Livre sur la vie brisée des enfants dans les sectes
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researcher Lorraine Derocher says in a book the shattered lives of children raised in the radical sects 
In the clutches of cults
The University of Sherbrooke newspaper
November 6, 2008
France Lavoie
Lecturer and PhD studies in contemporary religion in the Faculty of Theology, Ethics and Philosophy, Lorraine Derocher is one of Quebec's specialists on the issue of cults, and particularly the influence of these organizations on children who grow up virtually cut off from the outside world . Earlier this year, which is also professional research group within the Society, Law and Religion at the University of Sherbrooke (SODRUS) published the book Living her childhood in a religious sect - Understanding responses to it, the Presses de l'Université du Québec jointly with SODRUS. Lorraine Derocher is frequently requested by various agencies that need training on the subject, and she is called to help the professionals who help people who have spent their childhood in a religious sect. She also notes how the resources are desperately needed to help these people. is a meeting a few years ago with a person who had just left the radical group where she had been a PhD student who led the children to become interested in religious sects. "As I am a very socially engaged, this case came to fetch me and I wanted to help. Force me to see that there was little research on the issue of children who grew up in relatively closed religious groups in society. Police officers, psychologists, doctors and social workers lack the tools to intervene in these cases, "says Thompson her. evidence, until recently, authorities have turned to the researcher for guide a person without resources. Lorraine Derocher is currently conducting a fundraising campaign and acts as a consultant to help this person out recently of a very closed society, after having spent his childhood and spent over 30 years of his life.
"For me, we are faced with injustice injustice: not only the child did not choose to live in these environments, but after the release, the company is not equipped to accept his adult, "said elle.Cela said Lorraine Derocher said that new religious movements are a minority phenomenon. "My book focuses of radical sects and closed society, those apocalyptic nature.
Some of these kids do not attend school, the doctor or dentist. Some have never watched television or the Internet do not know, "says the researcher. This raises another problem: lack of outside contacts, there are no reports from authorities in cases of neglect or abuse. "If you think about it, our prisoners themselves, are sometimes treated better," said she.
People attracted to new religious movements are often at a crossroads in their lives, and seeking answers to existential questions. But it can go beyond these considerations. "A person may want to nurture their spirituality, to join a community or seek to explain the suffering, death and the complexity of the world," said the researcher. However, a radical sect is a religious group who, because of its closure and its challenges to the values of modern society (economics, globalization, science, etc..) Is increased to skid. So the entry of an individual in a radical religious movement often reflects dissatisfaction vis-à-vis the society in which he lives. "
Until the end of the world
groups of particular concern Lorraine Derocher are those who wait, in a concrete and imminent end of the world. A very bad environment for young children who are a part. "The time of childhood is usually a time filled with magic," she explains. In these groups, you grow up in an environment where one is preparing for a disaster. My studies have shown that beyond the normal challenges associated with integrating a new society, internalized the worldview which is the biggest challenge. In other words, even out of its sectarian environment, the young continue to make a religious reading of reality: he is afraid of the people of the world, he feared that the end comes, and sometimes he thinks he will go to hell because it is out of his group.
The seven people I worked with to write my thesis have all regretted their departure at September 11, 2001. and if it was really the end of the world? That demonstration of a worldview internalized. "The reasons that bring someone to leave a sect differ depending on whether there grew up, or she has reached adulthood. In the latter case, disillusionment can lead to questioning. However, the person who lived his childhood leaves rather because of shortness of breath to comply with the requirement level of adults in the sect. "These children need to be perfect, as pure in God's eyes, some have been abused or neglected and are tired, others find that certain behaviors of leaders are not in accordance with the teachings of the group."
With the publication of his book Living childhood in a religious sect, the author wanted to reach out to stakeholders such as social workers, lawyers, psychologists and teachers. She noted, however, with the time that the subject of interest to more than one. As evidence, many people attended the Sept. 30 conference Carolle Tremblay on children's rights in rural sectarian, at the invitation of SODRUS.
"In an era where we talk about responsible drinking, we could also consider living our freedom of conscience and religion responsibly? One way to do this would take into account the protection of individual rights including those of children, "says Lorraine Derocher.
Lorraine Derocher
, Living her childhood in a religious sect - Understanding
responses to it, Quebec, Presses de l'Université du Québec, 2008, available at Coop's UdeSherbrooke.
The University of Sherbrooke newspaper
November 6, 2008
France Lavoie
Lecturer and PhD studies in contemporary religion in the Faculty of Theology, Ethics and Philosophy, Lorraine Derocher is one of Quebec's specialists on the issue of cults, and particularly the influence of these organizations on children who grow up virtually cut off from the outside world . Earlier this year, which is also professional research group within the Society, Law and Religion at the University of Sherbrooke (SODRUS) published the book Living her childhood in a religious sect - Understanding responses to it, the Presses de l'Université du Québec jointly with SODRUS. Lorraine Derocher is frequently requested by various agencies that need training on the subject, and she is called to help the professionals who help people who have spent their childhood in a religious sect. She also notes how the resources are desperately needed to help these people. is a meeting a few years ago with a person who had just left the radical group where she had been a PhD student who led the children to become interested in religious sects. "As I am a very socially engaged, this case came to fetch me and I wanted to help. Force me to see that there was little research on the issue of children who grew up in relatively closed religious groups in society. Police officers, psychologists, doctors and social workers lack the tools to intervene in these cases, "says Thompson her. evidence, until recently, authorities have turned to the researcher for guide a person without resources. Lorraine Derocher is currently conducting a fundraising campaign and acts as a consultant to help this person out recently of a very closed society, after having spent his childhood and spent over 30 years of his life.
"For me, we are faced with injustice injustice: not only the child did not choose to live in these environments, but after the release, the company is not equipped to accept his adult, "said elle.Cela said Lorraine Derocher said that new religious movements are a minority phenomenon. "My book focuses of radical sects and closed society, those apocalyptic nature.
Some of these kids do not attend school, the doctor or dentist. Some have never watched television or the Internet do not know, "says the researcher. This raises another problem: lack of outside contacts, there are no reports from authorities in cases of neglect or abuse. "If you think about it, our prisoners themselves, are sometimes treated better," said she.
People attracted to new religious movements are often at a crossroads in their lives, and seeking answers to existential questions. But it can go beyond these considerations. "A person may want to nurture their spirituality, to join a community or seek to explain the suffering, death and the complexity of the world," said the researcher. However, a radical sect is a religious group who, because of its closure and its challenges to the values of modern society (economics, globalization, science, etc..) Is increased to skid. So the entry of an individual in a radical religious movement often reflects dissatisfaction vis-à-vis the society in which he lives. "
Until the end of the world
groups of particular concern Lorraine Derocher are those who wait, in a concrete and imminent end of the world. A very bad environment for young children who are a part. "The time of childhood is usually a time filled with magic," she explains. In these groups, you grow up in an environment where one is preparing for a disaster. My studies have shown that beyond the normal challenges associated with integrating a new society, internalized the worldview which is the biggest challenge. In other words, even out of its sectarian environment, the young continue to make a religious reading of reality: he is afraid of the people of the world, he feared that the end comes, and sometimes he thinks he will go to hell because it is out of his group.
The seven people I worked with to write my thesis have all regretted their departure at September 11, 2001. and if it was really the end of the world? That demonstration of a worldview internalized. "The reasons that bring someone to leave a sect differ depending on whether there grew up, or she has reached adulthood. In the latter case, disillusionment can lead to questioning. However, the person who lived his childhood leaves rather because of shortness of breath to comply with the requirement level of adults in the sect. "These children need to be perfect, as pure in God's eyes, some have been abused or neglected and are tired, others find that certain behaviors of leaders are not in accordance with the teachings of the group."
With the publication of his book Living childhood in a religious sect, the author wanted to reach out to stakeholders such as social workers, lawyers, psychologists and teachers. She noted, however, with the time that the subject of interest to more than one. As evidence, many people attended the Sept. 30 conference Carolle Tremblay on children's rights in rural sectarian, at the invitation of SODRUS.
"In an era where we talk about responsible drinking, we could also consider living our freedom of conscience and religion responsibly? One way to do this would take into account the protection of individual rights including those of children, "says Lorraine Derocher.
Lorraine Derocher
, Living her childhood in a religious sect - Understanding
responses to it, Quebec, Presses de l'Université du Québec, 2008, available at Coop's UdeSherbrooke.
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