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The Asahi Shimbun: Son of executed Aum founder acknowledged as new cult leader Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult
The Asahi Shimbun: Son of executed Aum founder acknowledged as new cult leader Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult
"The second son of executed Aum Shinrikyo leader Chizuo Matsumoto has emerged as the "second-generation guru" and de facto leader of the doomsday cult's successor group, Aleph, according to the Public Security Intelligence Agency.
The confirmation by the PSIA underscores the government's continued scrutiny of individuals linked to Matsumoto, who also went by the name of Shoko Asahara.
Matsumoto was executed in 2018. He masterminded the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and sickened thousands.
The agency announced on July 22 that his second son has been steering Aleph's operations for nearly a decade.
It also determined that Matsumoto's widow plays a key supporting role in aiding her son's leadership."
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Ryan Carey was born into the Geelong Revival Centre, a Pentecostal doomsday church run by pastor Noel Hollins for more than six decades until his death in April 2024.
Mr Carey, whose father was second-in-command to Hollins, said the damage from his and others' time in the church lingers.
"I might have lived in the state of Victoria but I answered to the cult and the cult leader," he told a state parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday.
The inquiry into recruitment and retention methods of cults and organised fringe groups was green lit in April following claims of coercive practices within the church.
Mr Carey and his wife Catherine, who joined the church at age 19, were the first witnesses to give evidence at the public hearing.
He left the group in 2020, with Ms Carey following 18 months later with their two children.
The pair have since formed Stop Religious Coercion Australia and are pushing for more regulation and oversight of such groups.
"They use friends, family and fear to control their members," Mr Carey said.
The environments were the "most unsafe" for children, he added, pointing to the highly publicised case of a revival member being convicted of child sex abuse."
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