How to identify a cult: Six tips from an expert

How to identify a cult: Six tips from an expert

Up to 10,000 cults still exist today in the United States, according to psychologist Steve Eichel, a recognized international cult expert and president of the International Cultic Studies Association. He outlined several ways to identify cults.

« Most cults are extremely small and very deliberately try to to stay under the radar, » Eichel told « 48 Hours » correspondent Peter Van Sant. « Unless they commit a crime, unless they do something that draws attention to them–negative attention and criticism to them–we generally don’t know about them. »

Van Sant interviewed Eichel for his « 48 Hours » report on the Australian cult The Family. Continuer la lecture de « How to identify a cult: Six tips from an expert »