When we think of cults we think of David Koresh and the Waco Siege, the Manson Family, and of people like Jim Jones, who convinced 918 of his followers to kill themselves and their children.
IAN HAWORTH: I have helped thousands since I established my first group, The Council on Mind Abuse, in 1979, to support cult leavers and raise awareness of how cults recruit.
Brit Ian Haworth moved to Canada and was out shopping one day when he was approached by a woman who asked him to join their community group - little did he know by the following weekend he would be under the control of a cult