Health Advice and Information on Religious Abuse or Cult Abuse

Religious abuse or cult abuse

• The child is forced to accept the narrow, exclusive religious views of the parent or guardian to the exclusion of any other belief or possibility of any belief
• Any behaviour by the child not in line with the parents' rigid religious zeal is met with punishment and abuse
• The child is starved of development in interpersonal skills and relationships in the name of religion
• The child is subjected to strange, unnatural and often perverse beliefs on sexual matters and sexual development in line with the religious belief
• The child is discouraged or prevented from associating with any person not sharing the religious belief of the parent or guardian