Indeed the proposed horizons often go beyond this world and take on a metahistorical and metaspiritual character. Most Rev. Michael L. Fitzgerald , Doc. It would seem that the groups most at risk would be mainly those in some difficulty with the Church and those far removed from the presence of the priest. Their particular attraction for women could be because of their appeal to the emotions and the fact that women are admitted to most offices. People may be attracted by their offers of healing, bodily and spiritual, or by the promises of instant solutions to all problems.
Some sects pose as channels of professional advancement and economic success.
Others emphasize a narrow spiritual conversion that ignores or even rejects social and political responsibility.