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'''''The Parents' Committee to Free Our Children from the Children of God''''' was founded in [[1971]] for self-explanatory purposes. This [[Anti-cult movement|anti-cult]] group was later known as "'''Free the Children of God'''" or "'''FREECOG'''". | '''''The Parents' Committee to Free Our Children from the Children of God''''' was founded in [[1971]] for self-explanatory purposes. This [[Anti-cult movement|anti-cult]] group was later known as "'''Free the Children of God'''" or "'''FREECOG'''". | ||
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| + | FREECOG denounced the [[Children of God]] for its unconventional [[:Category:Sexuality|sexual practices]], including communal sex and [[Flirty Fishing|recruitment of new members through sexual seduction]]. FREECOG constituted the first organized anti-cult group, but by the mid-[[1970s]] publicity about these and other practices had led to a wider anti-cult movement in North America, western Europe, and elsewhere. | ||
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Revision as of 11:19, 11 July 2005
The Parents' Committee to Free Our Children from the Children of God was founded in 1971 for self-explanatory purposes. This anti-cult group was later known as "Free the Children of God" or "FREECOG".
FREECOG denounced the Children of God for its unconventional sexual practices, including communal sex and recruitment of new members through sexual seduction. FREECOG constituted the first organized anti-cult group, but by the mid-1970s publicity about these and other practices had led to a wider anti-cult movement in North America, western Europe, and elsewhere.
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