--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" wrote: > > > > > > I don't think you could not be struck by the similiarties > > > of Robin's gig. > > Possibly more apparent than real. > > > > I guess, luckily for everyone, Robin's deal blew up, or > > > perhaps more accurately, petered out. > > No, it was blown up by a sensational expose in the local > newspaper that was instigated by Ann in collaboration > with several others of Robin's followers.
It would be interesting, for me at least, to know just how this played out, because so often, exposes such as this have little effect. I mean Andrew Cohen being one example. He seems to be doing okay as far as I know. You know, they chalk it up to disaffected students, who fell out of favor with the teacher. > > > As I've noted before, you do not hear complaints about > > > financial, or sexual impropieties with Robin. > > > > No? What then was the story with Caitlin and Matthew? > > One would think it would be a good idea to hear Robin's > side of this story. He was there; Howell was not. > > > Robins advances to Caitlin were interpreted by him as her > > evil power of seduction later, when she had refused to give > > in, when at the same time he had asked her husband Matthew > > to give up the marriage and become a priest, as he himself > > wanted to become. (names in the book the CULT, pages 325.) > > > > > It was mostly the "control" stuff, and emotional abuse. > > Just a reminder that this started happening only in the > final couple of years. > > For Robin's perspective on the ten years of this group and > his role in it, you can't do better than to read the > extraordinary dialogue between Robin and Ann that begins > with Ann's comments on posts of Robin to Xeno and raunchy. > To be fair to Robin, if one has read "Cult," one should > read this dialogue as well. It's quite long, but not nearly > as long as "Cult." > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/326991 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/327053 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/327243 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/327546 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/327566 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/327058 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/327442 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/327572 >
