The CICNS's Letters to the Media Following the 2008 MIVILUDES Report
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The CICNS’s Letters to the Media Following the 2008 MIVILUDES Report
The 2008 report of the MIVILUDES, which we have commented on, is a regrettable example of a political drift. But the account of it given by the media is another cause of indignation for anyone who cares about individual liberties and about the power of information. We wrote to a certain number of them to express our feeling to them. Do not hesitate to do the same, the road to a healthier state of affairs is still long and needs all our efforts combined.
La Croix - 18 May 2009 - “When charlatans pass themselves off as therapists”
http://www.la-croix.com/article/index.jsp?docId=2374018&rubId=788
Email from the CICNS for the attention of Marianne GOMEZ - 20 May 2009:
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
On 18 May 2009, you wrote an article entitled “When charlatans pass themselves off as therapists”
This article takes up the assertions of the MIVILUDES without nuance and makes itself the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent groups or persons on account of their spiritual, therapeutic, educational or other choices.
While it is natural for you to express your point of view, you are bound to provide balanced information presenting an overall view of the opinions on the subject. That is a condition for respecting your readers’ free will. It is also a minimum condition of respect for those women and men whom you point the finger at without precautions and without apparently concerning yourself with the impact of your words.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, each part being viewable independently of the other two.
Part 3 is more specifically devoted to the media’s treatment of the subject.
The page The fight against the cults on your newspaper’s site would, in our view, deserve to be revised, and it might be useful to you to draw inspiration from Part 1 of our documentary.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
Libération - 18 May 2009 - “The report that takes the cult machine apart”
http://www.liberation.fr/societe/0101567845-le-rapport-qui-demonte-la-secte-machine
Email from the CICNS for the attention of the editors-in-chief on 20 May 2009:
Hello,
Please find below the message we sent today to Guillaume Dasquié.
Cordially,
The CICNS team
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
On 18 May 2009, you wrote an article entitled “The report that takes the cult machine apart”
You write in your introduction:
“The brawl is growing fiercer between the cults and their principal detractor in France, the Interministerial Mission for Vigilance and Combat against Cultic Deviances.”
Even if your article has the merit of pointing out that not everyone agrees with the government’s policy in this matter, it conveys an extremely reductive vision and, in essence, makes itself the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent groups or persons on account of their spiritual, therapeutic, educational or other choices.
While it is natural for you to express your point of view, you are bound to provide balanced information presenting an overall view of the opinions on the subject. That is a condition for respecting your readers’ free will. It is also a minimum condition of respect for those women and men whom you point the finger at without precautions and without apparently concerning yourself with the impact of your words.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, each part being viewable independently of the other two.
Part 1 is more specifically devoted to the media’s treatment of the subject.
Finally, you will find a presentation of the CICNS as well as our Charter.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
20 Minutes - Series of articles accompanying the release of the MIVILUDES report
http://www.20minutes.fr/article/327221/France-La-Miviludes-veut-referencer-les-sectes.php
Email from the CICNS for the attention of the editors-in-chief, 20 May 2009:
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
In recent days you have published several articles on the subject of “dérives sectaires”,
-“Professional training, the cults’ new market”,
-“The shadow of the cults hangs over mental health”,
-“Psychotherapists once again singled out by the Miviludes”,
-“The Miviludes wants to ‘index’ the cults”,
-“Satanism in the Miviludes’ line of sight”,
(a non-exhaustive list). The last article is the exception among these publications, since it is the only one to question the assertions of the MIVILUDES and to open itself to an alternative opinion, namely that of Olivier Bobineau, an academic specialising in the study of Satanism.
The other articles cited make themselves, without precaution, the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent groups or persons on account of their spiritual, therapeutic or educational choices.
The exception we highlight ought, in our view, to be a rule: while it is natural for you to express your point of view, you are bound to provide balanced information presenting an overall view of the opinions on the subject. That is a condition for respecting your readers’ free will. It is also a minimum condition of respect for those women and men whom you point the finger at without precautions and without apparently concerning yourself with the impact of your writings.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, and on the abuses of the “fight against dérives sectaires”, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links:
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3: each part can be viewed independently of the other two.
The third part is more particularly devoted to the media’s treatment of the subject.
Cordially,
The CICNS Team
Midi Libre - 20 May 2009 - Editorial: “Charlatans”
http://www.midilibre.com/articles/2009/05/20/20090520-EDITO-Charlatans.php5
Email from the CICNS for the attention of François Martin (editor-in-chief) on 29 May 2009:
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
In recent days you have published several articles on the subject of dérives sectaires, including an editorial entitled “Charlatans” which bears your signature.
These publications make themselves, without precaution, the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent groups or persons on account of their spiritual, therapeutic or educational choices.
While it is natural for you to express your point of view, you are bound to provide balanced information presenting an overall view of the opinions on the subject. That is a condition for respecting your readers’ free will. It is also a minimum condition of respect for those women and men whom you point the finger at without precautions and without apparently concerning yourself with the impact of your writings.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links:
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3: each part can be viewed independently of the other two.
The third part is more particularly devoted to the media’s treatment of the subject.
Cordially,
The CICNS Team
Europe 1 - 19 May 2009 - “A third of psychotherapists come from cultic milieux”
Email from the CICNS for the attention of Marc-Olivier FOGIEL on 25 May 2009:
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
On 19 May 2009, you received Georges Fenech on your programme.
While we cannot judge the value of the practices and persons called into question in the course of the programme, or their possible abuses, we were able to observe that you took, and repeated, at face value the assertions of the 2008 MIVILUDES report and of its president, which are in reality supported by no serious study or significant proof of the danger they describe.
You thus make yourself the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent groups or persons on account of their spiritual, therapeutic, educational or other choices.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, each part being viewable independently of the other two.
Part 3 is more specifically devoted to the media’s treatment of the subject.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
France 2 - The 1 pm news - 19 May 2009
Email from the CICNS for the attention of the information mediator of France 2:
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
The France 2 news bulletin of 19 May 2009 at midday was devoted in part to the release of the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
While we cannot judge the value of the practices and persons called into question in the course of that edition, or their possible abuses, we were able to observe that the news desk took, and repeated, at face value the assertions of the 2008 MIVILUDES report and of its members, which are in reality supported by no study or significant proof of the dangers they describe, and which present an extremely distorted version of certain facts.
France 2 thus makes itself the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent persons or groups on account of their spiritual, therapeutic, educational or other choices.
We ask for a right of reply, in the name of freedom of conscience and of the charter of professional duties of French journalists, which stipulates that “a journalist worthy of the name” holds calumny, accusations without proof, the alteration of documents, the distortion of facts and lying to be the gravest professional faults.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, each part being viewable independently of the other two.
Part 3 is more specifically devoted to the media’s treatment of the subject.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
France 3 - 19 May 2009 - “Ce soir ou jamais” - “After Soir 3: The Cults”
http://ce-soir-ou-jamais.france3.fr/index-fr.php?page=emission&id_rubrique=686
Email from the CICNS for the attention of Frédéric Taddei on 26 May 2009:
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
We wish to salute the programme that will have left the most room for opposing views in the very consensual media concert accompanying the release of the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
The debate was nevertheless far from balanced, and started from an assumption that is almost inescapable in France today and that has dramatic consequences for many citizens: the soundness of the “anti-cult fight”.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, and the abuses of the so-called “fight against dérives sectaires”.
These interviews and testimonies are available on our site: http://www.cicns.net/Video.htm.
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links:
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3: each part can be viewed independently of the other two.
You will find at http://www.cicns.net/CICNS.htm a presentation of the CICNS as well as our charter.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report: /library/cicns/miviludes8/
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
LCPAN - 19 May 2009 - “Ça vous regarde” - “The cults: have they disappeared?”
http://www.lcpan.fr/emission/74816
Email from the CICNS for the attention of Arnaud Ardoin, 26 May 2009:
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
We watched your programme “Ça vous regarde” of 19 May 2009 entitled “The cults: have they disappeared?”.
While we cannot judge the value of the practices and persons called into question in the course of that programme, or their possible abuses, we were able to observe that the debate, like a panel lacking balance, was dominated by an assumption that is almost inescapable in France today: the soundness of the “policy of fighting dérives sectaires”.
That action is in reality supported by no study or significant proof of the dangers it describes, and presents an extremely distorted version of certain facts.
Your programme was thus the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent persons or groups on account of their spiritual, therapeutic or educational choices.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, each part being viewable independently of the other two.
Part 3 is more specifically devoted to the media’s treatment of the subject.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
France 5 - “C dans l’air” - “Cults: the gurus are lying in wait for us”
http://www.france5.fr/c-dans-l-air/index-fr.php?page=resume&id_rubrique=1160
Email from the CICNS for the attention of Yves Calvi on 27 May 2009:
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
We observe the media landscape attentively and have made a thorough analysis of the treatment of the subject of the “cults” on the major television channels.
The “C dans l’air” programme of 6 January 2004, “The cults strike back!”, was the subject of an article available on our site (/library/cicns/television/) and of an analysis in the third part of our documentary “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”.
Viewing the programme of Tuesday 19 May 2009, we appreciated seeing you more sceptical and less docile towards the anti-cult theses than in 2004, and seeing Nathalie Luca receive more respect when she expressed opinions alternative to the anti-cult discourse than Maurice Duval had been able to obtain five years ago. The debate was nevertheless far from balanced and started from an assumption that is almost inescapable in France today, symbolised by the programme’s caricatural title, and that has dramatic consequences for many citizens: the soundness of the “anti-cult fight”.
We therefore encourage you to persevere in the direction of an openness to alternative views on the question, and notably to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, and the abuses of the so-called “fight against dérives sectaires”.
These interviews and testimonies are available on our site: http://www.cicns.net/Video.htm
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links:
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3: each part can be viewed independently of the other two.
You will find at http://www.cicns.net/CICNS.htm a presentation of the CICNS as well as our charter.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report: http://www.cicns.net/Miviludes8.htm
Cordially
The CICNS Team
France Inter - 22 May 2009 - “L’éco autrement” - “Cults: companies are not immune”
http://sites.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/chro/lecoautrement/index.php?id=79845
Email from the CICNS for the attention of Alexandra Bensaid, 26 May 2009:
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
We listened to your programme “L’éco autrement” of 22 May 2009 entitled “Cults: companies are not immune”.
You say in your introduction: “It is no fantasy to say it: certain cults seek to infiltrate companies, or even government departments”.
The fact is, and you are doubtless not conscious of it, that your programme conveyed far more fantasy than truth.
The assertions of the MIVILUDES are in reality supported by no study or significant proof of the dangers they describe, and present an extremely distorted version of certain facts.
You have been the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent persons or groups on account of their spiritual, therapeutic or educational choices.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
These interviews and testimonies are available on our site: http://www.cicns.net/Video.htm.
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links:
Part 1: http://www.dailymotion.com/popular/user/cicns9/video/x3ka7r_partie-1-120-minutes-pour-la-libert_politics
Part 2: http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/120+minutes+sectes/video/x3ks3v_partie-2-120-minutes-pour-la-libert_politics
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMcnowsfUW8
each part being viewable independently of the other two.
The third part is more particularly devoted to the media’s treatment of the subject.
You will find at http://www.cicns.net/CICNS.htm a presentation of the CICNS as well as our Charter.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report: http://www.cicns.net/Miviludes8.htm
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
La Provence, 19 May 2009, Audrey Savournin
The new strategies of the cult movements
Cicns to: Audrey Savourin
Tuesday 2 June 2009 19:12
Subject: “The new strategies of the cult movements”
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
On 19 May 2009, La Provence published your interview with Jacqueline Burguière, president of the ADFI Provence.
This publication in reality makes itself, without precaution, the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent groups or persons on account of their spiritual, therapeutic or educational choices.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, each part being viewable independently of the other two.
Part 3 is more specifically devoted to the media’s treatment of the subject.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
President of the CICNS
06 34 11 49 58
Sud-Ouest, 21 May 2009, Christophe Galichon
REPORT ON DÉRIVES SECTAIRES.
“Reiki soit qui mal y pense”
http://www.sudouest.com/charente-maritime/actualite/article/596584/p/1/mil/4555137.html
cicns to: Christophe Galichon
Friday 29 May 2009 17:19
Subject: “Reiki soit qui mal y pense”
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
On 21 May, Sud Ouest published an article entitled “REPORT ON DÉRIVES SECTAIRES. In Charente-Maritime, reiki practitioners strongly deny any abuses whatsoever - Reiki soit qui mal y pense”
The CICNS has no particular link with reiki practitioners. Nevertheless, we wish to salute this genuine piece of investigation and this voice given to the defence, in a media concert that has servilely backed the accusations of the MIVILUDES against a great number of honest and sincere women and men, on account of their spiritual, therapeutic or educational choices.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
La Dépêche, 20 May 2009, Philippe Rioux: “Four times more cults in 15 years”
http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2009/05/20/609516-Trois-fois-plus-de-sectes-en-15-ans.html
cicns to Philippe Rioux
Friday 29 May 2009 17:09
Subject: “Four times more cults in 15 years”
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
On 20 May 2009, La Dépêche published an article entitled “Four times more cults in 15 years” which bears your signature.
Your article in reality makes itself, without precaution, the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent groups or persons on account of their spiritual, therapeutic or educational choices.
While it is natural for you to express your point of view, you are bound to provide balanced information presenting an overall view of the opinions on the subject. That is a condition for respecting your readers’ free will. It is also a minimum condition of respect for those women and men whom you point the finger at without precautions and without apparently concerning yourself with the impact of your writings.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
lepetitjournal.com, 19-05-2009, Damien Bouhours
CULTS - The Miviludes sets off on crusade again
http://www.lepetitjournal.com/content/view/41296/204/
cicns to Damien Bouhours and Betty Ruby.
Thursday 28 May 2009 18:43
Subject: “CULTS - The Miviludes sets off on crusade again”
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
On 20 May 2009, you published an article by Damien Bouhours entitled “CULTS - The Miviludes sets off on crusade again”.
The title of this article contains, unintentionally it would seem, more truth than the text that follows it.
To speak of a crusade is in reality apt, if one remembers that the crusades were political tools with dramatic collateral damage, which stigmatised an entire (Saracen) population in a criminal amalgam.
“Scientology, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Raël and a plethora of other cult movements are extending their influence almost everywhere in the world. If in France the cults are subverting therapeutic practices and professional training, they are today infiltrating international organisations such as the UN. The French mission for the fight against the cults (Miviludes) sees to it that these cult movements remain under control”
The article’s introductory paragraph faithfully (complaisantly) reproduces the narrowed vision of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent groups or persons on account of their spiritual, therapeutic or educational choices.
While it is natural for you to express your point of view, you are bound to provide balanced information presenting an overall view of the opinions on the subject. That is a condition for respecting your readers’ free will. It is also a minimum condition of respect for those women and men whom you point the finger at without precautions and without apparently concerning yourself with the impact of your writings.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
Agence France Presse | 19/05/09
By Chantal VALLETTE
The cults profit from the personal-development market
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5icWzG4WC6Nv35yb4PmpnxYuEwUkA
cicns to Chantal Vallette
Thursday 28 May 2009 18:34
Subject: “The cults profit from the personal-development market”
Hello,
During a telephone exchange in 2007, you confided to us that you regularly read our press releases.
We are surprised today to see circulating a dispatch entitled “The cults profit from the personal-development market”, signed with your name, which is truly an anti-cult parti pris.
While it is natural to express the MIVILUDES’s point of view, given your position of influence, and knowing you to be informed of the existence of alternative opinions on the subject, we hoped for more balanced information from you.
The use of a few precautions, conditionals and quotation marks (for example: “The ‘cults’, according to the MIVILUDES, are said to be profiting from the personal-development market”), would be a minimum condition for respecting your readers’ free will. It would also be a mark of respect addressed to those women and men pointed at without precautions by such a dispatch.
You could also mention the criticisms addressed to the MIVILUDES, by our association, but also,
by the Ministry of the Interior and by many academics and jurists
We would be keenly interested to know what stands in the way, in your profession, of the publication of genuinely plural information on the subject of the said cults.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report
We will be happy to pursue this contact with you.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
Le Parisien, 25 May 2009
Soon an anti-cult unit within the judicial police
cicns to avouslaparole@leparisien.fr
Wednesday 27 May 2009 19:37
Subject:
“Policy of fighting dérives sectaires”
For the attention of “A.-C.J.”
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
We observe the media landscape attentively, and Le Parisien is, to our knowledge, the only major general-interest medium at present to highlight the disagreement between the Ministry of the Interior and the MIVILUDES, and the intervention of American elected officials with the French embassy to denounce the French policy of fighting dérives sectaires.
We encourage you to persevere in the direction of an openness to alternative views on the question, and notably to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
SUD OUEST, 20 May 2009, Hélène Rouquette-Valeins
“DÉRIVES SECTAIRES. The report of the Vigilance Mission (Miviludes) points at wildcat psychotherapies”
http://www.sudouest.com/accueil/actualite/france/article/595114/mil/4553435.html
cicns to Hélène Rouquette-Valeins
Wednesday 27 May 2009 19:37
Subject: DÉRIVES SECTAIRES. The report of the Vigilance Mission (Miviludes) points at wildcat psychotherapies
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
On 20 May 2009, Sud-Ouest published an article entitled “DÉRIVES SECTAIRES. The report of the Vigilance Mission (Miviludes) points at wildcat psychotherapies - Halt to the charlatans” which bears your signature.
Your article in reality makes itself, without precaution, the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent groups or persons on account of their spiritual, therapeutic or educational choices.
While it is natural for you to express your point of view, you are bound to provide balanced information presenting an overall view of the opinions on the subject. That is a condition for respecting your readers’ free will. It is also a minimum condition of respect for those women and men whom you point the finger at without precautions and without apparently concerning yourself with the impact of your writings.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
France 24, Tuesday 19 May 2009
The dérives sectaires of well-being and health
http://www.france24.com/fr/20090519-focus-medecine-france-derives-sectaires-bien-etre-sante
cicns for the attention of: Willy BRACCIANO
Monday 25 May 2009 12:40
Subject: “The dérives sectaires of well-being and health”
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
On 19 May 2009, France 24 broadcast a programme entitled “The dérives sectaires of well-being and health” on which you collaborated.
While we cannot judge the value of the practices designated, or their possible abuses, we can observe that the report produces no proof of any harm suffered or any malicious act, but echoes a partisan and dramatic approach resting essentially on the arguments and assertions of the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
You thus make yourself the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent groups or persons on account of their spiritual, therapeutic, educational or other choices.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
You may also consult our reading report on the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
BLOOB, 19 May 2009
Satanism and pseudo-therapies: the cults target teenagers
cicns to info@bloob.fr
Thursday 21 May 2009 14:49
Subject: “Satanism and pseudo-therapies: the cults target teenagers”
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
On 19 May 2009, you published an article entitled “Satanism and pseudo-therapies: the cults target teenagers”
This article, in essence, makes itself the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent persons or groups on account of their spiritual, therapeutic, educational or other choices.
While it is natural for you to express your point of view, you are bound to provide balanced information presenting an overall view of the opinions on the subject. That is a condition for respecting the free will of your young readers. It is also a minimum condition of respect for those women and men whom you point the finger at without precautions and without apparently concerning yourself with the impact of your writings.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
The editors of Le Post
19/05/2009
More and more cults in France: why?
http://www.lepost.fr:80/article/2009/05/19/1542413_de-plus-en-plus-de-sectes-en-france-pourquoi.html
cicns for the attention of The editors of Le Post
Thursday 21 May 2009 14:47
Subject: “More and more cults in France: why?
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
On 19 May 2009, you published a post entitled “More and more cults in France: why?”
Your selection of links and information, like the choice of the post’s title, leaves no room for any opinion alternative to the anti-cult theses.
This post conveys an extremely reductive vision and, in essence, makes itself the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent persons or groups on account of their spiritual, therapeutic, educational or other choices.
While it is natural for you to express your point of view, you are bound to provide balanced information presenting an overall view of the opinions on the subject. That is a condition for respecting your readers’ free will. It is also a minimum condition of respect for those women and men whom you point the finger at without precautions and without apparently concerning yourself with the impact of your words.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
La Nouvelle République, 20 May 2009
“People are free”
http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/dossiers/journal/index.php?dep=IG&num=1238502
cicns to nr.redactionenchef@nrco.fr
Thursday 21 May 2009 11:34
Subject: Interview with Marie-Françoise Bardet
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
You have published an interview with Marie-Françoise Bardet, president of the ADFI - Touraine.
You thus make yourselves the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent groups or persons on account of their spiritual, therapeutic, educational or other choices.
While it is natural for you to express your point of view, you are bound to provide balanced information presenting an overall view of the opinions on the subject. That is a condition for respecting your readers’ free will. It is also a minimum condition of respect for those women and men whom you point the finger at without precautions and without apparently concerning yourself with the impact of your publications.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, each part being viewable independently of the other two.
Part 3 is more specifically devoted to the media’s treatment of the subject.
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
E24, Wednesday 20 May 2009
The coaching offer is exploding
http://www.e24.fr/economie/france/article91500.ece/L-offre-de-coaching-explose.html
cicns to contact@e24.fr, Thursday 21 May 2009 11:27
Subject: Dérives sectaires
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
On 19 May 2009, you published an article entitled “The coaching offer is exploding”
This article mentions the MIVILUDES and its 2008 report, which speaks of risks of “dérives sectaires” within companies.
That reference deserves, in our view, a certain circumspection.
The MIVILUDES is in fact the spearhead of the anti-cult movement, which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent persons or groups on account of their spiritual, therapeutic, educational or other choices
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
Finally, you will find below the CICNS press release concerning the 2008 MIVILUDES report.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
Metro, 19-05-2009
The cults are in rude health
The personal-development market is said to be the target of the cult movements
http://www.metrofrance.com/infos/les-sectes-affichent-une-sante-de-fer/pies!OWARBicPi0dHhoe@QpOJqg/
cicns to frederic.vezard@publications-metro.fr, florence.santrot@publications-metro.fr, adrien.cadorel@publications-metro.fr
Thursday 21 May 2009 11:12
Subject: “The cults are in rude health”
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
On 19/05/2009 you published an article entitled “The cults are in rude health”.
This publication stands out from most of those accompanying the release of the MIVILUDES report by your use of the conditional when you take up the MIVILUDES’s assertions. We salute this prudence towards the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent groups or persons on account of their spiritual, therapeutic, educational or other choices.
You will find below the CICNS press release concerning this report.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, each part being viewable independently of the other two.
Part 3 is more specifically devoted to the media’s treatment of the subject.
Cordially,
The CICNS Team
Le Figaro, 18/05/2009, Angélique Négroni
”We need a new list of the cult movements”
cicns to Angélique Négroni
Thursday 21 May 2009 11:01
Subject: MIVILUDES report
Hello,
The CICNS is an independent association whose object is to bring balance to the debate on the question of the new spiritualities.
You recently carried out an interview with Mr Georges Fenech, which gave rise to the article entitled “We need a new list of the cult movements”.
This publication makes itself the complaisant relay of the anti-cult action which, without discernment, files a great number of honest and sincere women and men in the category of delinquent groups or persons on account of their spiritual, therapeutic, educational or other choices.
We invite you to visit our site, which presents a wide range of analyses and reflections on the place of spiritual minorities in our French society, interviews with sociologists, lawyers and social actors, as well as testimonies from people who have suffered discrimination.
The CICNS has notably produced a three-part documentary entitled “120 minutes for spiritual freedom”, on sale on our site in DVD format.
It is also possible to view the three parts of the documentary at the following links: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, each part being viewable independently of the other two.
Part 3 is more specifically devoted to the media’s treatment of the subject.
Cordially
The CICNS Team
Sources
- Les courriers du CICNS aux médias à la suite du rapport de la MIVILUDES 2008 (archived copy of http://www.cicns.net/Courriers_medias_miviludes_2008.htm)
English translation of Les courriers du CICNS aux médias à la suite du rapport de la MIVILUDES 2008 (French), originally by CICNS.