European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The  clashes Over parental custody by Edmund gravely new York times the conduct Between parents and their adult children who have joined nontraditional religious such As the unification Church and the Hare Krishna has begun to touch traditional Christian denominations As it provokes civil rights suits and spurs state and Federal once confined almost entirely to members or the parents of members of such groups As the Sun Myung Moons unification the Hare Kris Hhas and the children of the conflict now affects diverse religious and civic in for the episcopal Church of the which the local Bishop Calls a Church in Good has been labelled a cult by the parents of some of its process of altering religious beliefs under involves gaining custody of the sometimes through the use or threat of then inducing him to abandon whatever beliefs his parents or relatives have found of cult leaders contend that their members have joined freely As the result of personal religious experiences without Many parents and some of their children argue that potential cult members Are brainwashed and subjected to min control it is this belief that prompts some families to hire experts to change their childrens the deprogramming often consists of very Long talk but it also can be sometimes involving sleep emotional pressure and the threat of endless according to Many people who have gone through Bill in the mennonite parents of two a Pye Arrold woman who recently won members of the first Baptist Church won of Sully of their 000 images from two persons who had tried to Shimron alienate her from a religious group testified that she had been isolated in the basement of one persons Home for three Days of constant haranguing and had been taken to before getting a Chance to children in an emotionally charged court contest and hired several persons to persuade the offspring to leave the Baptist in the delegates to the biennial meeting of the Union of american hebrew congregations passed a Resolution condemning the use of duress to per Suade people to change their religious the governing Board of the National Council of churches has taken similar the american civil liberties Union has been involved in at least six court cases supporting the fight of Young people to belong to the religious groups of their the past according to Acle five to 10 per sons have been seized or taken under court order each week in an Effort to change their religious the extent of such activity has prompted the Justice department to ask the Fri to look into More than a dozen complaints of assault or kidnapping by Cults or those at tempting to lure cutt members according to a de Tole Federal at least six state ordered to limit or invest Amow the unsolved court cases Are several he Ose of state  la have who Csc allow person to Lake total control aver the affairs of Antul Many of the lawyers who represent the parents of cull members see these As legitimate Leal devices to evil Tea serf conservatorship Laws to reprogram someone is the most Uberty to the word usually attached to the Many parents believe their children Hove been kidnapped by sinister groups which threaten the nations Page 14 the stars and stripes a number of deprogramming sessions have led to criminal prosecutions Lor false imprisonment Aad Ted the nations bes known who said that he has processed thousands of Young has served jail terms in California and Colorado Ana still faces charges in Beverly his Legal difficulties were in tart responsible for the widespread use of conservatorship Laws by reprogram men eager to avoid criminal charges of assault or kid in those who survive deprogramming with their beliefs and allegiances intact Call the experience painful and a form of but those who Are successfully reprogrammed de scribe a profound Gary once an Moon to a adversary of the South korean he saved him from what he Calls psychological and emotion Al a deprogramming that avoids Legal costs and begins with an abduction on the Street can be conducted Forks i re is Raj Michael the Arizona with having first realized theote taws in this puts the Cost of a la reaction to the growing use of of Young people have filed evil one Young Wendy who has com parental sibling fear son involved in a i unification has charged in Federal court in Rhode Island that Moon and other Church leaders held her in involuntary servitude by Means of mind control before her deprogramming in the most significant court decision on the according to the Justice was handed Down by judge John Leahy in state supreme court in Leahy dismissed indictments against two Leaden of a Hare Krishna Temple who had been charged with falsely imprisoning two followers by brainwashing and mind the entire and Basic Issue before this court is whether or not the two alleged victims in this Case and the defendants will be allowed to practice the religion of their the judge and this must be answered with a resounding this according to Benjamin an assistant attorney has shaped the Justice departments attitude toward the although it has asked the Fri to interview 18 persons about charges that Young people have been held against their various religious but toe heart of the Issue is emotional rather than by sinister groups which threaten the nations to Church that said Helander who has tried any number of times to have her daughter i cant sleep at night wondering if the things a members talk about Are Han pening to my unification Church Helander Patrick is credited Ert an ordained Monk in the old sags my monastic clothes were ripped off me while four monastic life was each lasted More than 13 hours there Bas also been at least one sail Nicro former am Meniw former member the reprogram Nung sessions have to