Editing Cultural Office of Cluny (section)

==Reception==
The OCC was listed as a [[cult]] in the 1995 and 1999 parliamentary reports and considered as a "pseudo-Catholic" and a "medium-sized cult" in terms of wealth (its annual budget reached between 5 and 20 million francs at the time). The commission accused the OCC of trying to infiltrate the world of childhood through a formula of courses and seminars in the field of leisure, but also academic support and cultural development.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rapport fait au nom de la Commission d'enquête sur les sectes – ''Les sectes en France'' |url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/rap-enq/r2468.asp |publisher=Assemblée Nationale |language=French |year=1995 |accessdate=25 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rapport fait au nom de la Commission d'enquête sur les sectes – ''Les sectes et l'argent'' |url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dossiers/sectes/r1687anx.asp |publisher=Assemblée Nationale |language=French |year=1999 |accessdate=25 August 2009}}</ref> Anti-cult association [[Union nationale des associations de défense des familles et de l'individu|ADFI]] criticized the OCC for its methods of seduction, its particular lifestyle ([[Sleep deprivation|reduced sleep]], long prayers, inability to be alone, etc.), possible families breakdowns, its hierarchical structure,<ref name="BULLES"/> psychological pressures, and despoilment.<ref>{{cite book |first=Sandrine |last=Plana |title=Le prosélytisme religieux à l'épreuve du droit privé |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DuqSUGVqfGsC&pg=PA328|language=French |page=328 |year=2006|publisher=Harmattan |isbn=9782296008250 }}</ref> Former members claimed to have been "seduced by promises of social advancement" in the group and then were "totally ruined after their stay at the centers in Claux and Le Machy".<ref>{{cite web |first=Roland |last=Huckel |title=Étude technologique de la manipulation mentale, pratiquée dans les sectes contestées |url=http://www.anti-scientologie.ch/huckel-stratagemes.htm#SUBREPTICEMENT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051018213648/http://www.anti-scientologie.ch/huckel-stratagemes.htm#SUBREPTICEMENT |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 October 2005 |work=Bouée |publisher=Anti-scientologie |language=French |date=May 1991 |accessdate=25 August 2009 }}</ref> The OCC rules were described as "binding and totalitarian".<ref>{{cite book |first=Cyril |last=Le Tallec |title=Les sectes politiques: 1965–1995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZdEEsi-3_oC&pg=PA109|language=French |page=109 |year=2006|publisher=Harmattan |isbn=9782296003477 }}</ref>

For their part, [[Bishop of Troyes]] [[Gérard Daucourt]], as well as Bishops Montagrin, Pontier, and [[Jean Vernette]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Jacques |last=Trouslard |title=Quelques réflexions relatives à l'article du journal ''La Croix'' sur les sectes |url=http://www.psyvig.com/default_page.php?menu=12&page=6 |publisher=Psychothérapie Vigilance |language=French |year=2005 |accessdate=25 August 2009}}</ref> criticized the cult classification of the OCC and wrote a protest letter to [[Philippe Séguin]], arguing that this caused some harm to the OCC as well as to the Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite book |first=André-Hubert |last=Mesnard |chapter=L'Office culturel de Cluny et le rapport |title=Pour en finir avec les sectes – Le débat sur le rapport de la commission parlementaire |publisher=CESNUR – Di Giovanni |year=1997 |pages=327–34 |language=French |isbn=88-85237-11-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Jean-Pierre |last=Chantin |title=Des "sectes" dans la France contemporaine: 1905-2000, contestations ou innovations religieuses? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OoLXAAAAMAAJ|language=French |page=127 |year=2004|publisher=Privat |isbn=9782708968554 }}</ref> For André-Hubert Mesnard, the classification made by the Parliamentary Commission was not democratic because the list could not be changed after its publication and thus the groups incriminated, including the OCC, could not defend themselves against criticisms.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jean-Pierre |last=Bayard |title=Guide sur les sectes et les sociétés secrètes |publisher=Philippe Lebaud editions |year=2004 |page=345 |language=French |isbn=2-84898-039-7}}</ref> [[CESNUR]] stated that the group was "nearly bankrupted due to the refusal of public theatres to air its shows" after its cult designation.<ref>{{cite web |first=Massimo |last=Introvigne |title=Religious Liberty in Western Europe |url=http://www.cesnur.org/testi/Washington.htm |publisher=CESNUR |date=1 December 1997 |accessdate=25 August 2009}}</ref>