Some say it's the end of 1999 whereas mathematically it's the end of the year 2000. Stephen, another man, who asked only to be called by his first name, said his son Patrick was drawn into a cult aged 18. He had three grade A A-levels and was due to go to university. My son was seen as a leader of his school, a good public school. But on the other side of the coin he was highly susceptible.
Cults offer utopia.
They have all the solutions to life. Seeds of doubt Patrick spent about eight years as a member of the Unification Church, commonly known as the Moonies, and started training to be a group leader. He gave up his career to serve God - that's what he said. The harder you work, the more committed you become. Until he started becoming a leader himself and began to realise that everything he'd been told wasn't right.