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programming, but that her mother
drove her to a strange house where no
her family and Royal had gathered, sai
"It took two days to get through yo
to me," she said. "After that, I just yd
moved out of my apartment (re- yc
nted with church members) and co
never went back to church.
Thomas has since made radio tar
and T.V. appearances to educate co
people about the cult, and said she in^
has since met with DeoDle who pnr an
i r ~ o
out of the church. sai
"They say the evangelist told the
church members to stay away from lie
me, that Satan had gotten me," she unl
said. tar
Although Thomas said she has bra
resolved her experience with the ]
church, repercussions of those nine wh
months remain. ran
"I still feel guilty sometimes," the
she said. "It's really hard for me to sue
trust people."
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Exit counselor's views 1S
Mike Royal, a Charleston real l?s
estate investor, has eood reasons nee
for his concern about cults. He gui
used to be in one. I
Royal was involved with Great gui
Commission International, which off
is recognized by both the Ameri- he
can Family Foundation and the ne^
Cult Awareness Network as a cult, wa
from 1976 to 1980. At one point, wn
he was the executive editor of To- <
day's Student, GCI's national frQI
newsletter.
GCI was founded by Jim the;
McCotter in 1972 in Iowa and has awi
since grown to an international or- que
ganizatron with 80 churchs asso- ?hi
ciated worldwide. Royal said he P61
was close to McCotter himself un- test
til he walked away after being
deemed "unspiritual" for question- sin<
ing McCotter. are
Since then, Royal has dedicated Tto
his life to helping others get out of P?v
destructive cults. He received an peo
master's of social work at the University
of Georgia and has done ' ^
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members in several states. evai
"These groups (Boston Church 0f (
of Christ and GCI) are using mind- cuit
control techniques to get people in l
and to keep them in," he said. chu
Royal said most cult members went
are sincere in their beliefs and "i
aren't aware of the techniques be- see
ing used. dang,
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"Part of mind control is you're
it aware you're under it," he sh
id. "These groups strip you of wi
ur critical thought processes. If m
u find yourself d9ubting them, de
iu're no longer under their
ntrol." ac
This is the reason for involun- bu
y intervention, which many exit pr
unselors are wary of participat- ev
I in because of increasing legal
ion by the cult members, Royal di:
d. "E
"If you're taught that your be- no
fs are going to be persecuted by
believers, why would you volun- sir
ily listen to someone tell you're ca
linwashed?" he said. ch
Royal said his interventions,
lich are free and usually ar- Be
iged by friends and families of coi
cult members, are not always eg:
:cessful. nal
'Whether people leave through ing
srvention or not, they need supt,"
he said. "They feel foolish sai
believing and often, they've Go
t their only social outlet. They ]
id to resolve their feelings of cor
It." or
*oyal said cults operate on 1
It. "In other churches, you are Pas
ered salvation if you believe," chi
said. "In these groups, you're knc
'er fully 'saved' ? there's al- nat
ys something you could do gro
rng." for
:ults also separate members
m their family, he said. sai<
'That's one of the first things dec
y do," he said. "They want you cor
ly from people who care, who I
sstion your relationship with the tio
irch. They tell you to expect Wa
secution because that's part of ope
ing your faith."
Most people in the cults are and
;ere," he said, "but the leaders Wil
aware of what they're doing. GC
>y control minds for money, for unsi
ver, for the security of having
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rch just doesn't know what
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"I know Kirkland, and I think Tas
e's a nice girl," he said. "But I said e
ander if she wasn't exposed to aware
ind control by her the Si
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Lowrie said he didn't know ex- cause
tly what happened with Thomas, for bi
it he thought it was an isolated Russ<
oblem related to the former memb
angelist. "Th
"We might have been having legal,
scipileship problems," he said. said. "
tut those problems are gone of reli;
w." Aftt
He said he thought Royal was which
icere, but he was uninformed be- umbia
use he had never attended the force
urch. intervi
He also denied being part of the creasin
>ston Movement, even when staff's
nfronted with the fact that a del- better i
ition from the church attended a develo]
;ional Boston Movement meet- are wil
; in Boston in the Fall of 1989. pus gi
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d. "Our way is the way of develo{
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He said they don't use mind- 101 cu
ltrol techniques, restrict dating blicatic
have membership quotas. faced b
*iverbend Community Church ing fac
>tor Dan Willis, who says the and let
ireh is part of an association Commi
)wn as Great Commission Inter- for dea
ional, said the USC campus facing j
up merely attended their church
worship.
'I'd rather not discuss this," he
!. "We're not a cult, we're not
:eptive and we're not out to D<
itrol minds."
le referred questions to the na- _
nal GCI headquarters in Si
shington, D.C., which was not
n when called.
I've done research on Royal,
he has personal problems," /
lis said. "His problems with I
I are 15 years old and
ubstantiated." ^
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Milieu control. The control
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Mystical manipulation.
The orchestration of individual
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repetitive action. The purpose
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Deception. Generally, deception
about the group's purpose,
beliefs, goals, activities,
history and leadership. Some
groups even have codes that
justify such deception in such
a way that members have difficulty
believing that what they
say is truly deceptive even
when it is blatantly so.
Authoritarian, pyramidal,
organizational structure. A
structure dominated by a
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or responsibility for any
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