Cults & Healthcare Neglect with Dr Caroline Ansley

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

As Senior Clinical Editor of Canterbury and West Coast Community Healthpathways, Dr Caroline Ansley is uniquely positioned to help health practitioners navigate the complexities around healthcare when it comes to current and former cult members.

You may recognise Caroline’s name as a co-host of the Cult Chat podcast, an award-winning collaboration between the Olive Leaf Network, the Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust, and the Centrepoint Restoration Project. Caroline also featured in the 2021 docudrama Heaven & Hell – the Centrepoint Story, and is the lead author of an open letter signed by over 50 former Centrepoint members and children. Addressed to the adults of the former Centrepoint Community and published in the NZ Herald in 2021, it asks the adults of Centrepoint to make right the harms that they caused or allowed to happen to the children.

If you have been personally affected by involvement in a cult, or would like to support those who have been, you can find support with or donate to Cult Information and Family Support if you’re in Australia (via www.cifs.org.au), and you can find resources outside of Australia with the International Cultic Studies Association (via www.icsahome.com).

EPISODE LINKS

• Centrepoint Restoration Project

• Cult Chat podcast — with Dr Caroline Ansley, Lindy Jacomb and Liz Gregory

• Decult Conference — 19-20 October 2024 in Christchurch

• Heaven and Hell – The Centrepoint Story — Warner Bros., 2021

• An Open Letter Calling for Restorative Justice for the Children of Centrepoint Community — 2021

• HealthPathways: A Canterbury tale - From paper tiger in Christchurch to asset in consult rooms globally — by Fiona Cassie, New Zealand Doctor, 18 August 2023

• Olive Leaf Network

• Gloriavale Leavers' Support Trust