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	The Watchman Expositor: Cult Awareness Network Loses Lawsuit
		Cult Awareness Network (CAN), a Chicago-based, secular cult awareness organization, received a devastating blow last year when they lost a $1.1 million civil suit and were forced into chapter 11 bankruptcy.
		Cynthia Kisser, CAN executive director, believes that the case was in reality, an attack from the Church of Scientology which she said had already backed over 50 lawsuits against them.
		CAN was, however, found guilty of conspiracy and charged with over a million dollars of the total damages awarded.
	www.watchman.org /sci/cannews.htm (619 words)

	Cult Awareness Network - Scientology organization defends religious cults
		Cult experts like Steve Hassan and Margaret Singer are subjected to ad-hominem attacks, as is the publisher of Apologetics Index.
		Citing the old CAN's "reign of terror," she scarcely conceals her glee at the prospect that some of the formerly targeted groups may want to use the newly obtained materials to pursue lawsuits or even criminal prosecutions.
		CAN R.I.P. Mirror of the old, real CAN (Cult Awareness Network) site shortly before CAN was taken over by the Scientology Church.
	www.apologeticsindex.org /c19.html (2680 words)

	Cult Awareness Network Decision 7-30-98
		The Cult Awareness Network believes that Hayes is affiliated with the Church of Scientology, an organization not in complete harmony with the beliefs of the Cult Awareness Network.
		The Cult Awareness Network also needed a reversal by the Illinois Supreme Court in a case the Cult Awareness Network is prosecuting against the Church of Scientology.
		The Cult Awareness Network relies on the fact that bankruptcies do not occur in a vacuum; the bankruptcy courts and participants must obey non-bankruptcy law, state and federal, while they conduct the bankruptcy proceedings.
	www.cesnur.org /testi/CAN-name.htm (2134 words)

	Cult Awareness Network -- What is a Cult?
		On October 23, 1996 the Cult Awareness Network, Inc.'s servicemark and trademark rights, including rights to the use of the CAN stylized logo, were sold to a Scientology-related law firm as part of a $20,000.00 purchase of CAN assets in the federal bankruptcy court.
		The CULT AWARENESS NETWORK is a national, tax-exempt non-profit educational organization, dedicated to promoting public awareness of the harmful effects of mind control.
		CAN confines its concerns to unethical or illegal practices and does not judge doctrine or belief.
	www.harvestnet.org /CAN/can1.htm (768 words)

	CESNUR - CAN, We Hardly Knew Ye: Sex, Drugs, Deprogrammers’ Kickbacks, and Corporate Crime in the (old) Cult ...
		The reason CAN ever became involved in the Scott lawsuit was that, consistent with its organizational pattern, it served as a conduit for referrals to coercive deprogrammers (later termed by CAN "exit counselors") who would, for a fee, abduct and during detention harangue family members into religious apostasy.
		Brandyberry stated that CAN’s referral policy for illegal deprogramming was very common knowledge by the employees in the national offices of the Cult Awareness Network during the entire time he was a deprogrammer.
		She was aware that I specialized in that type of deprogramming, and it was tacitly understood that if she referred a case to me, that a kidnapping could, and probably would occur.
	www.cesnur.org /2001/CAN.htm (12216 words)

	Expansion of CompuServe Religion Forum message #: 88602 22-Mar-88 16:22:27 Sb: #Cult Aware
		The network does not, as members of the Unification Church and other critics charge, get involved in the abduction and deprogramming of cult members, nor is it anti-Christian, she said.
		Criticism of the network has reached a fever pitch in Washington, D.C., in recent weeks as Cult Awareness supporters have lobbied congressmen to support its resolution recognizing the Nov. 18 anniversary of the 1978 Jonestown murder-suicide of 913 followers of Jim Jones and declaring a National Cult Awareness Week on Nov. 13-19, 1988.
		Some of the letters sent to congressmen criticizing the Cult Awareness Network were written on the letterhead of a group called the "Voice of Freedom." Telephone callers condemning the resolution have identified themselves as members of the "Coalition for Religious Freedom." Both groups are suspected to be fronts for larger cults.
	www.skepticfiles.org /mys3/cultnet.htm (1705 words)

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		The network does not, as members of the Unification Church and other critics charge, get involved in the abduction and deprogramming of cult members, nor is it anti-Christian, she said.
		Criticism of the network has reached a fever pitch in Washington, D.C., in recent weeks as Cult Awareness supporters have lobbied congressmen to support its resolution recognizing the Nov. 18 anniversary of the 1978 Jonestown murder-suicide of 913 followers of Jim Jones and declaring a National Cult Awareness Week on Nov. 13-19, 1988.
		Some of the letters sent to congressmen criticizing the Cult Awareness Network were written on the letterhead of a group called the "Voice of Freedom." Telephone callers condemning the resolution have identified themselves as members of the "Coalition for Religious Freedom." Both groups are suspected to be fronts for larger cults.
	www.textfiles.com /occult/cultnet.txt (1671 words)

	The Anti-Cult Movement
		CAN described themselves as "a national, tax-exempt non-profit educational organization, dedicated to promoting public awareness of the harmful effects of mind control." CAN stated that they only dealt with "unethical or illegal practices" by cults; they claimed that they did not judge a group's "doctrine or belief".
		Landa was aware that Ross engaged in involuntary deprogramming because she had seen him do so on the television program '48 Hours.' Ross was known to, and received referrals from, other CAN members as well.
		The court found that a CAN agent in Washington state made referrals for what they called "involuntary deprogramming" in which a person is held against their will and an attempt is made to alter their religious beliefs.
	www.religioustolerance.org /acm2.htm (1536 words)

	The Religious Movements Page: The Anti-Cult Movement
		With the bankruptcy filing of Cult Awareness Network, the American Family Foundation is the most influential anti-cult organization in the U.S. They publish The Cultic Studies Journal.
		CAN was recently forced into bankruptcy by a court decision requiring it to pay damages to a deprogramming victim.
		She was often called in to testify in trials over conservatorship where she often succeeded in convincing the court that cults practiced "brainwashing" and mind control techniques that could only be countered if the individuals were forcibly removed from the group.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /cultsect/anti.htm (799 words)

	60 Minutes - "The Cult Awareness Network" - 12/28/97
		Even though most of the suits were eventually dropped or won by CAN, she says the cost of defending them, nearly $2 million, drove CAN to the brink of bankruptcy.
		YOUNG: Once they put CAN in their sights with regard to litigation, it was only a matter of time before they were gonna find a case that they could use to put them out of business.
		And despite CAN's insistence that it had nothing to do with illegal deprogramming, the jury disagreed, so did the judge, and the $1.8 million CAN was ordered to pay Jason forced it into bankruptcy.
	www.xenutv.com /us/60min-can.htm (2357 words)

	Identifying A Cult
		CULT - From the Latin “cultis” which denotes all that is involved in worship, ritual, emotion, liturgy and attitude.
		This control can be direct through communal living, or constant and repetitious teaching on “how to be a true Christian” or “being obedient to leadership”.
		This can go so far as to not being able to structure their time or make simple decisions for themselves when they leave.
	www.caic.org.au /general/idencult.htm (1850 words)

	In Retrospect -- Cult Awareness Network [H2, 1996]
		CAN, its president, William R. Rehling, and its executive director, Cynthia Kisser, were named by Landmark Education Corporation in a civil suit brought by in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Case 94 L 11478).
		CAN maintained the trial court erred in not finding that 24 lawsuits brought against CAN by Scientologists met the requirements necessary for a malicious prosecution claim to be brought under Illinois law.
		CAN's attorney, Benjamin J. Hyink of Chicago, protested to the judge that CAN still has an obligation to represent the rights of the organization as the non-profit corporation has not yet been dissolved and could receive funds in the future if the malicious prosecution case, which is against the Church of Scientology International, is successful.
	www.modemac.com /can/Marina/can96h2.htm (9663 words)

	Destructive cults in the Congressional Record, Leo J Ryan Memorial page
		I think of they are joining the cult as being "adaptive"; that is, they are presented with certain problems by the cult and adapt themselves to it by psychic, social and physiological processes which are not in themselves as pathological as those involved in the "restitutive" conversions.
		In some cults members are taught intensive chanting and meditating procedures which in case of any attack on their beliefs can cover up all possible thoughts and doubts.
		During this time a former convert can quickly be recaptured either by fleeting impulse or by entering a trance state through a key word or piece of music or by chanting or by a team from the cult.
	www.lermanet.com /house/destructive.htm (3879 words)

	The Cult Awareness Network (CAN) and deprogramming
		CAN was a direct result of the deprogramming activities of Ted Patrick, who helped to found the CFF, the former name for the same organization as CAN.
		CAN lost in court fair and square because of their own proven misdeeds and what was demonstrate as the atmosphere of hate and intolerance they nourished.
		Positive (on average) cults like Landmark Education (for which the term "cult" may be defamtory) will produce complaints just because of the number of their graduates and the obnoxiousness of some of their recruiting efforts, but most complaints will come from co-workers and other casual acquaintances.
	bernie.cncfamily.com /sc/can.htm (9852 words)

	The New Cult Awareness Network (Bought by Scientologist) Recommends 'Experts' Regarding 'Heaven's Gate' Suicide; List ...
		Information gathered by CAN indicates that the originators of the “Higher Source” group were Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Lu Trousdale Nettles respectively a psychiatric patient and a psychiatric nurse.
		CAN is urging investigation into the presence of drugs at the Rancho Sante Fe mansion of the Higher Source and the pychiatric backgrounds of the group.
		CAN is continuing its own investigation into the background of the leaders of the group and will keep the media informed.
	www.rickross.com /reference/apologist/apologist1.html (368 words)

	Nut Liars! Scientology expert on 'Cult Awareness Network'
		CAN was instrumental in the WACO tragedy, present at the scene and actively inciting FBI agents to use force.
		The Cult Awareness Network went bankrupt, and was bought out by a group of Christian and Interfaith ministers who currently endeavor hard at setting the record straight on all the harmful lies this group told.
		The Scientology cult infiltraited the Cult Awareness Network because CAN was successful at helping the family members and loved ones learn about Scientology and helping cultists that got suckered into the cult to get out.
	www.skeptictank.org /nl/nutl170.htm (675 words)

	Scientology: Cult of Greed and Power
		Its main mission was to educate the public about the effects of mind control as used by destructive cults, and to provide support to victims of cults and their families.
		CAN was finally forced to close its doors in mid-1996 as a result of a lawsuit brought against it by cult member Jason Scott with the help of Scientology lawyer Kendrick Moxon.
		On October 23, 1996 the Cult Awareness Network, Inc.'s servicemark and trademark rights, including rights to the use of the CAN stylized logo, were sold as part of a $20,000.00 purchase of CAN assets in the federal bankruptcy court to Steven Hayes, a Scientologist.
	www.xenu.net /entheta (448 words)

	Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Cult Awareness Network (or CAN) is a cult-related organization now owned by associates of the Church of Scientology.
		In 1995, CAN, Rick Ross and two others were found guilty of conspiracy to violate the civil right to freedom of religion of Jason Scott of the Life Tabernacle Church.
		Cynthia Kisser, CAN's executive director, struggled to stay calm as she sat in federal bankruptcy court in Chicago late last October waiting for the auction to begin.
	www.xenu-directory.net /can.htm (878 words)

	Psychiatric News Main Frame
		The Cult Awareness Network (CAN), once a clearinghouse for information about destructive cults but now closely allied with the Church of Scientology, has distributed a press release linking psychiatric treatment to the suicides of the Heaven's Gate cult members.
		Psychiatrists "have to be aware that [CAN] went into bankruptcy fighting the cults, and the legal process permitted those they were attacking to gain control of the organization," said APA Vice President Rodrigo Munoz, M.D., who becomes APA's president-elect next month.
		Kisser is an expert on destructive cults and was executive director of the Cult Awareness Network prior to its takeover by Scientology allies.
	www.psych.org /pnews/97-04-18/cult.html (462 words)

	The Watchman Expositor: In the News...
		The court ruled that there was sufficient evidence to support a jury's finding that a volunteer was acting on behalf of the Cult Awareness Network (CAN) when she referred Kathy Tonkin of Kirkland, Washington, to deprogrammer Rick Ross, who then attempted to "deprogram" Tonkin's son.
		In a dissent, U.S. District Judge William Schwarzer said there was no evidence that Landa had acted on the ministry's instructions, or that Cult Awareness Network knew or approved of her actions.
		Elizabeth Clare Prophet, leader of the cult, warned in the 1980s that a nuclear holocaust was on the horizon.
	www.watchman.org /expo/15_2news.htm (1235 words)

	Cult awareness conference courts protest, debate
		The small protest was a microcosm of a bigger war between the Church of Scientology and cult awareness groups such as the AFF.
		The conference provided information on how families of cult members can hire psychologists affiliated with the American Family Foundation to reclaim their loved ones through a psychological process called "thought reform" -- a concept that has spawned animosity among groups like the Church of Scientology.
		During her 17 years in the cult, Daeges experienced daily beatings, sexual abuse, family alienation and was forced to eat her own vomit and feces.
	www.tolc.org /affconf.htm (1141 words)

	Cult Awareness Network and Scientology
		Accordingly, any publications or communications using the CAN name or logo after October 23rd (1996) should not be regarded as emanating from or having the approval of the Cult Awareness Network personnel or officers who were associated with CAN before 23 October.
		The name Cult Awareness Network has been sold to what that organization believes is a cult.
		The Cult Awareness Network suspects that the name will be put to misleading and unscrupulous purposes.
	www.kelebekler.com /cesnur/txt/ccan2.htm (289 words)

	Cult Awareness Network -- R.I.P. 30 Oct 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Cult Awareness Network -- R.I.P. 30 Oct 1996
		Cult Awareness Network attempts to provide information to the public on what a cult is, and what you can do.
		CAN has a monthly newsletter that is available for $35 per year.
	www.harvestnet.org /CAN/index.htm (229 words)

	CNN - Group that once criticized Scientologists now owned by one - Dec. 19, 1996
		But last month, after 20 years of operation, the Cult Awareness Network closed its doors, forced into bankruptcy after losing a costly lawsuit to the church of Scientology.
		Since 1991, 50 lawsuits were filed against the Cult Awareness Network by people who were somehow connected with the Church of Scientology, said Kisser.
		Scientologist Bob Lippman, calling the old network a hate group, said the new Cult Awareness Network will stand for religious freedom.
	www.cnn.com /US/9612/19/scientology/index.html (529 words)

	American Family Foundation & Cult Awareness Network
		In the chapter “Unlocking Cult Mind Control,” Hassan outlines the eight “keys” for successful intervention he uses in his “non-coercive approach to exit counseling.” While his presentation is not a “sales Pitch” for his services, a word of caution is in order.
		One Christian exit counselor from the Midwest, who wants little to do with the Cult Awareness Network due to its secular approach Along the same lines, there are some interesting developments within the evangelical cult-watching community where some are becoming increasingly involved in voluntary (i.e., no kidnapping) exit counseling as part of their ministries.
		A world-renowned cult expert, Dr. Margaret Singer is a clinical psychologist, recipient of the NIMH [Nat’l Institute of Mental Health] Research Scientist Award, emeritus professor at University of California, Berkeley, and author of numerous titles including Cults in our Midst.
	watch.pair.com /cult-aff-can.html (4886 words)

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