Editing Unification Church (section)

=== France ===
In March 1982, a 21-year-old woman, Claire Château, who was on the central street of Dijon distributing brochures, was pulled into a moving car shouting for help. After a psychological examination showed that she was in good mental health with no traces of alleged "[[brainwashing]]", seven people, family members, and [[Union nationale des associations de défense des familles et de l'individu]] (ADFI) "professional [[Deprogramming|deprogrammers]]" were accused by the Dijon Regional Criminal Investigation Department (Service Régional de Police Judiciaire de Dijon) of kidnapping under §341 of the [[Code pénal (France)|French Penal Code]] to the Besançon Court of Justice.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Birman |first=Patricia |date=April 1, 2005 |title=Fronteiras espirituais e fronteiras nacionais: o combate às seitas na França |journal=Mana |language=pt |volume=11 |pages=7–39 |doi=10.1590/S0104-93132005000100001 |issn=0104-9313|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 9, 1982 |title=Sept personnes sont inculpées à Besançon pour avoir séquestré une adepte de Moon La secte à l'intention de se porter partie civile Un drame en trois actes |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1982/03/09/sept-personnes-sont-inculpees-a-besancon-pour-avoir-sequestre-une-adepte-de-moon-la-secte-a-l-intention-de-se-porter-partie-civile-un-drame-en-trois-actes_3146944_1819218.html |access-date=April 6, 2024 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr}}</ref> The case contributed to the gradual abandonment of abductions and deprogramming attempts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Birman |first=Patricia |date=April 6, 2024 |title=Croyances et appartenances : un débat français |url=https://www.ethnographiques.org/2008/Birman |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=ethnographiques.org |language=fr}}</ref>