To Win a Case, the Magic Word: Cult
Grenoble lawyer Jean-Pierre Joseph on how the word cult functions in French courtrooms: an accusation that needs no proof, that no judge goes to verify, and that turns ordinary choices into offences.
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Me, Anne, a Mother: Children Held Hostage by French-Style Anti-Cultism
A mother's first-person account of losing custody of her two daughters after her ex-husband, backed by an anti-cult association, branded her community, the Gens de Bernard, a cult.