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Simon, Jim. (1988, March 6). ‘Embarrassment’ Burien-church officials
react to pastor’s ouster. Seattle Times/Seattle Post-Intelligencer, pp.
A1, A22.
Sipe, A. W. Richard. (1990). A secret world: Sexuality and the search
for celibacy. New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel.
Sipe, A. W. Richard. (1995). Sex, priests, and power: Anatomy of a
crisis. New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel.
Sipe, A. W. Richard. (2003). Celibacy revisited: A secret world
revisited. New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge.
Smith, Timothy D’Arch. (1987). The books of the beast: Essays on
Aleister Crowley, Montague Summers, Francis Barrett and others.
London, England: Crucible.
St. John, Paige. (1988, August 29). W.Va. Krishna cult’s hope lies with
children. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, pp. 1, 3.
Sykes, Gersham M., &Matza, David. (1957). Techniques of
neutralization: A theory of delinquency. American Sociological
Review, 22, 666–670.
Tabor, James D., &Gallagher, Eugene V. (1995). Why Waco? Cults
and the battle for religious freedom in America. Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press.
Tanner, Jerald, &Tanner, Sandra. (1996, November). Mormo-nism’s
problem with child sexual abuse. Salt Lake City Messenger, No. 91.
Retrieved from http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no91.htm
Taylor, Catherine, &Fontes, Lisa Aronson. (1995). Seventh Day
Adventists and sexual child abuse. In Lisa Aronson (Ed.), Sexual abuse
in nine North American cultures: Treatment and prevention, (76–199).
London, England: Sage Publications.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. (2008, December
22). Eldorado investigation (21 pages). Retrieved from
http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/documents/about/pdf/2008-12-
22_Eldorado.pdf
Thibodeau, David, &Whiteson, Leon. (1999). A place called Waco: A
survivor’s story. New York, NY: Public Affairs.
Tillett, Gregory. (1982). The elder brother: A biography of Charles
Webster Leadbeater. London, England: Routledge &Kegan Paul.
Tracey, Scott, &Kirsch, Vik. (1999, September 14). Guelph man
admits sex assaults. Kitchener Waterloo Record (downloaded from
email, 2 pages).
Trout, Stan. (1981, September). An open letter of resignation from
Swami Abhayananda to Muktananda, 3 pages. Retrieved from
http://www.leavingsiddhayoga.net/abhayananda.htm
Trout, Stan. (1983). Letter from a former swami. The CoEvolution
Quarterly (Winter), 110–111.
Trout, Stan. 1999 (October 7). Letter to Pendragon, 7 pages. Retrieved
from http://leavingsiddhayoga.net/abhayananda_st.htm
Van De Warker, Ely. (1884). A gynecological study of the Oneida
Community. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of
Women and Children, Volume XVII, No. 8 (August), 785–810.
Van Wagoner, Richard S. (1989). Mormon polygamy: A history. Salt
Lake City, UT: Signature Books.
Waller, Matthew. (2009, December 18). FLDS: State pleased with
sentence. San Angelo Standard-Times. Retrieved from
http://gosanangelo.com/news/2009/doc/18/state-satisfied-with-keate-
trial-ready-for/?print=1
Waller, Matthew. (2010, November 9). Jury gives Dutson 6 years,
$10,000 fine. San Angelo Standard-Times. Retrieved from
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/20010/nov/09/jury-deliberating-
punishment-for-flds-member/?print=1
Waller, Matthew. (2011, November 1). Sect member gets 7 years. San
Angelo Standard-Times. Retrieved from
http://.gosanangelo.com/news/2011/nov/01/flds-member-leroy-
johnson-steed-sentenced-to-7/?print=1
Waller, Matthew. (2012, May 11). FLDS member’s appeal rejected.
San Angelo Standard-Times. Retrieved from
http://www.childbrides.org/holdem_SAST_Abram_Harker_Jeffs_appe
al_rejected.html
Ward, Alan, The Right Honourable Lord Justice. (1995). W 42 1992 in
the High Court of Justice. Family Division. Principal Registry in the
Matter of ST (A Minor) and in the Matter of the Supreme Court Act
1991. (October 19, Corrected November 12): 303 pp.
Washington, Peter. (1995 1993). Madame Blavatsky’s baboon: A
history of the mystics, mediums, and misfits who brought spiritualism
to America. New York, NY: Schocken.
Whitsett, Doni, &Kent, Stephen A. (2003). Cults and families.
Families in Society (October–December), 491–502 (available also
through ICSA at https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7wsUBp
BPDH5YzA4ODNlYTQtM2M3MS00ZjcwLTg3OWMtMDE5OWN
mNTMzM2Ey/edit?hl=en&pli=1)OWMtMDE5OWNmNTMzM2Ey/
edit?hl=en&pli=1)
Wolfers, Olive. (1993). The paradox of women who sexually abuse
children. In Michelle Elliott (Ed.), Female sexual abuse of children,
93–99. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
Woodcock, George, &Avakumovic, Ivan. (1968). The Doukhobors.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Oxford University Press.
Woodward, Robert. (2002, February 3). Olympics bring Utah’s
polygamists into spotlight. Reuters. Retrieved from
http://wwrn.org/articles/5944/?§ion=flds
Young, Val. (1993). Women abusers—a feminist view. In Michele
Elliot (Ed.). Female sexual abuse of children. (100–112). New York,
NY: Guilford Press.
About the Author
Stephen A. Kent, PhD, Professor of Sociology,
University of Alberta, teaches undergraduate
and graduate courses on the sociology of
religion and the sociology of sectarian groups.
He has published articles in numerous sociology
and religious study journals. His 2001 book,
From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and
Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam War
Era, was selected by Choice: Current Reviews
for Academic Libraries as an “Outstanding
Academic Title for 2002.” In 2012 he received
The Margaret Thaler Singer Award for
advancing the understanding of coercive
persuasion and undue influence from the
International Cultic Studies Association.
Simon, Jim. (1988, March 6). ‘Embarrassment’ Burien-church officials
react to pastor’s ouster. Seattle Times/Seattle Post-Intelligencer, pp.
A1, A22.
Sipe, A. W. Richard. (1990). A secret world: Sexuality and the search
for celibacy. New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel.
Sipe, A. W. Richard. (1995). Sex, priests, and power: Anatomy of a
crisis. New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel.
Sipe, A. W. Richard. (2003). Celibacy revisited: A secret world
revisited. New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge.
Smith, Timothy D’Arch. (1987). The books of the beast: Essays on
Aleister Crowley, Montague Summers, Francis Barrett and others.
London, England: Crucible.
St. John, Paige. (1988, August 29). W.Va. Krishna cult’s hope lies with
children. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, pp. 1, 3.
Sykes, Gersham M., &Matza, David. (1957). Techniques of
neutralization: A theory of delinquency. American Sociological
Review, 22, 666–670.
Tabor, James D., &Gallagher, Eugene V. (1995). Why Waco? Cults
and the battle for religious freedom in America. Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press.
Tanner, Jerald, &Tanner, Sandra. (1996, November). Mormo-nism’s
problem with child sexual abuse. Salt Lake City Messenger, No. 91.
Retrieved from http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no91.htm
Taylor, Catherine, &Fontes, Lisa Aronson. (1995). Seventh Day
Adventists and sexual child abuse. In Lisa Aronson (Ed.), Sexual abuse
in nine North American cultures: Treatment and prevention, (76–199).
London, England: Sage Publications.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. (2008, December
22). Eldorado investigation (21 pages). Retrieved from
http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/documents/about/pdf/2008-12-
22_Eldorado.pdf
Thibodeau, David, &Whiteson, Leon. (1999). A place called Waco: A
survivor’s story. New York, NY: Public Affairs.
Tillett, Gregory. (1982). The elder brother: A biography of Charles
Webster Leadbeater. London, England: Routledge &Kegan Paul.
Tracey, Scott, &Kirsch, Vik. (1999, September 14). Guelph man
admits sex assaults. Kitchener Waterloo Record (downloaded from
email, 2 pages).
Trout, Stan. (1981, September). An open letter of resignation from
Swami Abhayananda to Muktananda, 3 pages. Retrieved from
http://www.leavingsiddhayoga.net/abhayananda.htm
Trout, Stan. (1983). Letter from a former swami. The CoEvolution
Quarterly (Winter), 110–111.
Trout, Stan. 1999 (October 7). Letter to Pendragon, 7 pages. Retrieved
from http://leavingsiddhayoga.net/abhayananda_st.htm
Van De Warker, Ely. (1884). A gynecological study of the Oneida
Community. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of
Women and Children, Volume XVII, No. 8 (August), 785–810.
Van Wagoner, Richard S. (1989). Mormon polygamy: A history. Salt
Lake City, UT: Signature Books.
Waller, Matthew. (2009, December 18). FLDS: State pleased with
sentence. San Angelo Standard-Times. Retrieved from
http://gosanangelo.com/news/2009/doc/18/state-satisfied-with-keate-
trial-ready-for/?print=1
Waller, Matthew. (2010, November 9). Jury gives Dutson 6 years,
$10,000 fine. San Angelo Standard-Times. Retrieved from
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/20010/nov/09/jury-deliberating-
punishment-for-flds-member/?print=1
Waller, Matthew. (2011, November 1). Sect member gets 7 years. San
Angelo Standard-Times. Retrieved from
http://.gosanangelo.com/news/2011/nov/01/flds-member-leroy-
johnson-steed-sentenced-to-7/?print=1
Waller, Matthew. (2012, May 11). FLDS member’s appeal rejected.
San Angelo Standard-Times. Retrieved from
http://www.childbrides.org/holdem_SAST_Abram_Harker_Jeffs_appe
al_rejected.html
Ward, Alan, The Right Honourable Lord Justice. (1995). W 42 1992 in
the High Court of Justice. Family Division. Principal Registry in the
Matter of ST (A Minor) and in the Matter of the Supreme Court Act
1991. (October 19, Corrected November 12): 303 pp.
Washington, Peter. (1995 1993). Madame Blavatsky’s baboon: A
history of the mystics, mediums, and misfits who brought spiritualism
to America. New York, NY: Schocken.
Whitsett, Doni, &Kent, Stephen A. (2003). Cults and families.
Families in Society (October–December), 491–502 (available also
through ICSA at https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7wsUBp
BPDH5YzA4ODNlYTQtM2M3MS00ZjcwLTg3OWMtMDE5OWN
mNTMzM2Ey/edit?hl=en&pli=1)OWMtMDE5OWNmNTMzM2Ey/
edit?hl=en&pli=1)
Wolfers, Olive. (1993). The paradox of women who sexually abuse
children. In Michelle Elliott (Ed.), Female sexual abuse of children,
93–99. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
Woodcock, George, &Avakumovic, Ivan. (1968). The Doukhobors.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Oxford University Press.
Woodward, Robert. (2002, February 3). Olympics bring Utah’s
polygamists into spotlight. Reuters. Retrieved from
http://wwrn.org/articles/5944/?§ion=flds
Young, Val. (1993). Women abusers—a feminist view. In Michele
Elliot (Ed.). Female sexual abuse of children. (100–112). New York,
NY: Guilford Press.
About the Author
Stephen A. Kent, PhD, Professor of Sociology,
University of Alberta, teaches undergraduate
and graduate courses on the sociology of
religion and the sociology of sectarian groups.
He has published articles in numerous sociology
and religious study journals. His 2001 book,
From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and
Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam War
Era, was selected by Choice: Current Reviews
for Academic Libraries as an “Outstanding
Academic Title for 2002.” In 2012 he received
The Margaret Thaler Singer Award for
advancing the understanding of coercive
persuasion and undue influence from the
International Cultic Studies Association.
