Redemptorists (Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer)
Mainstream Catholic missionary order founded by Alphonsus Liguori (1732).
CLCI radar
BITE breakdown
0 — mainstream Catholic missionary order.
Profile facts
In context
The Redemptorists operate global parish missions and retreats. Mainstream Catholic religious life with voluntary lifelong vows.
Recovery resources
- ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) — General referral and cult-aware therapist directory.
- INFORM (Information Network on Religious Movements) — LSE-founded UK research-based information service covering new religious movements.
- Freedom of Mind Resource Center — Steven Hassan's organisation; BITE-model resources and family-side exit guidance.
See the full curated list at /resources.
This profile is in progress — history, deeper BITE evidence and survivor voices are still being added. Contributions welcome via GitHub.
Timeline
- 1732Founded by Alphonsus Liguori
Evidence matrix
Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.
| Title | Type | Reliability | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| lire en ligne · archive | Journalism | Secondary | — |
| lire en ligne · archive | Journalism | Secondary | — |
Sources
- Various order publications search ↗
- lire en ligne — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-51725946 open ↗
- lire en ligne — https://www.la-croix.com/religion/ils-vont-consacrer-un-eveque-sans-mandat-pontifical-qui-sont-les-redemptoristes-transalpins-20260707 open ↗
We cite sources by name and outlet rather than fabricating links. Where a source includes its own URL, the open ↗ link opens it directly; otherwise search ↗ runs a Google Scholar query for the cited title — useful for verifying academic sources. For news outlets, search the outlet's own archive.
Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-29Phase 1 Batch J: per-group recovery resources applied via programmatic palette (closest-fit by category + subCategory + score). Palette: Mainstream-comparator lighter.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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