THE HEADS of an alleged cult that ‘cured’ homosexuality by way of sexual relations with certainly one of its leaders have been arrested in Spain’s Caceres province. The suspects are dealing with expenses of public well being offences, violating sexual freedom {and professional} intrusion.
The Nationwide Police, Customs and the Tax Company had been all concerned within the operation, which netted the arrest on December 16 of a psychologist and his spouse, who’re suspected of main the cult.
The alleged ‘heterosexualising therapies’ consisted of ‘therapeutic sexual relations’ with the group’s chief, in line with a report from the Europa Press information company.
Searches of a ‘massive farmhouse’ the place the cult was allegedly primarily based turned up a complete of €100,000 in money, in addition to medication together with MDMA, marijuana and psychedelic medication corresponding to peyote.
The Nationwide Police acknowledged that the cult had been working for ‘greater than 20 years’, amassing a sequence of followers who, at numerous instances, numbered ‘greater than 50 individuals’ who eliminated themselves from the household, social {and professional} environments.
The modus operandi of the cult leaders was to make use of ‘pseudo-psychotherapies’ on its followers with none form of administrative authorisation to take action.
The strategies would see victims persuaded to give up typical medical therapies, placing their well being in danger.
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