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He was a member of the Yokohama Bar Association. [2] From 1987 he worked as a lawyer at Yokohama Law Offices. At the time of his murder, Sakamoto was known as an anti-cult lawyer. He had previously successfully led a class-action suit against the Unification Church on behalf of relatives of Unification Church members. In the suit the plaintiffs ...
The anti-cult movement, abbreviated ACM and also known as the countercult movement, [1] consists of various governmental and non-governmental organizations and individuals that seek to raise awareness of religious groups that they consider to be "cults", uncover coercive practices used to attract and retain members, and help those who have become involved with harmful cult practices.
Apocalypse Observed was published in December 2000 by Routledge. [2] [3] Its author, John R. Hall, was a professor of sociology at the University of California, Davis. [4]The chapter on Aum Shinrikyo was written by Hall alongside Sylvaine Trinh, while the chapter on the Order of the Solar Temple was written with Philip D. Schuyler. [1]
Masaki Kito (紀藤 正樹, Kitō Masaki, b.November 21, 1960) is a Japanese attorney at law who specializes in consumer affairs, [1] investment frauds [2] and cases involving religious cults, especially Aleph (formerly known as Aum Shinrikyo) [3] [4] [5] and the Unification Church. [6]
The Christian countercult movement or the Christian anti-cult movement is a social movement among certain Protestant evangelical and fundamentalist [1] and other Christian ministries ("discernment ministries" [2]) and individual activists who oppose religious sects that they consider cults.
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 ...
Cultists Anonymous (CA) was a British anti-cult organization made up of ex-cultists from Family, Action, Information, and Rescue (FAIR), Britain's largest anti-cult organization. CA formed in 1985 but rejoined FAIR in 1991. [1]
It is specialized in providing legal assistance for victims of cult-related frauds, known as spiritual sales (霊感商法) in Japan, from religious organizations, primarily the Unification Church (UC), as well as advocating preventive measures against the malpractices. [1]