Comments on: Pilgrim House Community: A strange Little Cult

By: squid

squid — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:17:25 +0000

What great work, dragging disabled people around the country late at night in order to “send a message” to TV producers. That is not great work at all, that is plain cruelty. and yes, they do have cultish characteristics.

By: flat

flat — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:25:29 +0000

It’s not a cult. They had a very different way of doing things. I visited and was really impressed but couldn’t live the way they did because they are so radical. The leaflet thing was wrong but it should not deflect from good work they’ve done. Different doesn’t always mean cult. Radically different religious group yes. Cult no. Problem is that in our society there is no room for radical difference anymore. It’s not always wrong.

By: Bock

Bock — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:52:33 +0000

Sam, it isn’t an apology to the family.

It’s an apology to the cult leader.

By: problemchildbride

problemchildbride — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:51:16 +0000

That’s not an apology! If what they did is true, if they wrongfully and maliciously accused someone’s family of incest and brought about someone’s suicide, then what they need to say is “We are sorry for wrongfully and maliciously accusing people of incest.”

That much is owed their victims, not some nebulous all-purpose sorry in the Times.

How odd?

How horrific, I’d say.

By: Shannaboley

Shannaboley — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:49:30 +0000

I agree with Squid, its like a cleansing, getting out the bad karma by acknowledging they were wrong. It may also be a legal head off of a coming lawsuit. Smart nut jobs.

By: Organdonor

Organdonor — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:28:46 +0000

WOW!! Mentalists is the word to describe them..

By: Bock

Bock — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:36:36 +0000

They look like a bunch of lunatics.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:15:36 +0000

http://tinyurl.com/3mjp7g

and

http://tinyurl.com/5bu7cr

By: squid

squid — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:16:49 +0000

Personally it looks like this apology was part of some healing ritual taking place within the cult.

By: squid

squid — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:15:11 +0000

No, the house of prayer is a different organisation.

Any media outlet who discussed pilgrim house would have a delegation from this cult knocking on their door.

They called to the producer of RTE’s Would You Believe programme in the dead of night and brought a number of the disabled people they care for with them. They also called into the offices of the Sunday Times as well.

AFAIK they are only caring for three individuals at the moment.