Patrick McIvor

Category: Commentary

  • Conversion Ideology in a White Coat

    Conversion Ideology in a White Coat

    What the Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship of Australia is telling clinicians to do with LGBTQA+ patients.

  • What Victoria’s Cult Inquiry Needs to Deliver
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    What Victoria’s Cult Inquiry Needs to Deliver

    This week, the Victorian Parliament’s Legal and Social Issues Committee is expected to table the final report of its inquiry into cults and organised fringe groups. The report follows an avalanche of survivor testimony, alongside evidence from advocates, researchers, faith representatives and government bodies, which has made it impossible to ignore that Victoria has a…

  • Media Release

    Survivors of cults and high-control groups across Victoria are speaking up in unprecedented numbers, many for the first time, and expressing genuine hope that change is finally possible. Their experiences have shaped Beyond Belief, a survivor-led report co-developed by the Australian Cult Survivors Network, Stop Religious Coercion Australia, a working group of survivor-led organisations, and…