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Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt Patrick, Jr. (born 1930) is an American deprogrammer and author. He is sometimes referred to as the "father of deprogramming." [1] [2]In the 1970s, Patrick and other anti-cult activists founded the Citizens' Freedom Foundation (which later became known as the Cult Awareness Network) and began offering what they called "deprogramming" services to people who wanted a ...
Stearns came up with the idea by being inspired and fascinated with the process of deprogramming that was introduced by Ted Patrick in mid-to-late 1970s. [2] He also stated that the interest came when he watched an episode of Cops when he was a child, in which "a girl called the police and was like, 'I'm locked in this hotel room and they're not letting me out.' […] and the cops told her ...
Let Our Children Go! is a nonfiction book by Ted Patrick with Tom Dulack about Patrick's experience with cult deprogramming.It was first published in 1976 by E. P. Dutton, [1] but was republished by Ballantine Books in 1977. [2]
Deprogramming is a controversial tactic that seeks to dissuade someone from "strongly held convictions" [1] such as religious beliefs. Deprogramming purports to assist a person who holds a particular belief system—of a kind considered harmful by those initiating the deprogramming—to change those beliefs and sever connections to the group associated with them.
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Patrick helps her to meet two potential love interests - one is a narcissistic vet named Oliver and the other is a student’s father, Ben. During the course of the film, she inadvertently loses Patrick - but then finds him waiting for her at the end of a 5 km charity run (where she raised £1,000 for a mobility scooter).
Dempsey, 58, has joined the cast of Showtime’s Dexter prequel series, Original Sin, as a series regular. The actor will play Aaron Spencer, the Captain of the Miami Metro Homicide who has a