Victoria is looking into religious cults - here’s what it should examine

Victoria is looking into religious cults - here’s what it should examine

Paul shuang/ShutterstockThe 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 authoritarian leaders in religious groups. The inquiry will hear victim-survivors can suffer a diverse range of harms, including sexual, financial and labour exploit…

What Victoria’s inquiry into cults will examine - Rationale Magazine

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 authoritarian leaders in religious groups. The inquiry will hear victim-survivors can suffer a diverse range