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Experts warn of post-Covid 'cult groups' targeting the desperate

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Cooper said those who had lost their jobs in the wake of the pandemic would, when it was over, look for quick-fire solutions to their problems — and cult-like churches would provide this hope.

Psychologists say there will be a proliferation of cult-like churches when the coronavirus pandemic is over.“Cult groups” are likely to emerge once the coronavirus pandemic heads out of SA, as people become “desperate for solutions to their problems”.

“The pandemic has disrupted people’s lives,” said psychologist Dr Saths Cooper. “In the next three to five months we will see a proliferation of cult groups. We must think post the pandemic era.” “These groups of adults are vulnerable. The space they occupy makes them vulnerable, and they can be easily persuaded,” Cooper said.

FH Havinga, a psychologist and theologian, said when a person joined a cult they were “programmed” into believing in certain ways of doing things.

 

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