Apocalyptic cults: failed utopias – and consequences for followers
Acts of the conference
Apocalyptic cults: failed utopias
and consequences for followers
Saturday October 13, 2012
Multipurpose hall, Salses Le Château[1], 66600 France
organized by the
European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Sectarianism
(FECRIS)
with the logistic support of CCMM[2]
and sponsored by the Commune of Salses Le Château and the French Government
PROGRAMME
Tom Sackville, President of FECRIS, United Kingdom
Introduction and Welcome
Jean-Jacques LOPEZ, Maire of Salses Le Château and Conseiller général of the canton: Welcome
Serge Blisko, President of MIVILUDES [3], France:
Georges Fenech, previous President of MIVILUDES, Member of the National Assembly for the 11th Rhône district, France:
Welcome (summary)
Danièle Muller (Switzerland), delegate of FECRIS at international organisations:
Welcome (summary)
Olivier Morice, Lawyer at the Paris Bar, France:
Sandrine Mathen, analyst and psychologist at CIAOSN[4], Belgium:
No one is a prophet in his own country, even if it is a small one – presentation
Testimony of a former follower of a group/sect gravitating around Bugarach and Rennes-le-Chateau
Mike Garde, President of Dialogue Ireland[5] :
“The House of Prayer”: an Irish apocalyptic Marian group at the edge of Europe
Roxana-Mălina Chirilă, Romania
The Emotional Apocalypse: A Quick View of MISA[6] and its Apocalypse(s)
Thomas Gandow, President of DCI [7] , Germany:
Korean apocalyptic cults in Europe (summary)
Steven Hassan, M.Ed, LMHC[8], USA:
Followers of apocalyptic cults: Communication strategies that families and friends can use to empower people to think for themselves (summary) – Video:http://vimeo.com/52740747
Roberto di Stefano, Switzerland:
The prophecies about the end of the world as experienced in a Jehovah’s Witness family (summary)
Berislav Pavišic, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka, Croatia:
Communication read by Branka Dujmic, President of CISK[9], Croatia
Round table discussion on
Comparative International law, examples of best practice on legal issues raised in the different European countries
Participants:
Carlos Villagrasa – Lawyer, Professor at the University of Barcelona, Spain, Member of AIIAP (in absence):
Cults: An Update on the Legal Situation in Spain
Alexander Dvorkin – President of CRS[10] , Russia
Jean-Pierre Jougla – Lawyer, UNADFI[11] , France
Mike Garde – Director of Dialogue Ireland
Conclusion
Advice on Harmful Cultic Groups , www.ciaosn.be