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About the Author
Michael Kropveld is Founder and
Executive Director of Info-Cult/Info-
Secte, based in Montreal, Canada
(infocult.org), and sits on the board
of the International Cultic Studies
Association (ICSA). Since 1980 he
has assisted thousands of former
members and members of cults,
new religious movements, and
other groups, and members’ families. He has served as an
expert witness on cult-related criminal and civil cases, and
is consulted regularly by mental-health professionals and
law-enforcement agencies. Since the mid-1990s he has been
a collaborator in organizing the ICSA annual international
conferences. He has been an invited speaker worldwide,
and has appeared on many radio and television programs
locally, nationally, and internationally. He has coauthored
various publications, including The Cult Phenomenon: How
Groups Function (2006)/Le phénomène des sectes: L'étude
du fonctionnement des groupes (2003). Both versions are
downloadable for free at infocult.org He was awarded the
125 Commemorative Medal in 1992 by the Government
of Canada in recognition of significant contribution to
compatriots, community, and Canada and in 2007 he
received the Herbert L. Rosedale Award from ICSA in
recognition of leadership in the effort to preserve and protect
individual freedom. infosecte@qc.aibn.com n
References
Barker, E. (2002). Watching for violence: A comparative analysis of
five cult-watching groups. In D. G. Bromley and J. G. Melton (Eds.),
Cults, religion and violence (123–148). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press.
Bergeron, R. (1997). Vivre au risque des nouvelles religions. Montreal,
Qubec, Canada: Médiaspaul.
Campiche, R. (1995). Quand les sectes s’affolent. Ordre du temple
Solaire, Média et fin de millénaire. Geneva-Lausanne, Switzerland:
Labor et Fides-Institut d’éthique sociale.
Chidester, D. (2003). Salvation and suicide: Jim Jones, the Peoples
Temple and Jonestown. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Freed, J. (1989). Moonwebs: Journey into the mind of a cult.
Montreal, Canada: Vehicule Press.
Kropveld, M., &Pelland, M.-A. (2006). The cult phenomenon:
How groups function (Appendix 6: Governments and the cult
phenomenon, p. 165–168). Info-Cult. Available online from
infosect.freeshell.org/infocult/phenomene/English/HTML/
doc0018.htm#R248
Langone, M. (2001). Cults, psychological manipulation, and society:
International perspectives—An overview. Paper presented at AFF
Annual Conference, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, May
14, 1999. Published in Cultic Studies Journal, 18, 1–12. Available
online from icsahome.com/articles/cultspsymanipsociety-langone
Lewis, J. R. (Ed.)(2001). Violence and new religious movements. New
York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Willaime, J. P. (1998). Sociologie des religions (2nd ed.). Paris, France:
P.U.F.
Notes
[1] The author wishes to thank Debbie Carroll for her editorial
assistance in the preparation of this article.
[2] A federal law-enforcement organization within the US
Department of Justice.
[3] The FBI is the domestic intelligence and security service of
the United States, which simultaneously serves as the nation’s
principal federal law-enforcement organization. It operates
under the jurisdiction of the US Department of Justice.
[4] Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco,
Texas February 28 to April 19, 1993, October 8, 1993. Redacted
Version, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
[5] Freed, 1977 December, 1978 January.
[6] To view the film, go to youtube.com/watch?v=UoavV7D74BU
[7] These objectives are stated in the corporation’s regulation
number 1990-C.
[8] For more information about the definitional issue, see Issue 6.3
of ICSA Today.
[9] Online at derives-sectes.gouv.fr/
[10] France 3, Sun, July 3, 2011, with guest George Fenech, English
translation (online at sott.net/articles/show/235545-Georges-
Fenech-of-MIVILUDES-Nemesis-of-the-ScientificMethod).
[11] See also online at infosect.freeshell.org/infocult/
RESPONSE.htm
[12] Information Network on Religious Movements London,
United Kingdom (online at www.inform.ac).
[13] Centre d'information et d'avis sur les organisations sectaires
nuisibles, Brussels, Belgium (online at ciaosn.be/).
[14] Centre Intercantonal d’Information sur les Croyances,
Geneva, Switzerland (online at cic-info.ch).
ICSA TODAY
About the Author
Michael Kropveld is Founder and
Executive Director of Info-Cult/Info-
Secte, based in Montreal, Canada
(infocult.org), and sits on the board
of the International Cultic Studies
Association (ICSA). Since 1980 he
has assisted thousands of former
members and members of cults,
new religious movements, and
other groups, and members’ families. He has served as an
expert witness on cult-related criminal and civil cases, and
is consulted regularly by mental-health professionals and
law-enforcement agencies. Since the mid-1990s he has been
a collaborator in organizing the ICSA annual international
conferences. He has been an invited speaker worldwide,
and has appeared on many radio and television programs
locally, nationally, and internationally. He has coauthored
various publications, including The Cult Phenomenon: How
Groups Function (2006)/Le phénomène des sectes: L'étude
du fonctionnement des groupes (2003). Both versions are
downloadable for free at infocult.org He was awarded the
125 Commemorative Medal in 1992 by the Government
of Canada in recognition of significant contribution to
compatriots, community, and Canada and in 2007 he
received the Herbert L. Rosedale Award from ICSA in
recognition of leadership in the effort to preserve and protect
individual freedom. infosecte@qc.aibn.com n
References
Barker, E. (2002). Watching for violence: A comparative analysis of
five cult-watching groups. In D. G. Bromley and J. G. Melton (Eds.),
Cults, religion and violence (123–148). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press.
Bergeron, R. (1997). Vivre au risque des nouvelles religions. Montreal,
Qubec, Canada: Médiaspaul.
Campiche, R. (1995). Quand les sectes s’affolent. Ordre du temple
Solaire, Média et fin de millénaire. Geneva-Lausanne, Switzerland:
Labor et Fides-Institut d’éthique sociale.
Chidester, D. (2003). Salvation and suicide: Jim Jones, the Peoples
Temple and Jonestown. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Freed, J. (1989). Moonwebs: Journey into the mind of a cult.
Montreal, Canada: Vehicule Press.
Kropveld, M., &Pelland, M.-A. (2006). The cult phenomenon:
How groups function (Appendix 6: Governments and the cult
phenomenon, p. 165–168). Info-Cult. Available online from
infosect.freeshell.org/infocult/phenomene/English/HTML/
doc0018.htm#R248
Langone, M. (2001). Cults, psychological manipulation, and society:
International perspectives—An overview. Paper presented at AFF
Annual Conference, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, May
14, 1999. Published in Cultic Studies Journal, 18, 1–12. Available
online from icsahome.com/articles/cultspsymanipsociety-langone
Lewis, J. R. (Ed.)(2001). Violence and new religious movements. New
York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Willaime, J. P. (1998). Sociologie des religions (2nd ed.). Paris, France:
P.U.F.
Notes
[1] The author wishes to thank Debbie Carroll for her editorial
assistance in the preparation of this article.
[2] A federal law-enforcement organization within the US
Department of Justice.
[3] The FBI is the domestic intelligence and security service of
the United States, which simultaneously serves as the nation’s
principal federal law-enforcement organization. It operates
under the jurisdiction of the US Department of Justice.
[4] Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco,
Texas February 28 to April 19, 1993, October 8, 1993. Redacted
Version, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
[5] Freed, 1977 December, 1978 January.
[6] To view the film, go to youtube.com/watch?v=UoavV7D74BU
[7] These objectives are stated in the corporation’s regulation
number 1990-C.
[8] For more information about the definitional issue, see Issue 6.3
of ICSA Today.
[9] Online at derives-sectes.gouv.fr/
[10] France 3, Sun, July 3, 2011, with guest George Fenech, English
translation (online at sott.net/articles/show/235545-Georges-
Fenech-of-MIVILUDES-Nemesis-of-the-ScientificMethod).
[11] See also online at infosect.freeshell.org/infocult/
RESPONSE.htm
[12] Information Network on Religious Movements London,
United Kingdom (online at www.inform.ac).
[13] Centre d'information et d'avis sur les organisations sectaires
nuisibles, Brussels, Belgium (online at ciaosn.be/).
[14] Centre Intercantonal d’Information sur les Croyances,
Geneva, Switzerland (online at cic-info.ch).
ICSA TODAY
