I have found something more about John Yarr. I have no idea if it is true but it seems credible to me.
The reason Lifewave ended was more than that, it was due to the accusations of sexual misdemeanors with children from 1976-1986, not just adults, though it was not made public at the time. Yarr was questioned by D.C.Shakespeare in 1986, and charged and detained with a court case in 1999/2000 in Chichester, but the case was dropped by the CPS because police hadn't kept their records from the original investigation. It was standard policy to keep them for only ten years at that time. In 1986 the Adepts close to Yarr and those living with him at Slindon met to discuss the claims and then decided to end the cult.
I found it on a forum. https://forum6250.rssing.com/chan-59167626/article3041-live.html
Hi Andrew,
ReplyDeleteWhere is he now? Is he still alive? Lifewave was a long time ago.
He may still be teaching. That is what worries me. Consider this from a 2020 blog post comment "That organisation eventually collapsed and John Yarr is still teaching now called http://1meditation.com/". See here https://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2020/09/mystical-experiences-arent-what-meditation-is-about.html
DeleteThis makes sense of what my mother and I were told when we looked into him in about 2000. We were told there was some sort of case being put together against him and that someone was collecting the accounts of people who had been children who were assaulted by him. It’s so long ago I don’t remember anymore whether I had contact with the people who were collecting statements. I also knew that nothing came of it, but I no longer remember how I know that. I remember I was very upset that he had just got away with it.
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