Table of Contents
The views expressed in ICSA Today are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views
of ICSA Today’s editors or editorial boards or of ICSA’s directors, advisors, or staff. Groups analyzed or
mentioned in ICSA Today are not necessarily cults, nor are they necessarily harmful.
2
“Cults” and Globalization:
Reflections and Questions
Mike Kropveld
6
An Open Letter to Clergy
Regarding Helping Former
Members of Abusive Churches
or Cults
Carol Giambalvo
8
Getting Involved in a Cult Is Easy
Getting Out Never Is
Gary M.
12
Sister, My Sister
Sophie G.
16
Aspects of Alternative
Spirituality in Romania
Rev. Dr. Radu Petre Muresan
23
Movie Review: Martha Marcy
May Marlene
Rebecca Parks
24
Arts: Poetry
Carol Welch
26
Arts: Drawing
April Galamin
28
Point of View -Q&A
William Goldberg
29
Correspondents’ Reports
Germany and Austria, Italy
32
Profiles On...
Carolle Tremblay,
Steve K. D. Eichel, and
Steven A. Kent
Mary O’Connell
34
Press Summaries
Joseph F. Kelly
ICSA Today, Volume 3, No. 2, 2012
Editor-in-Chief
Michael D. Langone, PhD
Associate Editor
Ann Stamler, MA, MPhil
Arts Editor
Diana Pletts, MA
Book Review Editor
Livia Bardin, MSW
Family Editor
Lois Svoboda, MD, LMFT
Member Profiles Editor
Mary O’Connell
Membership Editor
Lois Kendall, PhD
Mental Health Editor
Gillie Jenkinson, MA
News Desk Editor
Joseph F. Kelly
Research Co-Editors
Linda Dubrow-Marshall, PhD
Rod Dubrow-Marshall, PhD
Point of View -Q&A
William Goldberg, MSW, LCSW
Correspondents
Australia
Helen Pomery
Austria/Germany
Friedrich Griess
Eastern Europe
Piotr T. Nowakowski
French-Speaking Countries
Guillaume Garih, JD
Italy
Dr. Cristina Caparesi
Dr. Raffaella Di Marzio
Scandinavia
Arthur Buchman, MA
Spain and Latin America
Luis Santamaria and Erika Toren
Writing Consultants
Sharon Hamm Robert E. Schecter, PhD
International Cultic Studies Association
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ISSN: 2154-820X
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International Cultic Studies Association.
,
The views expressed in ICSA Today are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views
of ICSA Today’s editors or editorial boards or of ICSA’s directors, advisors, or staff. Groups analyzed or
mentioned in ICSA Today are not necessarily cults, nor are they necessarily harmful.
2
“Cults” and Globalization:
Reflections and Questions
Mike Kropveld
6
An Open Letter to Clergy
Regarding Helping Former
Members of Abusive Churches
or Cults
Carol Giambalvo
8
Getting Involved in a Cult Is Easy
Getting Out Never Is
Gary M.
12
Sister, My Sister
Sophie G.
16
Aspects of Alternative
Spirituality in Romania
Rev. Dr. Radu Petre Muresan
23
Movie Review: Martha Marcy
May Marlene
Rebecca Parks
24
Arts: Poetry
Carol Welch
26
Arts: Drawing
April Galamin
28
Point of View -Q&A
William Goldberg
29
Correspondents’ Reports
Germany and Austria, Italy
32
Profiles On...
Carolle Tremblay,
Steve K. D. Eichel, and
Steven A. Kent
Mary O’Connell
34
Press Summaries
Joseph F. Kelly
ICSA Today, Volume 3, No. 2, 2012
Editor-in-Chief
Michael D. Langone, PhD
Associate Editor
Ann Stamler, MA, MPhil
Arts Editor
Diana Pletts, MA
Book Review Editor
Livia Bardin, MSW
Family Editor
Lois Svoboda, MD, LMFT
Member Profiles Editor
Mary O’Connell
Membership Editor
Lois Kendall, PhD
Mental Health Editor
Gillie Jenkinson, MA
News Desk Editor
Joseph F. Kelly
Research Co-Editors
Linda Dubrow-Marshall, PhD
Rod Dubrow-Marshall, PhD
Point of View -Q&A
William Goldberg, MSW, LCSW
Correspondents
Australia
Helen Pomery
Austria/Germany
Friedrich Griess
Eastern Europe
Piotr T. Nowakowski
French-Speaking Countries
Guillaume Garih, JD
Italy
Dr. Cristina Caparesi
Dr. Raffaella Di Marzio
Scandinavia
Arthur Buchman, MA
Spain and Latin America
Luis Santamaria and Erika Toren
Writing Consultants
Sharon Hamm Robert E. Schecter, PhD
International Cultic Studies Association
P.O. Box 2265 • Bonita Springs, FL 34133
Web: icsahome.com
Email: mail@icsamail.com
Phone: 239.514.3081 Fax: 305.393.8193
ISSN: 2154-820X
Printed in the USA
Artists and poets retain copyright of
their works and grant ICSA permission
to reproduce them. Unless otherwise
indicated, all other material copyright
International Cultic Studies Association.
,
