From Centrepoint to Gloriavale, why are we still naive about sexually dangerous cults?

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From Centrepoint to Gloriavale, why are we still naive about sexually dangerous cults?

From Centrepoint to Gloriavale, why are we still naive about sexually dangerous cults?
Articles, Cults and Sects

By Dr Caroline Ansley | The Spinoff |

This month’s Gloriavale hearing has been chillingly evocative of the abuse Dr Caroline Ansley endured as a child at Centrepoint in the 1980s. She asks, why do we still allow these predatory environments to thrive? And where is the ongoing support for their victims?

In 1983, when I was seven, I was fostered into the care of a family who lived in a faith-based community. My foster family lived on a large property in Auckland with hundreds of others. My foster parents followed the teaching of the community’s spiritual leader, a man who called himself god, and who they called their guru. While I lived at this community I was sexually abused, as were many of my childhood contemporaries who lived there.

Read more here: https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/20-10-2022/from-centrepoint-to-gloriavale-why-are-we-still-naive-about-sexually-dangerous-cults