Carol Merchasin joins author and presenter Sarah Steel, host of the Let’s Talk About Sects podcast, to discuss the challenges of suing cults and religious bodies, and how human trafficking laws might offer a new path toward justice for victims.
Carol Merchasin, Head of our Sexual Misconduct in Spiritual Communities practice, joins The Cult Vault to discuss the potential for taking legal action against sexual abuse in spiritual and faith-based groups.
Carol Merchasin, Head of our Sexual Misconduct in Spiritual Communities practice, says cult victims may be able to seek civil legal reparation through federal trafficking law.
McAllister Olivarius’ live lawsuit featured in the media.
McAllister Olivarius is representing the plaintiff in the lawsuit.
McO client, Rachel Montgomery, tells KBLA radio how she was impregnated by a trusted spiritual teacher. Carol Merchasin, of counsel with McO, gives her thoughts on how the legal system can better protect victims.
Carol Merchasin, head of McO’s Sexual Misconduct in Spiritual Communities practice, talks about how abuse survivors within cults often find it difficult to sue their abusers.
Carol Merchasin, Head of McO’s Sexual Misconduct in Spiritual Communities practice, is quoted in Buddhist Global’s coverage of our ongoing representation of Rachel Montgomery.
Carol Merchasin, Head of McO’s Sexual Misconduct in Spiritual Communities practice, comments on the case.
Carol Merchasin comments on the story of a woman raped and impregnated by a Buddhist guru.
Carol talks to The Daily Beast about recent allegations made against a Buddhist leader in the Pacific Northwest.
Carol Merchasin on how cult survivors can take back their power in this episode of Was I In a Cult?
