A FRINGE religious sect, which has reportedly brainwashed young women for sex with a messianic South Korean leader, has been accused of recruiting potential members through a soccer team based at Sydney University.
The Global Association of Culture and Peace, a social group started by the controversial Providence church, has also run dancing and modelling activities to attract students in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and other cities...
A religious group hosts an on-campus fashion show, an event that could be linked to a web that includes Interpol, South Korea and alleged rape...
...recently held an event at UCSD...
...The group, known as the Global Association of Culture and Peace, was established by 61-year-old South Korean national Jung Myung Seok, who also goes by the name Joshua Jung. The group, widely regarded by international press as a cult, also goes by several other names, including JMS, Providence, Setsuri and the Bright Smile Movement...
July 31, 2006 Cult aimed at elite in 50 universities, The Asahi Shimbun, Japan
Recruiters for a cult headed by a fugitive wanted by Interpol have been targeting elite students at over 50 universities nationwide, sources say.
The universities rank among the country's most prestigious, and include the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University and Waseda University, according to those who quit the "Setsuri" (providence) cult and their lawyers...
...Universities so far have done little to guard students from cults for fear of infringing freedom of religion...
...Hal Mansfield, director of the Religious Movement Resource Center, 1105 W. Myrtle St., defines a cult as a group that's a little strange or different from the mainstream. He notes however, that a destructive cult is one that inhibits an individual's freedom of thought using violence or suppression.
"Being different doesn't mean (a group) is dangerous," said Mansfield at a discussion group held Monday afternoon in the Lory Student Center...
Maryland Cult Task Force, University System of Maryland
During the 1998 legislative session, the House and Senate of the Maryland State Legislature passed a joint resolution to create a Task Force to study the "effects of cult activities" on campuses in the state system of four year colleges and universities.
