Patrick McIvor

Tag: high-control groups

  • 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…

  • Briefing: Parliamentary Inquiry

    Briefing: Parliamentary Inquiry

    Tomorrow I will be presenting evidence to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the recruitment methods and impacts of cults and organised fringe groups. For anyone who cannot wait to read a set of parliamentary inquiry slides on a Sunday night, here they are. A key point I will be making is that criminalisation is not…