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two reasons,‖ says Institute scientist Brian Cummings. ―One, to advertise that he was invited
to give a lecture at UC Irvine so he could have an official brochure saying he went there and,
second, to convince us that there‘s something to this brain respiration and that we should
study it. It was just silly.‖ (Shawn Cohen, Journal News, NY, Internet, 8/7/05)
False Memory/Recovered Memory
Mother Finds Alleged False Memory Victim
An Illinois mother has located a daughter who disappeared 15 years ago, at the age of 19,
when a mental health counselor convinced the girl, the mother says, that the teenager had
been the victim of intergenerational satanic sexual abuse. Pamela Freyd, Executive director
of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, in Philadelphia, says that since 1992 23,000
families have asked the foundation‘s help in finding relatives who have broken off contact
after being persuaded through therapy that they were abused as children.
The foundation says that about 18 percent of the families they surveyed have been accused
of being part of a cult whose members dress in robes, sacrifice babies, and engage in
cannibalism and bestiality. She adds that there is no evidence for the existence of such a
cult. (Karin Grunden, Terre Haute Tribune-Star, Internet, 6/16/05)
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Dr. Phil Refers Runaways to Cult Counselor
TV talk-show host Dr. Phil recently aired a program featuring teenagers Fawn Broadbent and
Fawn Holm, who say they fled their polygamous families in the Fundamentalist Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) for fear they‘d be married off to older men with
other wives, and because of limited educational opportunities provided by the community.
He suggested the girls consult Stephen Hassan, the Massachusetts cult exit counselor. They
spent three days with Hassan, author of Combatting Cult Mind Control, and are now receiving
counseling in Utah.
―I no longer want to go back [to her family],‖ said Broadbent. ―I am learning not to be scared
of men. I‘m learning to talk more to people I don‘t know. It‘s made me feel much happier. I‘m
not as stressed. I‘m learning to speak my own opinions, too.‖ Holm said she now understands
that ―my family just wants me to be like them. Every time I start getting happy it makes
them ...scared and they try to bring my self-esteem down. Now I realize it [the FLDS] is a
cult, not the one true thing. I just don‘t want people to bring me down like that. I love [my
family] so much it hurts, but I need to take care of me before I can love or take care of
anybody else.‖ (Brooke Adams, Salt Lake Tribune, Internet, 5/4/05)State Supporting Moves
to Curb Leader‘s Power
The attorneys general of Utah and Arizona say they will support motions before Utah‘s 3rd
Judicial District Court to curb the power of FLDS leader Warren Jeffs. The court action,
requested by excommunicated members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, who are suing Jeffs for sexual abuse and for ruining the lives of young
men he ejected from the sect, seeks to end Jeffs‘ domination of a financial trust operating in
FLDS enclaves on the Arizona-Utah border, where he controls virtually all property, jobs, and
political influence. The attorneys general fear that Jeffs, who appears to have relocated to
Texas, where the FLDS is building a new town, will siphon off trust money meant to support
the towns he has apparently abandoned. (Joseph A. Reeves, Arizona Republic, Internet,
4/18/05)
Bountiful Holds Media Day
The polygamous settlement of Bountiful, British Columbia — a breakaway faction of the
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — under increasing scrutiny
two reasons,‖ says Institute scientist Brian Cummings. ―One, to advertise that he was invited
to give a lecture at UC Irvine so he could have an official brochure saying he went there and,
second, to convince us that there‘s something to this brain respiration and that we should
study it. It was just silly.‖ (Shawn Cohen, Journal News, NY, Internet, 8/7/05)
False Memory/Recovered Memory
Mother Finds Alleged False Memory Victim
An Illinois mother has located a daughter who disappeared 15 years ago, at the age of 19,
when a mental health counselor convinced the girl, the mother says, that the teenager had
been the victim of intergenerational satanic sexual abuse. Pamela Freyd, Executive director
of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, in Philadelphia, says that since 1992 23,000
families have asked the foundation‘s help in finding relatives who have broken off contact
after being persuaded through therapy that they were abused as children.
The foundation says that about 18 percent of the families they surveyed have been accused
of being part of a cult whose members dress in robes, sacrifice babies, and engage in
cannibalism and bestiality. She adds that there is no evidence for the existence of such a
cult. (Karin Grunden, Terre Haute Tribune-Star, Internet, 6/16/05)
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Dr. Phil Refers Runaways to Cult Counselor
TV talk-show host Dr. Phil recently aired a program featuring teenagers Fawn Broadbent and
Fawn Holm, who say they fled their polygamous families in the Fundamentalist Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) for fear they‘d be married off to older men with
other wives, and because of limited educational opportunities provided by the community.
He suggested the girls consult Stephen Hassan, the Massachusetts cult exit counselor. They
spent three days with Hassan, author of Combatting Cult Mind Control, and are now receiving
counseling in Utah.
―I no longer want to go back [to her family],‖ said Broadbent. ―I am learning not to be scared
of men. I‘m learning to talk more to people I don‘t know. It‘s made me feel much happier. I‘m
not as stressed. I‘m learning to speak my own opinions, too.‖ Holm said she now understands
that ―my family just wants me to be like them. Every time I start getting happy it makes
them ...scared and they try to bring my self-esteem down. Now I realize it [the FLDS] is a
cult, not the one true thing. I just don‘t want people to bring me down like that. I love [my
family] so much it hurts, but I need to take care of me before I can love or take care of
anybody else.‖ (Brooke Adams, Salt Lake Tribune, Internet, 5/4/05)State Supporting Moves
to Curb Leader‘s Power
The attorneys general of Utah and Arizona say they will support motions before Utah‘s 3rd
Judicial District Court to curb the power of FLDS leader Warren Jeffs. The court action,
requested by excommunicated members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, who are suing Jeffs for sexual abuse and for ruining the lives of young
men he ejected from the sect, seeks to end Jeffs‘ domination of a financial trust operating in
FLDS enclaves on the Arizona-Utah border, where he controls virtually all property, jobs, and
political influence. The attorneys general fear that Jeffs, who appears to have relocated to
Texas, where the FLDS is building a new town, will siphon off trust money meant to support
the towns he has apparently abandoned. (Joseph A. Reeves, Arizona Republic, Internet,
4/18/05)
Bountiful Holds Media Day
The polygamous settlement of Bountiful, British Columbia — a breakaway faction of the
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — under increasing scrutiny
