THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 1, 1983
Cult Recruiting Meeting Topic
By BEN GALLOB
(Copyright 1983, JTA, Inc.)
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A New York Protestant
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recently at the first inter-
faith conference in New
York City on destructive
cults, expressed concern
over the proliferation of
aberrant "Christian"
groups recruiting Jews, ac-
cording to the Jewish Com-
munity Relations Council of
New York (JCRC).
"It troubles me when I see
newly-formed, so-called
Christian groups making
Jewish young people the
target of their proselytizing
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efforts," said Dr. Robert
Polk, executive director of
the Protestant Council of
Churches of the City of New
York. "Such conduct does
not take into consideration
the history of Jewish-
Christian relations down
through the years."
The conference, spon-
sored by the Interfaith Coal-
ition of Concern about Cults
(ICCC), brought together,
at the New York City meet-
ing, Protestant, Catholic,
Greek Orthodox and Jewish
clergy, counselors and men-
tal health professionals.
ICCC was formed at the
suggestion of the JCRC's
Task Force on: Missionaries
and Cults to ( monitor the
.growth of cults, formulate
responses and serve as a re-
source for shared informa-
tion on cults.
Dr. Seymour Lachman,
ICCC and Task Force
chairman, told the con-
clave that the members of
the ICC had "pledged
themselves to the
strengthening of family
and social structures
whose disintegration
often contributes to the
proliferation of destruct-
ive cults." The ICCC is-
sued a statement urging
law officials to do all in
their power to ensure
that children in cults get
the full protection of law
for their health, educa-
tion and welfare.
Clergymen who have
counseled former cult mem-
bers said that they are sus-
ceptible to returning to the
cults and need support, re-
spect and encouragement
from family and friends to
aid their successful return
to society.
Sponsoring the confer-
ence were the Greek Or-
thodox • Archdiocee of
North and South America;
Queens Federation of
Churches; Council of
Churches of the City of New
York; Roman Catholic Ar-
chdiocese of New York; the
Jewish Board of Family and
Children's Services
(JBFCS); and the JCRC, in-
cluding the New York
Board of Rabbis.
In another development,
the Task Force alerted nurs-
ing homes and psychiatric
facilities in the New York
area that members of the
Alamo Christian Founda-
tion, described as a cult,
have been making ap-
proaches to residents of
such facilities.
Ann Johnson, project
director of the Coney Is
land Community Support
Systems Project of the
JBFCS, told the Task
Force that she had found
literature from the Alamo
group in a Coney Island
adult
home
for
deinstitutionalized
psychiatric patients.
A man who identified
himself as a member of the
group was discovered ap-
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visiting hours. Confronted
by Ms. Johnson and asked
why he was in the facility,
he claimed he wanted to
provide "sympathy and
companionship" to resi-
dents of area nursing homes
and he named several he
had already visited.
Dr. Lachman said the
Task Force had cautioned
personnel in such facilities
"to look out for unusual vis-
itors. It has been reported
that cults send members
into these facilities to take
advantage of the resident's
emotional vulnerability
and need for companion-
ship, and convince him to
sign over his social security
insurance or his will." He
added that former members
have sued the Alamo group
on charges they had been
brainwashed and exploited.
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