Litigating Spiritual Abuse w/Carol Merchasin

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Carol Merchasin brings her deep legal experience to McAllister Olivarius, heading up cases involving sexual misconduct in religious, faith-based, and spiritual communities. As an investigator, she has worked to uncover sexual misconduct within the Shambhala International lineage of Buddhism, the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers, and is currently assisting other spiritual communities in bringing allegations of sexual misconduct to light. She has worked with survivors of abuse and misconduct across a number of global spiritual and religious movements and has extensive experience as both a litigator and an investigator. Before joining McAllister Olivarius, Carol was a partner in the Philadelphia office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius where she was a member of the firm’s employment law practice and the director of Morgan Lewis Resources, providing training on harassment and discrimination as well as investigation services for clients. She has conducted dozens of workplace investigations and taught investigative techniques to human resource professionals at many Fortune 50 companies. She is based in New Jersey and is registered as an attorney with the Massachusetts Bar. In this highly informative and insightful conversation, Carol details some of the promising progress of the legal system here in the US and abroad with regard to prosecuting sexual abuse in spiritual communities. She and Rachel also discuss the many obstacles survivors face in the courtroom and the disappointing failures of the current justice system. Before You Go: Rachel further emphasizes the importance of removing the impediments to justice currently preventing victims of high-control religious groups from their rights to legal recourse. Find out more about Carol and her Law Firm here: https://mcolaw.com/team/carol-merchasin/ You can purchase Rachel's webinar series LIVING IN FREEDOM here: rachelbernsteintherapy.com/webinar.html Thanks to all of our newest Patreon supporters: Desiree Stephens, Roo Roo, Harriet Allen, Jessica Peterson, Calley Heffer, Alexandra Lukasiewicz, Jessica Pritchett, Danielle Gorski, and, Tiffany Meldal-Johnsen!! To help support the show monthly and get bonus episodes, shirts, and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Prefer to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link: www.paypal.me/indoctrination You can always help the show for free by leaving a rating on Spotify or a review on Apple/ iTunes. It really helps the visibility of the show! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
0:13.9	Hi, everyone.
0:15.5	I wanted to make sure to mention, just in case you didn't know, that I have put together some series of webinars.
0:24.3	One is a three-part series for people who have been affected by systems of control.
0:31.8	People who are still in them or who are considering leaving them, people who are newly out or
0:37.3	who've been out for a while,
0:38.4	but who have experienced being under someone's influence, whether it is in a relationship or
0:45.9	a workplace or a cult of any sort. And it is covering not only what to expect, sort of what people might be going through after they
1:00.0	come out of these situations, but also what you need after you've come out of a situation like
1:05.7	this, what kind of therapy you might be needing and support you might be needing to get.
1:12.4	And also, how you share your story with the people in your life and let them know what you've
1:17.7	been through in a way that does not make you feel ashamed, does not put the focus on you
1:24.4	as you having something wrong with you, just because someone did something to you
1:29.4	that was without your knowledge or consent. And then the next three-part series is for the
1:37.1	families and friends of those who have been in these situations or who still are.
1:42.4	And honestly, there are a number of people who have asked for
1:46.8	the webinars for others, for their therapists, for educators, for former cult members to be able to
1:54.4	explain to their family and friends what would be good for them to know and how they can get
2:00.1	support. And for the family and
2:02.4	friends, it is also what you might be going through, what you might be experiencing, the feelings
2:07.9	of frustration or helplessness, how you intervene in a way that doesn't push your loved one
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