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Freedom Times (Vol. 6)

Issue date 14 July 2024

This volume profiles Lance ChristieΓÇÖs campaign against PBCC practices, focusing on allegations of family estrangement, business loss, and sustained legal pressure. The central issue is whether institutional discipline and affiliated legal actions caused disproportionate harm.

It recounts ChristieΓÇÖs prior roles in PBCC-related business and service projects, then describes public rebukes, exclusion from fellowship, and disputes over control of his company and finances. The text references outreach to Australian and UK public figures, contact with the NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner and police, parliamentary engagement with Sue Higginson MLC, and participation in UK parliamentary discussions on abuse in closed groups. It also notes ongoing court matters involving his son.

The publicationΓÇÖs takeaway is that advocacy has shifted from internal appeals to external accountability through media, parliaments, regulators, and courts. It emphasizes claims for compensation and monitoring of charity undertakings related to treatment of excommunicated people. The issue frames ChristieΓÇÖs campaign as both personal litigation and a wider policy challenge about governance in high-control religious environments.

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