Haiti

2 profiled groups with documented operations in Haiti — 0 Extreme-band, 1 High-band, 1 Moderate or below. Presence here describes documented operations, not a judgement about Haiti or its communities; many listed groups also operate elsewhere.

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Church of Bible Understanding (Stewart Traill)

The Church of Bible Understanding (COBU) was founded in 1971 in Allentown, Pennsylvania by former vacuum-cleaner salesman Stewart Traill — first as the Forever Family, renamed in 1976 — and became one of the era's most documented communal 'Jesus movement' groups gone authoritarian: members lived in crowded communal fellowships, worked long hours in church businesses (most famously the Christian Brothers carpet-cleaning operation in New York), and lived under Traill's absolute doctrinal and personal authority until his death in 2018. The group ran orphanages in Haiti funded by the business income; in February 2020 a fire at its Kenscoff orphanage killed 15 children, drawing international scrutiny to facilities that had repeatedly failed accreditation. A diminished remnant continues.

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Haitian Vodou (mainstream)

Haitian syncretic religion blending West African (Fon, Yoruba, Kongo) traditions with Catholic iconography. Distinctive lwa veneration and houngan/mambo priesthood. Mostly low-control mainstream tradition.

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