29 VOLUME 8 |ISSUE 2 |2017
Correspondents
,
Reports
References
Ayad, C. (2016, October 12). Pour
Olivier Roy, l’islam n’explique
pas le terrorisme. Le Monde.
Retrieved from lemonde.fr/idees/
article/2016/10/12/pour-olivier-
roy-l-islam-n-explique-pas-le-
terrorisme_5012540_3232.html
Bouanchaud, C. (2017, February 23).
Rapport sur la déradicalisation:
“il n’y aura pas de miracle.” Le
Monde. Retrieved from lemonde.
fr/societe/article/2017/02/23/
rapport-sur-la-deradicalisation-
il-n-y-aura-pas-de-
miracle_5084014_3224.html
Chartrand, L. (2017, March). Le
Québec face à l’islamophobie.
Radio-Canada. Retrieved from
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/
special/2017/03/extreme-
droite/quebec-islamophobie-
musulmans-mosquee-attentat.
html
Fortier, M. (2016, August 20). Les
écoles font de bons incubateurs
à radicaux. Le Devoir. Retrieved
from ledevoir.com/societe/
actualites-en-societe/478174/les-
ecoles-font-de-bons-incubateurs-
a-radicaux
Jean, M. (2017, February 7). Les loups
montrent les crocs face à l’islam
radical. TVA Nouvelles. Retrieved
from tvanouvelles.ca/2017/02/07/
les-loups-montrent-les-crocs-
face-a-lislam-radical
Montpetit, J. (2016, December 14).
Inside Quebec’s far right: Take a
tour of La Meute, the secretive
group with 43,000 members.
CBC News. Retrieved from cbc.ca/
news/canada/montreal/quebec-
far-right-la-meute-1.3876225
Porter, I. (2017, February 2). L’extrême
droite de Québec sort de
l’ombre. Le Devoir. Retrieved
from ledevoir.com/politique/
ville-de-quebec/490655/titre-
quebec-caisse-de-resonance-de-
l-extreme-droite
Teisceira-Lessard, P. (2017, January
30). Un groupe d’extrême droite
publie un clip anti-immigrants. La
Presse. Retrieved from lapresse.
ca/actualites/201701/30/01-
5064431-un-groupe-dextreme-
droite-publie-un-clip-anti-
immigrants.php
Thomson, D. (2016, December 9).
“Les programmes de
déradicalisation sont une
tartufferie.” Le Point. Retrieved
from lepoint.fr/societe/david-
thomson-les-programmes-de-
deradicalisation-sont-une-tartuffe
rie-09-12-2016-2089281_23.php
Report From Italy
Cristina Caparesi
News From Italy
Recently, the news in Italy has reported
more cases of undue influence. Most
of these are related to individuals
who claim to have special powers to
heal psychological or physical harm,
but who end up taking advantage of
vulnerable people by stripping them of
their assets or subjecting them to rape
and sexual abuse.
Examples are the recent case of the so-
called Domestic Cult in Turin, where a
17-year-old and 20 other women have
been sexually abused under the guise
of being healed and purified, and the
case of an Indian self-proclaimed holy
man in Padua who has been abusing
two minor-aged sisters.
Italian associations that deal with
the phenomenon keep reporting
on the critical situation, which has
not been diminished by the serious
economic crisis in the country. Some
media articles at a national level have
helped expose the phenomenon by
interviewing the associations that
publish information about the dangers
of psychological manipulation and offer
suggestions for how to deal with it.
Lawsuit Against Il Forteto
In a previous issue of ICSA Today (Vol.
7, No. 1, 2016), I reported on the case
of the Forteto community in Mugello,
to which for more than thirty years
judges have given children who are
in foster care. I also reported that
Rodolfo Fiesoli, founder and guru of
the community, had been sentenced
in 2015 to 17 and one-half years in
prison for sexual and physical abuse
of minors. Fifteen of the Forteto
employees were also sentenced, with
heavy penalties. Also of significance
is that Fiesoli and his right-hand man,
Goffredi, had been convicted of the
same crimes in the past.
At the time of the 2015 convictions,
the regional committee called Forteto
bis was established to investigate who
had been politically responsible for
reaccrediting the Forteto community in
the years following the first judgment
against it, and also to determine the
responsibility of the magistrates who
entrusted more than 55 children to
the group. However, for lack of judicial
powers, the hands of Forteto bis have
been tied because the commission was
faced with the reticence of people who
said they knew nothing about it, didn’t
remember, or chose to be silent.
The 2015 decision against Fiesoli
and his group was the first level of
judgment, with the current trial now
underway via the Court of Appeal. One
witness said,
When we as children in Forteto
carried out some stunt …
Fiesoli with other adults there
subjected us to ‘clarification’
… and any prank we did, we
were told that we acted in that
way because we had been
sexually harassed by our parents.
Although it was not true, we had
to confess because they kept
us standing in a corner of the
cafeteria for hours, and for days
no one spoke to us anymore.
… As children … We didn’t talk
about it we felt ashamed and we
were angry.
Correspondents
,
Reports
References
Ayad, C. (2016, October 12). Pour
Olivier Roy, l’islam n’explique
pas le terrorisme. Le Monde.
Retrieved from lemonde.fr/idees/
article/2016/10/12/pour-olivier-
roy-l-islam-n-explique-pas-le-
terrorisme_5012540_3232.html
Bouanchaud, C. (2017, February 23).
Rapport sur la déradicalisation:
“il n’y aura pas de miracle.” Le
Monde. Retrieved from lemonde.
fr/societe/article/2017/02/23/
rapport-sur-la-deradicalisation-
il-n-y-aura-pas-de-
miracle_5084014_3224.html
Chartrand, L. (2017, March). Le
Québec face à l’islamophobie.
Radio-Canada. Retrieved from
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/
special/2017/03/extreme-
droite/quebec-islamophobie-
musulmans-mosquee-attentat.
html
Fortier, M. (2016, August 20). Les
écoles font de bons incubateurs
à radicaux. Le Devoir. Retrieved
from ledevoir.com/societe/
actualites-en-societe/478174/les-
ecoles-font-de-bons-incubateurs-
a-radicaux
Jean, M. (2017, February 7). Les loups
montrent les crocs face à l’islam
radical. TVA Nouvelles. Retrieved
from tvanouvelles.ca/2017/02/07/
les-loups-montrent-les-crocs-
face-a-lislam-radical
Montpetit, J. (2016, December 14).
Inside Quebec’s far right: Take a
tour of La Meute, the secretive
group with 43,000 members.
CBC News. Retrieved from cbc.ca/
news/canada/montreal/quebec-
far-right-la-meute-1.3876225
Porter, I. (2017, February 2). L’extrême
droite de Québec sort de
l’ombre. Le Devoir. Retrieved
from ledevoir.com/politique/
ville-de-quebec/490655/titre-
quebec-caisse-de-resonance-de-
l-extreme-droite
Teisceira-Lessard, P. (2017, January
30). Un groupe d’extrême droite
publie un clip anti-immigrants. La
Presse. Retrieved from lapresse.
ca/actualites/201701/30/01-
5064431-un-groupe-dextreme-
droite-publie-un-clip-anti-
immigrants.php
Thomson, D. (2016, December 9).
“Les programmes de
déradicalisation sont une
tartufferie.” Le Point. Retrieved
from lepoint.fr/societe/david-
thomson-les-programmes-de-
deradicalisation-sont-une-tartuffe
rie-09-12-2016-2089281_23.php
Report From Italy
Cristina Caparesi
News From Italy
Recently, the news in Italy has reported
more cases of undue influence. Most
of these are related to individuals
who claim to have special powers to
heal psychological or physical harm,
but who end up taking advantage of
vulnerable people by stripping them of
their assets or subjecting them to rape
and sexual abuse.
Examples are the recent case of the so-
called Domestic Cult in Turin, where a
17-year-old and 20 other women have
been sexually abused under the guise
of being healed and purified, and the
case of an Indian self-proclaimed holy
man in Padua who has been abusing
two minor-aged sisters.
Italian associations that deal with
the phenomenon keep reporting
on the critical situation, which has
not been diminished by the serious
economic crisis in the country. Some
media articles at a national level have
helped expose the phenomenon by
interviewing the associations that
publish information about the dangers
of psychological manipulation and offer
suggestions for how to deal with it.
Lawsuit Against Il Forteto
In a previous issue of ICSA Today (Vol.
7, No. 1, 2016), I reported on the case
of the Forteto community in Mugello,
to which for more than thirty years
judges have given children who are
in foster care. I also reported that
Rodolfo Fiesoli, founder and guru of
the community, had been sentenced
in 2015 to 17 and one-half years in
prison for sexual and physical abuse
of minors. Fifteen of the Forteto
employees were also sentenced, with
heavy penalties. Also of significance
is that Fiesoli and his right-hand man,
Goffredi, had been convicted of the
same crimes in the past.
At the time of the 2015 convictions,
the regional committee called Forteto
bis was established to investigate who
had been politically responsible for
reaccrediting the Forteto community in
the years following the first judgment
against it, and also to determine the
responsibility of the magistrates who
entrusted more than 55 children to
the group. However, for lack of judicial
powers, the hands of Forteto bis have
been tied because the commission was
faced with the reticence of people who
said they knew nothing about it, didn’t
remember, or chose to be silent.
The 2015 decision against Fiesoli
and his group was the first level of
judgment, with the current trial now
underway via the Court of Appeal. One
witness said,
When we as children in Forteto
carried out some stunt …
Fiesoli with other adults there
subjected us to ‘clarification’
… and any prank we did, we
were told that we acted in that
way because we had been
sexually harassed by our parents.
Although it was not true, we had
to confess because they kept
us standing in a corner of the
cafeteria for hours, and for days
no one spoke to us anymore.
… As children … We didn’t talk
about it we felt ashamed and we
were angry.
