William Shaw contacted the Cult Information Centre in his 1993 investigation of cults, and was explicitly critical of its methods and the reliability of its research throughout his book. His opinion was that individuals had joined cults out of "their own hunger to believe" and is dismissive of "absurd scare stories". In 1999, the BBC reported that the Cult Information Centre was giving talks to sixth-formers. A spokesman for the
Jesus Army, one of the groups criticised in the talks, called the Cult Information Centre "unethical" and its views "absolute nonsense". However, the Jesus Army eventually closed after a series of scandals, and was described as "one of the UK's most abusive cults". A complaint was made in 2010 to the
Charity Commission challenging the organisation's charitable status. The single complainant was never identified publicly. The complaint was not upheld and the organisation remains listed and regulated by the
Charity Commission. == See also ==