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She said that in spite of her Christian upbringing, she was convinced after working closely with Paulk that a sexual relationship with him would not threaten her salvation or her marriage vows. "I heard repeatedly-both privately and publicly as a doctrine woven into his preaching-that, on the contrary, such bonding relationships were used by God to bring confidence and power to one's spiritual calling. It is important for people to realize the powerful biblical justification that Mr. Paulk uses for his perverted thinking." Weeks and other women said they had been indoctrinated to believe that Christians who are spiritually mature can handle sex outside of marriage. This so-called "kingdom relationship" teaching, the women said, was an off-shoot of Paulk's focus on "Kingdom Now" theology. Rationale Paulk has written, "I lived years of my life in complete adherence to a rigid morality which was devoid of any expressions of compassion or tenderness. Only years later . . . did I begin to comprehend that God's desires in Christian relationships are demonstrated in the example of Jesus Christ . . . he was touchable and physically expressive. . . Jesus deliberately broke moral codes of his day to love and minister to certain people." (From "Women Charge Paulk With Abuse," by Nancy Justice, Charisma, Feb. 1993, 54-55) 2 "Scientology Never Stops Fighting" "Anyone who tangles with the church" learns that "it never stops fighting, and it never gives an inch," according to a four-page article in the June issue of The National Law Journal, concerning legal tactics employed by the Church of Scientology. Reviewing the "litany of Scientology litigation" in recent years, the page-one story says that, to the church, "the best defense is a good offense, something opponents such as Time Warner, Inc., Eli Lilly & Co., the Internal Revenue Service, and others have learned the hard way." According to the story, Scientology legal tactics include suing the opposing attorneys, and even a judge, in cases involving the church. "With its propensity to sue, the church, though it says it would rather litigate less, is known as a group not to tangle with," and some attorneys and others familiar with litigation involving Scientology did not even want to discuss the church. University of Alberta sociologist Stephen A. Kent says "Scientologists see aggressive litigation as an ongoing attempt to defeat internationally conspiratorial opponents." (From "Church's Litany of Lawsuits," by Andrew Blum, The National Law Journal, 6/14/93, 1, 36-38) . . . But Settles Dentist's Suit Oakland, California dentist M. Alexander Lowy in May settled his suit out of court against Scientology following his allegations that the church-linked Sterling Management conned him out of $50,000. Lowy said he was persuaded to sign up for expensive consulting services and was then exposed to large amounts of Scientology teachings as well as to auditing [Scientology counseling], and told that he had severe personality problems that would require intensive and expensive counseling and treatment, for which he paid $30,000 up front. (From "Settlement of Scientology suit reached," by Theresa Brady, The Oakland Tribune-Review, 4/6/93) 3 Suit Versus Moon University [Bridgeport, CT] Opponents of the University of Bridgeport's affiliation with the Unification Church-sponsored Professors World Peace Academy-which has promised a $50 million loan to the financially troubled institution-filed suit in May contending that the agreement between the University and the Academy violates the private university's charter and state laws governing nonprofit institutions. "As a result, a cult now controls a university in the largest city in Connecticut," said Michael A. Stratton, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs. "It is not only illegal and against public policy, it is just plain wrong." The chairman of the university's trustees responded that the complaint "represents nothing more than a rehash of matters that have already been considered at length by the Board of Governors of Higher Education," which approved the institution's accreditation in February. Opponents of the Unification Church connection, organized as the Coalition of Concerned Citizens, say the agreement gives control to a religiously-affiliated group that is not chartered to operate a university in Connecticut and is also the university's largest creditor: the academy's financial aid is secured with a lien on the campus. (From "Suit Challenges College's Ties to Church Unit," by George Judson, The New York Times, 5/4/93) 4 Marijuana Sacrament [Zion Coptic Church, Wisconsin] A leader of the Zion Coptic Church in Wisconsin says that drug charges against him should be dropped because he used marijuana in his religious practice. Several years ago, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected such a claim from a priest of the Jamaica-based Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church. That same church was found to be in possession of 330 tons of marijuana, in 1977, which it claimed was sacramental. (From "Coptic priest claims church privilege to use marijuana," The Wisconsin State Journal, 3/27/93, 5D, cited in the Cult Awareness Network News, May 1993, 2) 5 Abuse Allegedly Continues from Prison [Wilbert Thomas, Ohio] Bishop Wilbert Thomas, Sr., an Akron, Ohio minister convicted of sex and assault charges in 1985, is reportedly continuing to sexually exploit members of his congregation from jail, where he is serving a 20-year sentence (and his parole hearing nears). Former female followers, some in their pre-teens, say they were ordered by Thomas- speaking on the phone, collect, from prison- to have sex with other female members of the group. Thomas's reportedly highly controlling Christian Alliance Holiness Church is based on a 260-acre ranch in southeast Ohio. (From "Out of the Wilderness," by Laura Haferd and William Outlaw, The Akron Beacon Journal Magazine, 2/21/93, 4, cited in Cult Awareness Network News, May 1993, 3) 6 CUT Offers Tax Collateral [Church Universal and Triumphant] The Church Universal and Triumphant has mortgaged nearly 4,000 unimproved acres on its Royal Teton Ranch South as security that it will pay the Internal Revenue Service nearly $2.6 million in taxes and penalties if it loses its appeal of a decision that the money is owed. The IRS revoked the sect's tax-exempt status last November. A federal court trial set for December, to determine whether CUT deserves to be tax-exempt, will examine whether revenues from CUT's commercial enterprises were properly reported to the federal government and taxed. The IRS also listed the use of church money to pay a court settlement against leader Elizabeth Clare Prophet and illegal weapons purchases by church members as reasons for revoking the group's tax-exempt status. (From "CUT land offered as collateral for taxes," and "CUT's Tax exemption trial set," by Karin Ronnow, Livingston, MT, Enterprise, 5/12/93 and 5/13/93) 7 Physician's License Suspended [Gaithersburg, MD] Gaithersburg, MD, family physician Robert A. Hollowitz, 48, has been suspended by the state medical licensing board in April following allegations that he had sex and used illegal drugs with several patients and portrayed himself as the "embodiment of God" on a mission to bring "light and love into the world" by fathering children. One former patient of Hollowitz, who specializes in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome, said he instructed her to find a motel room on pain of being "cast into darkness" with the devil, and that he smoked marijuana during his midday liaisons with the woman, who attempted suicide twice after she ended the relationship in 1990. The director of the state Board for Physician Quality Assurance said, "this is definitely one of the most bizarre cases that has ever come before the board. It deals with sex, drugs, and a kind of cultism." (From "Doctor's License Is Suspended," by Amy Goldstein, The Washington Post, 5/1/93, D3) 8 Rajneeshism Reviving The recent revival of Rajneeshism belies the conven- ventional wisdom that cults which rely on a single, powerful leader will die out when the leader dies, according to Don Lattin, San Francisco Chronicle writer in a special article for the Religious News Service (December 11, 1992). Gordon Melton, director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion in Santa Barbara, CA, says, "This runs counter to the idea of the anti-cult movement that these groups are run by leaders with absolute power over people's lives." Rajneesh's twinkly-eyed image and message is broadcast on some two dozen community access cable channels across America, and this, plus books and videotapes, is attracting a new generation of disciples. And the revival extends to India, where the "Club Meditation" spa in Poona draws thousands of Germans, Japanese, Americans, and Indians for meditation and group therapy as well as swimming, tennis, facials, and pedicures. (An AIDS test is required for entry.) There is even a 154-acre commune in Redmond, WA, five of whose 16 members joined after Rajneesh's death. Movement leaders say that there are some 348 Osho centers operating around the world, including 68 formed in the last year. Interest is especially strong in Germany, and new translations of the guru's books in Russian, Czech, and other foreign markets are selling briskly, according to reports. Melton is surprised that Rajneeshism has survived, given the infighting and criminal convictions that accompanied the collapse of the commune in Oregon. Acknowledging that leaders of the Rajneesh organization sometimes abuse their power, Deva Jayapal, a former Wall Street financier, says "This guy was the greatest prankster around. Nothing he ever did should be chiseled in stone. . . There was always a kind of immorality in the air. This guy had a vision that went way beyond my mind, and that led to a certain degree of acceptance." Former follower Satya Franklin still credits Rajneesh with helping her "rediscover joy" and learn that there is more to life than what she knew "in my upper-middle-class life. " She says that "the danger comes when you suspend critical judgment and give up your own wisdom for the sake of the group." 9 Lenz ("Rama") Recruiting in Virginia Frederick Lenz, the meditation guru also called Zen Master Rama, who is alleged by numerous former followers to have financially exploited and sexually abused them, was recruiting in Northern Virginia in April among college students. Rama's meditation workshops were held at St. Paul's Church in Falls Church, and at several area libraries. Lenz's name does not generally appear on advertisements for his free classes. Lenz has reportedly moved his base of operations from California to the East Coast in the last several years. "They're doing a lot of recruiting in Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia. They're all over Fair-fax [County]," said Julie Jacobs, a Philadelphia woman whose daughter, Jennifer, has been a follower of Lenz for eight years. According to Walter Jacobs, senior members of the Lenz group pay up to $5,000 a month for meditation lessons with Lenz and computer instruction through Lenz's company, Advanced Systems, Inc. (It is reported that followers then get good jobs in the computer field and pay a portion of what they earn to Lenz.) One parent told how he and his daughter, who had been impressed by a Lenz program in New York City, went to the Library of Congress to research the guru. They quickly found numerous newspaper accounts detailing Lenz's alleged misdeeds. (From "Parents warn of 'cult' recruiting locally," by Pam Weisz, The Fairfax Journal, 4/5/93, A1, A8) 10 Churches in Schools [Unanimous Supreme Court, Long Island case] The Supreme Court in June ruled unanimously that a Long Island school district may not prevent an evangelical church from showing a religiously-oriented film about "family values" on school property in the evening. The director of the New York State School Boards Association said that he believed that under the decision New York school boards will still be allowed to keep religious groups out of schools as long as they also prevent similar programs by secular groups. The American Civil Liberties Union supported the court decision because it feels that state rules prohibit such programs. (From "High Court: LI School Can't Keep Church Out," New York Newsday, 6/8/93) 11 Children of God Returning to U.S. [Compare this detention with Scientology's RPF] Some 200-250 members of the Children of God, now calling themselves The Family, have moved from various international locations back to the United States and set up communal living situations in ten major American cities, with headquarters in Anaheim, CA. A spokesman said that COG is proselytizing among a new generation of teenagers-including gangs in the Los Angeles area- and people who know nothing about the "Jesus revolution" of the 1960s and 1970s. The controversial group, whose numbers ex-members estimate at 25,000 worldwide, claims to be taking a more "mature" approach than it once did to missionary activity, no longer practicing group sex or training pubescent children in sexual practices, although sex with non-spouses is still considered proper. Theory of "Flirty Fishing" "Flirty Fishing," proselytizing through sexual favors from COG women, has been banned, they say, due to AIDS, although recent group literature says that the practice is "a more personal and intimate form of witnessing." Commenting on the practice, a recent COG promotional piece said that "although this sexual liberality expressed in the 'Letters of Father David [Berg, founder and leader of COG]' sent shock waves through the media, and many religious institutions around the world, many people, most of whom would never even go near a church, were reached and won to Christ through this very humble, honest, open, and intimately human approach to witnessing." Two former members recently alleged that COG has implemented rigid camps, known as Victor Camps, as part of a "Discipleship Training Revolution," where defiant teens were required to listen to hours of Scripture, to excerpts from Berg's writings and tapes, to read volumes of Berg's writings, and to perform "hard demoralizing manual labor." The source said the teens "were yelled at by rooms full of leaders and wrote pages and pages of 'confessions' . . . When they finally came out of detention, they were the most submissive and obedient of all (Family) disciples." The ex-members say this regime has been implemented now in the entire group. The two former members, who recently infiltrated a COG establishment in the Philippines, report that the group, which has come under fire from authorities in a number of countries, is seeking legal advice and strategy from the Church of Scientology, an assertion denied by a Scientology spokeswoman, who said, "We haven't and don't give legal advice at all to them, but what we do . . . is inform them of trends that are going on in religious freedom issues," (From "Children of God, reorganized, returning to U.S.," by Joe Maxwell, Special to the Religious News Service, 3/19, 93) 12 CUT Leader Shopped for Armored Car [Church Universal and Triumphant] Church Universal and Triumphant leader Vernon Hamilton tried to buy a British-made Saracen armored personnel carrier in 1989, shortly before he pleaded guilty to weapons charges in connection with the stockpiling of arms. CUT has maintained that Hamilton and church vice president Ed Francis, also found guilty on the same charges, acted on their own and without church consent or knowledge. (From "Cult leader went shopping for tank in South Jersey", by David Lee Preston and Michael Lear-Olimpi, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/19/93) 13 Ananda Marga Classified The Ananda Marga organization, a cultish group which gained notoriety on several continents some years ago, apparently ran a classified ad in the Washington (DC) City Paper (May 28, p. 86) offering "Free Meditation Instruction . . . promoting all-around health-psychological, physical, spiritual-through an integrated discipline." (Cult Observer Report). 14 Spiritual Healer Accused of Cultic Abuse [Healer Leo Jean] Spiritual Healer Leo Jean, of Santa Fe, who says he uses his psychic skills to help people overcome the mental control, programming, and "curses" of cults, has been accused of leading a cult-like group and of including sexual acts-including child abuse-in his "therapy" sessions. A former patient, a 50-year-old woman who has gone to police with her story, tells how she and her 7-year-old daughter got a great deal of good from almost two years in therapy with Jean, but also how he used his charismatic personality eventually to take advantage of her by persuading her that the way to remove the "spiritual collar" around her neck was to put his penis in her mouth. Jean, who denies the charges, says, "I am a parapsychiatrist, master psychic, and one of the best therapists in the world. Jean, who has made regular appearances on cable access Channel 24, is well known in the Santa Fe spiritual community for the claims he makes about his psychic skills. "I'm one of a kind," he said. (From "Santa Fe Spiritual Healer Accused of Sexual Abuse," by M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Santa Fe Reporter, Feb. 17-23, 93, 17, 18) 15 Senators Warner and Hatch Praise Moon Sen. John Warner, of Virginia, in May welcomed the Rev. Sun Myung Moon to the Washington, D.C. area on the occasion of the Unification Church leader's recent 12-city U.S. speaking tour. In a letter to Moon on his Senate stationery, Senator Warner said: "It gives me great pleasure to be able to extend my greetings to you, Reverend [sic] Moon, and welcome you to the Nation's capital . . . This occasion brings together men, women, and children from all over the area in the pursuit of guidance while many problems face our Nation presently. . . .With so much happening around the world today, it is with great admiration that I commend all of you for engaging in such a constructive activity. The drive to find solutions to the important problems in our country is extremely imperative. `"It is your hard work and dedication that have allowed this to happen. Your accomplishment sets the example for others to follow. I wish you the very best in all your future endeavors." Senator Orrin Hatch, of Utah, joined Warner in welcoming the Rev. Moon, saying in his letter, "Many have equated the defeat of communism with the permanent triumph of the values upon which the United States and other free societies are based. However, the fact is that those values have come under challenge. Many of the domestic problems besetting our societies stem not from a failure of laws or programs but from a failure to teach and adhere to our values. In addition, our hopes for a more peaceful and just world require us to pursue foreign policies based on moral values, not solely on narrow national interests. I am gratified to see that you have chosen to use your influence to highlight the importance of these issues at this critical time. " I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on the contributions of the many secular institutions that you have founded, including The Washington Times, the World Media Association, and others." (Cult Observer Report) 16 Moon's "Scholarship" . . . [Bridgeport, CT] Four days before a Connecticut state board renewed the accreditation of the University of Bridgeport-which recently came under the control of the Unification Church-funded Professors World Peace Academy-two young Russians held a news conference in Bridgeport to say that they had been promised scholarships in exchange for taking Unification Church training. The news conference was organized by the Bridgeport-based Coalition of Concerned Citizens, which opposed the takeover. Konstantin Karpachov, 25, and Spartak Sotmikov, 22, who have sued Unification Church groups for fraud and the infliction of emotional distress, said they experienced "brainwashing, sleep deprivation, and coercion by the Moon organization" during a 40-day California seminar they attended. (From 2 Accuse Unification Church of 'coercion,' " New York Times, 2/23/93) . . . and More Media Inside Media reports that a company directly affiliated with Moon's Unification Church owns a major share of Nostalgia Television, a cable TV network, and is hoping to buy it all. According to a 1990 Unification Church document called "Father's Instructions," a key church goal was described as "national organization of the video and electronic media business." (From "The Rev. Moon Is Into Nostalgia," San Francisco Chronicle, 5/13/93) 17 TM Pushes Meditation for Schools The Transcendental Meditation organization has 12 trams touring the U.S. from the Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa, attempting to persuade local school boards to introduce the meditation process into the public schools. Michele Petit, of the newly formed Sarasota (FL) Association of Professions Practicing the Transcendental Meditation Program, says she plans to approach the Sarasota County School Board to help with student problems. (From "Meditation urged for student ills," by Rod Thomson, Sarasota Herald Tribune, 2/19/93) 18 Crossroads Movement on Cal Campuses [Church of Christ] Aggressive campus recruiting by the Los Angeles Church of Christ [one of the Crossroads movement's offshoots, not the mainline Churches of Christ] has prompted at least 10 complaints from Santa Monica College students, according to the college's police chief, Andy Campbell. Students at SMC have expressed concerns about being "harassed" in the cafeteria by LACC proselytizers. Local former members say LACC recruits are assigned a personal "shepherd" to whom they must report all their activities, including how often they have sex or masturbate. "People give up their freedom of thought, to feel, to have any input on what their life will be like," a former member says. A spokesman for the LACC, which claims 100,000 members nationwide, says, "Just because our church is fast-growing, people think that it must be a cult," and denies that the church is a cult or that its activities are damaging. Cult expert Professor Ronald Enroth, of Santa Barbara's Westmont College [and a member of the Advisory Board of the American Family Foundation, publisher of The Cult Observer], says LACC is a destructive but non-violent cult that uses mind control and impairs "the academics, occupations, and social lives of the individuals involved." (From "Church Criticized for High Pressure," by Chris Lebrun, Corsair [Santa Monica College], 4/21/93, 1, 4) Activities of the Los Angeles Church of Christ on campuses in Southern California have stimulated other stories in student newspapers. In Viewpoint (University of Southern California, 4/12/93), guest columnist Olga I. Avila, wrote (in "Free worship doesn't include bullying"): "Since I have been here at USC, I have been harassed and insulted on campus by recruiters from the L. A. Church of Christ . . . [and] I have encountered many students here on campus who have been harassed, insulted, patronized, and even coerced, all in the name of the Lord . . . I came here to USC for the academic experience, as have so many other victims of the L.A. Church of Christ. I feel that it is the responsibility of USC to see that its students are not subjected to such constant harassment on campus. I have seen USC security escorting transients and other 'undesirables' off campus. The same should hold true for cult recruiters." In The Courier of Pasadena City College ("Campus cult preys on weak, students say," 3/23/93, 3-4), Editor in Chief Anissa Vicente, responding to the LACC's activities on campus, wrote up the personal stories of two students who had become "prey" to the group during periods of personal vulnerability. And according to the Rev. Albert G. Cohen-commenting in "Cults on Campus: Wolves in Sheep's Clothing," for the University Times of California State University, Los Angeles (11/9/92) -"The struggle for the minds and souls of college students goes on everyday on campuses in Southern California as young people are harassed and intimidated by recruiters of high pressure religious groups . . . [including] the Los Angeles Church of Christ, the Unification Church, Scientology, and Hare Krishna. They are all similar in their techniques of disorientation and mind control. . ." "Under the Influence" and "Stairway to Heaven" (by Ben Freund, The USCD Guardian, University of California San Diego, 4/5/93, 4-5 and 4/19/93, S1, 2, 3, 5, 6) uses the cautionary tale of a former USCD student who became enmeshed with the Unification Church as the centerpiece of a two-part series on the campus cult problem generally, including comments by both academic and community-based experts on the phenomenon. 19 LaRoucheite Convicted [Fund-raiser Keith Levitt] Lyndon LaRouche fund-raiser Keith Levitt was found guilty of securities fraud in Roanoke (VA) Circuit Court in late April, bringing to 13 the number of LaRouche associates convicted on such charges since their 1987 indictments. Two remain to be tried; one case was dismissed. Keith Levitt was fined $1,000 and given a one-year suspended sentence for selling unregistered securities as an unregistered broker. He was acquitted on a charge of obtaining money by means of false statements as part of a plea agreement. Levitt gained the LaRouche organization a loan from a retired doctor, who never got any of the interest promised. Fellow Laroucheite Rochelle Ascher, one of those previously convicted of other charges connected with the case, is serving a 76-year prison term. (From "LaRouche Associate Loses Case," by Peter Chisholm, Loudoun Tomes-Mirror (Leesburg, VA), 5/5/93, A1, A15) 20 Lifespring Eyeing Schools The Lifespring organization, according to reports from Chicago, held a series of meetings for faculty at a city high school earlier this year preparatory to involving educators, parents, and students in a "Partners In Education" workshop designed, in the words of the workshop's "Informed Consent and Release Form", "to provide an environment . . . [to] explore the capacity for joy and connectedness through partnership." The pre-seminar meetings at the high school were reportedly made mandatory by the school's administration, and teachers met three times a week to prepare for it. A local cult awareness group provided information about Lifespring's history that caused the school to withdraw support for the project, although Chicago school administrators earlier refused to become involved in a subordinate district's affairs. (Cult Observer Report) 21 Students Request Program on Cults [Westchester County, NY] One quarter of the graduating class of Chappaqua High School (in Westchester County, NY), when asked this past spring to list the kinds of informational programs they would like to see presented at the school, said that one on cults was their first choice. (Cult Observer Report) ================================================================= If this is a copyrighted work, you are acknowledging by receipt of this document from FACTNet that on the basis of reasonable investigation, you have not been to obtain a copy elsewhere at a fair price, and that you are and will abide by the following copyright warning. 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STORIES | 1 Women Charge Ministers With Abuse [Chapel | Hill Harvester Church, Decatur, GA] | 2 "Scientology Never Stops Fighting" | 3 Suit Versus Moon University | [Bridgeport, CT] | 4 Marijuana Sacrament [Zion Coptic | Church, Wisconsin] | 5 Abuse Allegedly Continues from Prison | [Wilbert Thomas, Ohio] | 6 CUT Offers Tax Collateral [Church | Universal and Triumphant] | 7 Physician's License Suspended | [Gaithersburg, MD] | 8 Rajneeshism Reviving | 9 Lenz ("Rama") Recruiting in Virginia | 10 Churches in Schools [Unanimous Supreme | Court, Long Island case] | 11 Children of God Returning to U.S. | [Compare this detention with | Scientology's RPF] | 12 CUT Leader Shopped for Armored Car | [Church Universal and Triumphant] | 13 Ananda Marga Classified | 14 Spiritual Healer Accused of Cultic Abuse | [Healer Leo Jean] | 15 Senators Warner and Hatch Praise Moon | 16 Moon's "Scholarship" . . . | 17 TM Pushes Meditation for Schools | 18 Crossroads Movement on Cal Campuses | [Church of Christ] | 19 LaRoucheite Convicted [Fund-raiser | Keith Levitt] | 20 Lifespring Eyeing Schools | 21 Students Request Program on Cults | [Westchester County, NY] For Additional verification see the contributor of the document. 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