a la hora de persuadir a los tribunales y a los gobiernos de que las «sectas» y el «lavado de cerebro» son etiquetas pseudocientíficas utilizadas para discriminar a minorías religiosas impopulares.
Brainwashing
Academics and Freedom of Religion of New Religious Movements
Academics have a key role in persuading the courts and the governments that “cults” and “brainwashing” are pseudo-scientific labels used to discriminate against unpopular religious minorities.
French Abuse of “Brainwashing” Theories: The Trial of the Famille Missionnaire de Notre-Dame
A conservative Catholic congregation is accused of “abuse of weakness,” i.e., of “brainwashing.” Its Superior can go to jail.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 10. Conclusion: With Fraud and Crime, Anti-Cultists Nickel and Dime
The records of what was once the largest world anti-cult organization demonstrate that criminal behavior was systemic rather than occasional in anti-cult milieus.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 9. Mismanagement of Funds: Sloppy Bookkeeping or Deliberate Malfeasance?
Auditors and scholars who examined CAN accounts found massive irregularities, a usual problem in anti-cult organizations.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 8. Kickback Money from Deprogrammers to Anti-Cultists
Anti-cultists referred parents of “cult members” to deprogrammers. The latter, in turn, transferred a percentage of the honoraries to the anti-cultists.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 7. Sexual Abuse as a Deprogramming Tool
The most damning documents the bankruptcy of CAN put at the scholars’ disposal concerned the sexually abusive behavior of deprogrammers towards their victims.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 6. “If You Pay Us to Say It’s a Cult, It’s a Cult”
Basically, anti-cultists and deprogrammers regarded as a “cult” any group that had as members children of parents willing to pay for deprogramming them.
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.