Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Opus Dei being sued by French woman claiming to have been brainwashed by church!

A French woman claiming to have been brainwashed by the secretive Catholic society Opus Dei is suing it for allegedly keeping her illegally as a domestic servant, she told AFP Tuesday.  Catherine T., who asked not to be identified by her family name, said she joined a hoteliers' school in northeastern France in 1985, aged 14, which she later discovered was run by associates of Opus Dei.  She said she was forced to take vows and made to work as a domestic servant for virtually no pay.
Full article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gw-2sL0vkuPdy5rPQg7mnSPJob1Q?docId=CNG.901f10405411aeeb8554b48d4d3a7341.2e1

Sunday, Febuary 27, 2011

Retired Royal Air Force intelligence officer gets 800,000 back in damages from spiritual guru for brainwashing him!

A retired RAF officer who claimed he was 'brainwashed' into signing over his £800,000 home to a spiritual guru has won a court battle to get his property back.  Richard Curtis, 53, and his wife Fiananda were active members of a the guru's controversial 'healing centre' and donated their farmhouse and possessions to their leader, Rena Denton.  Miss Denton - who prefers to be known as Mata Yogananda Mahasaya Dharma - is the 79-year-old 'spiritual head' and founder of the Self Realization Meditation Centres movement, which has been described by some critics as a 'cult'.
Full article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1350710/Former-RAF-officer-claims-brainwashed-gur-wins-800k-house-gave-away.html