CBC News interviewed Leonora Angeles, a professor at UBC’s Institute of Social Justice, for a story on a man who alleges he has been threatened by a “cult-like” Christian church in the Philippines.
Lowell Menorca is a former un-ordained minister in the Iglesia Ni Cristo, or Church of Christ. The church’s leader has been accused of authoritarian leadership, Philippine media have reported.
Angeles said says the church has encouraged a cult-like reverence of its leader.
“Observers of the church might say it has some cult-like characteristics … you also have a very authoritarian leadership. What the inner circle dictates, everyone must follow,” she said.
