Terrifying Freedom, a novel by Linda Smith

Sometimes you need a novel to break through the cultist mental manipulation?

Linda Smith wrote recently,

I just read an article on your webpage regarding Catholic Lay Movements with cultist attributes. Some former members of these movements questioned why some bishops are so slow to take seriously their concerns about these organizations.

Anne a lay apostle and her organization Direction For Our Times. Is there any one at home theologically in Ireland?

In August, 2011, famous retreat leaders Sr. Briege McKenna and Fr. Kevin Scallon withdrew their endorsement of the American alleged mystic Anne a lay apostle and her organization Direction For Our Times.

Three and a half years have gone by with no further comment from Sister or Father, but it appears as though Sr. McKenna and Fr. Scallon may have been busy nonetheless.

On December 18, 2014, Fr. Darragh Connolly, Chaplain of Direction For Our Times, issued a public notice wherein he excoriates an unnamed “priest” and “sister” for activities that, he claims, are detrimental to the organization.

 Father Darragh Connolly with Anne

https://dialogueireland.wordpress.com/category/christian/direction-for-our-times/

The following is a copy of Connolly’s letter.

Deception for our Times? Questioning Anne a Lay Apostle by Kevin Symonds on Mar 19, 2012

We are publishing this from Catholic Lane:

– See more at: http://catholiclane.com/deception-for-our-times-questioning-anne-a-lay-apostle/#sthash.oirB3rhN.dpuf
Scandal is developing around an American woman living in Ireland who claims to be a Catholic mystic but hides her true identity, misleads people, takes in millions of dollars and is protected by influential people. For the past several years, Kathryn Ann Clarke, going under the name of “Anne a lay apostle” has been travelling around the world to promote alleged messages from heaven she claims to receive in the form of locutions (i.e. hearing interior voices supposedly from heaven).[i]

Joe Duffy of Ireland & Anne a Lay Apostle from Kevin Symonds Blog

Joe Duffy of Ireland & Anne a Lay Apostle

Direction For Our Times: – Accounts: Private Enterprise & Private Revelations

In light of the Live Line programme today Monday September 26, we publish the accounts for an earlier period. There was a reference to the fact that Direction For Our Times was trying to buy Kilnacrott Abbey and that the purchase had stalled.

Joe Duffy’s Liveline on Anne a lay