FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Conference
Friday, May 30 1997
11:00 a.m.
Presidential Suite – 11th Floor
Holiday Inn – Philadelphia Stadium
10th Street and Packer Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
Cult Suicide: What have we learned?
What can we do?
- 917 followers of the cult leader Jim Jones lost their lives
in Jonestown.
- 75 followers of cult leader David Koresh died at Waco.
- 53 members of Solar Temple –dead.
- 40 members of Heavens Gate -- suicide or murder?
Could these senseless deaths be prevented? What have we
learned? What can we do?
Join cult experts and parents of cult victims as they
explore the cult phenomenon at AFF’s Philadelphia Conferences on Cults and
Psychological Manipulation.
Available at the press conference:
- Robert and Alice Maeder, who lost their daughter to
Heavens Gate.
- Janja
Lalich, a writer, consultant, and specialist in the study of cults and
psychological manipulation and abuse, co-author of Cults in Our Midst, "Crazy"
Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work? and Captive Hearts, Captive Minds.
She has consulted with families and members of Heavens Gate.
- Herbert L. Rosedale, Esq., is president of AFF, a secular, nonprofit, tax-exempt research
center and educational organization founded in 1979. AFF's purpose is to study
psychological manipulation and high-control and cultic groups, to educate the public, and
to help those who have been affected by a cultic experience or psychological abuse.
- Over 40
experts, ex-cult members and families will be available for interview.
AFF
Conferences and Workshops
- Psychological Manipulation: The Abuse of Women Friday, May
30 - 8:30 a.m. to 5.p.m.
- Cults: Theory and Treatment Issues - Saturday, May 31, 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Workshop: How to Help a Loved One Affected by a Cult -
Saturday, May 31, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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