The New Body Snatchers

February, 1978

A certain form of kidnaping is on the rise throughout the country. The perpetrators are parents, accompanied by hired enforcers and so-called deprogramers. The victims are the children--often over 21--of those parents. Because their progeny have become fervent members of various sects, from Hare Krishna to the Reverend Moon's Unification Church, the parents feel impelled to rescue their offspring and have them exorcised. The deprogramers, of whom Ted Patrick is the most fabled, are the exorcists...