Decult joins hearings in Melbourne Today marks a special birthday: on 3 November 2022, my book Cult Trip: Inside the World of Coercion & Control was published by HarperCollins.

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Listen to Lara and other former JWs on the panel “Rock the Watchtower” - now a podcast recording on DECULT TALKS (in comments).

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This often happens because people leave without support, making them vulnerable to similar manipulative tactics while they’re trying to replace the community they’ve lost.

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It can silence questioning, enforce submission and exploit faith for power. Survivors often face deep emotional and psychological scars.

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💥Surprise screening – doco release! 🎥

The Christchurch premiere of DECULT VOICES – BEYOND BELIEF has sold out, but our first doco has just been added in the Religious Trauma Collective online event (19 – 21 June).

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Gloriavale or Gloriafail?

The infamous fundamentalist Christian cult has dominated headlines and courtrooms in Aotearoa New Zealand. But for how much longer can it survive?

Listen here:
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Watch the trailer for DECULT VOICES – BEYOND BELIEF! 🎥 🎞️

The upcoming 20-minute documentary, fully crowdfunded and filmed during the Decult 2024 in conference in Christchurch (New Zealand), weaves together raw insights from cult survivors, mental health professionals and academics.

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🏳‍🌈 Pride Month: Honouring Queer Survivors
In many cultic groups and churches, LGBTQ+ people are shamed, silenced or pushed through conversion practices.

In just 3 weeks, Decult Talks will release a special Pride episode, hosted by human rights advocate Andre Afamasaga.

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What does it really take to heal after leaving a cult?

Drawing from her research and groundbreaking handbook, Dr Jenkinson explores the key elements of healing and the therapeutic approaches that truly support survivors on their journey to recovery.

Listen here:
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🎥 Only two more weeks till our FUND & FILM night on 13 June when we’ll release the short documentary that was filmed at the 2024 conference.

Limited seats – 80% of tickets are already sold. So if you’re planning on coming, book soon.

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Decult 🧠✨ Today is Cult Recovery Day. A day to honour the strength of survivors, raise awareness, and support healing from coercive control and manipulation. Cults isolate — stigma silences. We’re...

🧠✨ Today is Cult Recovery Day.

Cult Recovery Day, do what you can to support leavers.

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What happens when the “truth” is a lie?

In this gripping episode of Decult Talks, Laura McConnell Conti shares her powerful story of growing up in the secretive sect known as “The Truth” (or 2x2s), a group currently under FBI investigation for pedophilia.

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"Cults 101: Influence and harm… - Decult Talks - Breaking the Silence on Cultic Harm - Apple Podcasts Podcast Episode · Decult Talks - Breaking the Silence on Cultic Harm · 04/05/2025 · 57m

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We’re stoked that our Decult Conference has its own Wikipedia page, which is no small feat – thanks to the meticulous work of Guerilla Skepticism and Susan Gerbic, an initiative to counter disinformation and conspiracy theories online.

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Unveiled: Theophila Pratt's story of surviving Gloriavale At 18, after a life of servitude and subserviance, Theophila Pratt was dropped at a bus stop and left to fend for herself. She tells her story of surviving Gloriavale

Gloriavale survivor Theo Pratt went on Nine to Noon (RNZ) today to talk about her upbringing in the Christian cult, her struggle to rebuild her life on the outside, and her fight to get her sister out of the community in India. Have a listen - and read her book!

#gloriavale #unveiled #decult

What a month…! Destiny Church attacked the rainbow community, our campaign to boycott Shen Yun (Falun Gong) caused a stir, and the 2x2s (The Truth) had another arrest.

All info in our blog below:

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‘Human trafficking’: Auckland-based former dancer claims mistreatment by global company He described the gruelling training regime as "torture" with irregular pay.

"I was basically tortured", says the former Shen Yun dancer who is featured in the @nzherald.bsky.social today. Please watch his powerful interview with Mike Morrah in the link.

Hopefully authorities and organisers will take note and be more discerning in the future who they platform.

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Second Northland man linked to secretive sect appears in court charged with sex offences The 80-year-old faces charges relating to four boys aged between 12 and 16.

Pedophiles in the 2x2s (The Truth) are facing justice.

#2x2s #cultawareness #decult

So many good books about cults have recently been published - or are coming out soon: Watch out for Beth Granger's haunting memoir “Born and Razed” about growing up in a Canadian boarding school run by a Christian cult. Check out Anke’s other book tips here:

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Two by Twos: Kiwis who left sect being probed by FBI form support group They have severed links with the secretive sect which is being investigated for historical child sexual abuse.

Finally – cult survivor groups are starting across Aotearoa!

Tristan Phipps grew up in the secretive fundamentalist Christian group 2x2s (or The Truth), says that “it's very hard to understand unless you've been part of it."

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We now have a blog!

If you missed the first one, here’s a link where you can read all our latest news and reflections from the cultiverse. And if you’d like to receive all this exclusive content directly in your inbox, sign up for the newsletter on decult.net now.

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I've always felt there's a spectrum. Some cults are cultier than others. It was mentioned at #Decult that a single organisation can have branches that fit the cult definition and branches that don't. Within my cult, there was a spectrum from the most controlling assemblies to the most liberal. 4/4

Join me at the Decult Cult Awareness Conference Oct 19-20, at Tūranga in Ōtautahi and livestreamed.
For further info: www.decult.net
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Aotearoa's FIRST cult awareness conference, Decult, is happening 19-20 October, at Tūranga.

For further details: www.decult.net
#cultrecovery #igotout #decult #cultawareness