There are some very good testimonies:
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www.tolc.org]
I was involved briefly for several weeks on campus at Sydney University.
They tick all the boxes of a cult in virtually every facet.
The first thing you need to deduce is to whether a group is with the original CoC or the ICoC - the latter being the most intense and cult-like.
The name is usually after the city (eg Sydney, London, Auckland etc).
Back in those pre-internent days, the group would not tell you who they were affiliated with- and you had no way of knowing what they were all about.
Various alarm bells were evident from the word go, most of them had left home to live together in groups, and the student leader had actually disowned his own parents.
Having to sit down and right a list of sins - and then confess them to a "discipler" was ridiculous, as well as humiliating.
This Discipler was then going to be your guide to "challenge" you in every aspect of your life.
I got out in the nick of time, this group is one to watch.