Editing Apostles of Infinite Love (section)

==Controversies==
From 1978 to 2001, the religious group was sued because of alleged abuses, including [[rape]], [[extortion]], and [[sexual abuse]]. Its [[millenarianism]], [[apocalypticism]], and its rejection of the world has led to frequent characterization of the group as a [[cult]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Grégoire XVII et les Apôtres de l'Amour Infini |url=http://classiques.uqac.ca/contemporains/rigal_cellard_bernadette/gregoire_xvii_apotres_amour_infini/gregoire_xvii_texte.html |publisher=Les Classiques des Sciences Sociales |author=Bernadette Rigal-Cellard |year=2005 |accessdate=2009-08-15|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-06-13 |title=Abuse charges stayed against cult members |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/abuse-charges-stayed-against-cult-members-1.262298 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> In 1999, 100 police officers raided their reclusive community in St. Jovite.<ref>{{cite web|title=Descente chez les Apôtres de l'amour infini |url=http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/24/24889.htm |publisher=Radio-Canada |date=1999-04-14 |accessdate=2009-08-15 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180644/http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/24/24889.htm |archivedate=2007-09-30 }}</ref> The co-accused was Reynald Huot, aka Father André. In 2001, the public prosecutor abandoned all charges against Jean-Gaston Tremblay after a 34-year investigation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Abandon des accusations contre le pape Jean |url=http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Index/nouvelles/200106/13/005-PAPAJEAN.asp |publisher=Radio Canada |date=2001-06-13 |accessdate=2009-08-15 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018134708/http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Index/nouvelles/200106/13/005-PAPAJEAN.asp |archivedate=2012-10-18 }}</ref>

In 2005, the city of [[Brébeuf, Quebec|Brébeuf]] obtained a decree from the Quebec government allowing it to [[expropriate]] the land of the religious group.<ref>{{cite news |title=Les "Apôtres de l'amour infini" seront expropriés |newspaper=La Presse |url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/200809/19/01-668496-les-apotres-de-lamour-infini-seront-expropries.php |publisher=La Presse Canadienne |date=2008-09-04 |accessdate=2009-08-15|language=fr}}</ref>

In 2011, the Apostles of Infinite Love once again attracted attention after a French Canadian [[Novice]] at the group's [[East Flatbush, Brooklyn|East Flatbush]] convent, Mary Turcotte, claimed that she had been raped by a Black man. After a police investigation began, Turcotte recanted her claim, with some media outlets claiming that she had made the accusation to cover up a consensual relationship with a Brooklyn local. Turcotte was later recalled to the group's headquarters in Quebec.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-02-06 |title=Sect of Brooklyn 'nun' who falsely cried rape has bizarre history, mysterious members |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/02/06/sect-of-brooklyn-nun-who-falsely-cried-rape-has-bizarre-history-mysterious-members/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=New York Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-02-02 |title=Black men steamed by Brooklyn nun Mary Turcotte's fake rape claim |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/02/02/black-men-steamed-by-brooklyn-nun-mary-turcottes-fake-rape-claim/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=New York Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref>