I am Jon Breen, a software engineer with a passion for technology and innovation. I have experience in various programming languages and frameworks, and I enjoy solving complex problems through code. I have worked on numerous consumer-facing and backend projects in the Sports, Broadcasting & Banking industries.
A platform for the discovery, indexing and categorising of podcasts on the subject of cults and coercive-control.
Inspired by the work of renowned Professor of Sociology Dr. Janja Lalich whose research shows testimonies of ex-members can be a catalyst for children who grew up in these groups to leave.
For the past 4 years I have managed safe-spaces online for survivors of coercive-controlling groups to discuss their abusive experiences and learn from secular experts. I am a moderator for the world's largest community that hosts discussions on these groups and helps those looking for information and support.
As is usual with these coercive-controlling groups this has led to me having a number of hate-websites and pages created for me. Three cults that have done this are EDUCO (an Irish cult active in the UK), Lighthouse International Group (the subject of the BBC documentary "A Very British Cult"), and now Scientology. All have published bizarre claims about me.
I spoke about this on an episode of the independent award-nominated Cult Vault Podcast:
TLDR: (I happened, inadvertantly and unbeknownst to me then, to have brought together three of the key people who imported a notorious Irish Cult into the UK around the year 2000)