MIDWEEK EXPOSES THE TRUTH BEHIND CULTS IN IRELAND
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Midweek uncovers the terrible truth behind some of the cults operating here in Ireland

We talk to a cult escapee, Juliana Burhing, about her time in Limerick with the infamous Cult ?The Children of God? and we hear about the mental, physical, and sexual abuse she suffered whilst in the Cult

The show also exposes recruitment techniques including ?Flirty Fishing? and discusses what to do if your children are targeted by a cult

Tune in to Cults: How Safe Are Your Children? Midweek airing tonight at 10pm on TV3

Hosted by Colette Fitzpatrick, tonight?s shocking Midweek uncovers the terrible truth behind some of the cults operating here in Ireland.? Colette will be talking to a cult escapee, Juliana Burhing, who reveals that she was born into an infamous global cult ?The Children of God? and spent a year at an Irish base in Limerick, which still exists to this day, operating under a different name ?Family International?.
Juliana reveals how she suffered mental, physical and sexual abuse from the age of three at the hands of ?The Children of God? and tells of how she travelled extensively around Ireland with the cult, using face painting as a way of fundraising and presenting an acceptable public image for an undercover organisation.
The show also exposes recruitment techniques including ?Flirty Fishing? and discusses what to do if your children are targeted by a cult.
Tune in to Cults: How Safe Are Your Children? Midweek airing tonight at 10pm on TV3
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Colette Fitzpatrick
?Colette Fitzpatrick is a TV3 News Anchor. She presents TV3's daily news bulletins at 5:30 and is the host of TV3's Midday. She also hosts the prime time current affairs show Midweek every Wednesday at 9.00pm.?

Colette is one of Ireland's most experienced live television presenters and brings a wealth of experience to her role at the network.? Colette, from Holycross, Thurles, Co Tipperary, has been working in the TV3 newsroom since March 2001.? She has edited and anchored bulletins for the morning news programme Ireland AM and also reported on a range issues for the main evening news.? She reported from Kashmir on the aftermath of the earthquake.? She was also a regular stand-in as main presenter on Ireland AM alongside Mark Cagney, Alan Hughes and Aidan Cooney.

Colette previously worked in the newsroom in Today FM where she edited and presented hourly bulletins and reported on a range of stories including courts and tribunals.? She produced the Sunday Supplement, presented by Sam Smyth and also previously worked at East Coast FM in County Wicklow where she first began her broadcasting career.? Colette graduated in Journalism from DIT in Aungier Street.