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American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children: "Psychosocial Evaluation of Suspected Psychological Maltreatment in Children and Adolescents" - abstract
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Asser, Seth & Swan, Rita: "Child Fatalities from Religion-Motivated Medical Neglect" - abstract
Bergman, Jerry, Ph.D.: "Lying in Court and Religion: An Analysis of the Theocratic Warfare Doctrine of the Jehovah's Witnesses" - abstract
Boyle, Robin A.: "How Children in Cults May Use Emancipation Laws to Free Themselves"
Center for Inquiry International Transnational
Children's Healthcare is a Legal Duty, Inc. (C.H.I.L.D.) - link
Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health
Dhira, Govinda Das: "A Response to the Two Child Abuse Articles" - Hare Krishna
Hominik, David: "Cults in American Society: A Legal Analysis of Undue Influence, Fraud, and Misrepresentation"
Landa_Susan: "Children and Cults: A Practical Guide"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Children and Cults -- excerpt from Recovery from Cults
Markowitz, Arnold, C.S.W. & Halperin, David A., M.D.: "Cults and Children: The Abuse of the Young" - abstract
Meikle, Jessie: "Imposed Anorexia: A Model of Dietary Restriction in Four Ideological Groups" - abstract
Muster, Nori: "Authoritarian Culture and Child Abuse in ISKCON" - abstract
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Rochford, Burke: "Child Abuse in the Hare Krishna Movement:1971-1986" - (full text 237k)
Rochford, Burke: "Further Reflections on Child Abuse within ISKCON" - Hare Krishna
Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine (SRAM)
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10 years for polygamist sect member in sex assault

Abuse of child 'witches' on rise, aid group says

Alamo, 75, gets 175 years

Angola police say release 29 children from sect

Arrest of allegedly abusive mother sparks protests

Bishops were warned of abusive priests

Blood, money and injustice

Brazil Supreme Court: Extradite head of child abusing sect

Caught between Scientology and her husband, Annie Tidman chose the church

Celebrities lead charge against Scientology

Charges of abuse, neglect dismissed

Child Fatalities From Religion-Motivated Medical Neglect

China spiritual group endures despite 10-year ban

China's Falun Gong crackdown: 'The persecution is almost underground'

Christian Scientists seek reimbursement for prayers

Courts: Christian Science Cleared in Tot Death

Courts: Conviction in Child’s Death

Courts: Parents Cleared in Faith Death

Cult program in NYC schools

Curtain rises on W. Texas polygamist sex trial today

Dahn Yoga: Body, Brain and Wallet

Death Opens Doors on Group

Death sparks calls for self-help regulation

Death sparks debate on Jehovah's Witness transfusion ban

Death Toll Mounts in Sect Which Shuns Medicine: Law Blocks Official Action

Deaths at Sweat Lodge Bring Soul-Searching

Different health care reform: doctors trained to deal with patients about faith

Doctors part of God's will, too

Dying Jehovah's Witness granted right to refuse dialysis treatment

Elizabeth Smart kidnapper shares LeBaron traits, expert says

Exclusive: James Ray breaks silence after AZ jail release

Faith Assembly Legislation Proposed

Faith healing or inhuman sacrifice?

Faith Walk or Death March?

Father cannot introduce new evidence in Bethany Hughes case, court rules

FLDS lawyers accuse Rangers of misleading judge

For these 'spiritual warriors,' the casualties were real

Force-feeding ends as jailed polygamous leader Jeffs resumes eating

Former cult abductee graduates

Former FLDS member to describe polygamy, abuse

Four days after patient’s death, no FIR against Ayurvedic doctor

French Branch of Scientology Convicted of Fraud

Friend: Religion Led to Woman’s Death, Stillbirth

Full publication of clerical child sex abuse report may take years

Group Practice May Have Led to Starvation

Gwinnett guru defends himself; theft charges dropped

House of Prayer ‘mistreated OAP’

INTERNATIONAL: Britain-TM-Associated Physicians Expelled

Is There a Chiropractor in the House?

Jehovah’s Witnesses likely to accept transfusions ‘confidentially’

Jehovah's witnesses face increased risk of death during childbirth

Judge grants transfusion for baby

Keeper of Lighthouse cult cried wolf too often

Law professor discusses controversial medical neglect case

Lawsuit calls yoga chain a cult

Medjugorje - a shrine to the Virgin Mary or a sham?

Metroland sued for $65 million

My mom drives out demons

Mystery of dead Briton and the right-wing cult

News on Faith Healing Cuts Both Ways

No sects please, we’re French

NZ mother 'drowned' during Maori exorcism

Only Itself to Blame

Oprah and the Sweat Lodge Guru

Parents and Preachers Indicted in Death

Police report gives first details of Arizona sweat lodge deaths

Prayer mom falls ill at trial

Questions About ‘Sweat Lodge’ Rite Where 2 Died

Religious Exemption Challenged

Report: Another Death as Result of James Ray Healing Exercise

Secret mission to expose L. Ron Hubbard as a fake

Sect evacuates former resort in Spring Glen

Sect leader indicted for child abuse

Sects’ Immunity from Child-Abuse Laws Eroding?

Self-Help Doesn't Help—And Often Hurts

Settlement expected in killing at Maharishi school

Sex Cult Leader on Trial for Blasphemy

State, Federal Officials Acting on Faith Assembly Deaths

Sweat lodge deaths cast negative spotlight on guru

Sweatbox victims were attending 'Spiritual Warrior' program

The knock at the door that turned my parents into brainwashed fanatics - and nearly cost my life

THE LEGISLATURE: No Exemption for Failed Faith Healing

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

The Royal Family's support for quackery is a national joke

Thin Line Between Religions and Cults

Transformation sessions claim high cost

Unproven Remedies: Billions spent, no cures found

Unproven, perilous alternative cures are embraced

Wis. dad of dead girl says he trusted God to heal

Witness: Accused cult leaders had her committed to keep quiet

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