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=== Former members ===
{{See also|Apostasy#Other religious movements|l1=Apostasy in alleged cults and new religious movements}}

[[Anson Shupe]], [[David G. Bromley]] and Joseph Ventimiglia coined the term ''atrocity tales'' in 1979,<ref name=":3">Bromley, David G., Shupe, Anson D., Ventimiglia, J. C. [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1979.tb01710.x "Atrocity Tales, the Unification Church, and the Social Construction of Evil."] ''Journal of Communication'' 29, no. 3 (1979): 42–53.</ref> which [[Bryan R. Wilson]] later took up in relation to former members' narratives. Bromley and Shupe defined an "atrocity tale" as the symbolic presentation of action or events, real or imagined, in such a context that they come to flagrantly violate the (presumably) shared premises upon which a given set of social relationships should take place. The recounting of such tales has the intention of reaffirming normative boundaries. By sharing the reporter's disapproval or horror, an audience reasserts normative prescription and clearly locates the violator beyond the limits of [[public morality]].<ref>Jean Duhaime. "Les Témoigagnes de Convertis et d'ex-Adeptes." (English: "The testimonies of converts and former followers") In ''New Religions in a Postmodern World'', edited by [[Mikael Rothstein]] and [[Reender Kranenborg]]. ''RENNER Studies in New Religions''. Aarhus, Denmark: [[Aarhus University]] Press, 2003. {{ISBN|8772887486}}.</ref><ref>Anson D. Shupe and David G. Bromley. "Apostates and Atrocity Stories: Some Parameters in the Dynamics of [[Deprogramming]]." In ''The Social Impact of New Religious Movements'', edited by [[Bryan R. Wilson]], 179–215. [[Barrytown, New York|Barrytown, NY]]: Rose of Sharon Press, 1981.</ref>