Coverage roadmap
How the CLCI Hub catalogue grows: where it is currently strong, where it is thin, what we are researching next, and how candidate groups become published profiles.
How the pipeline works
- Identify a candidate. A group is added to /research/candidate-groups with a
reasonForInclusionandreasonForCaution. This is not a finding. - Research the candidate. Public sources are gathered against the source hierarchy. Tier of evidence (court records, academic work, journalism, ex-member testimony) is recorded.
- Decide. Outcomes are: promote to scored profile, hold for more research, reject for insufficient sources, reject as too private, reject as not actually a group, or mark as duplicate of an existing entry.
- If promoting: draft a full profile with BITE scores, modifier, confidence rating, sources, and disclaimers. Apply right-of-reply intake before publication where appropriate.
Where the catalogue is currently strong
- Major historical Western cases (Scientology, Branch Davidians, Peoples Temple, FLDS, Aum Shinrikyo, NXIVM).
- Christian high-control catalogue (Jehovah's Witnesses, Word of Faith Fellowship, IBLP, Twelve Tribes, Bruderhof comparator, multiple Korean Christian NRMs).
- Indian guru-led movements (Sahaja Yoga, ISKCON, Sai Baba organisation, Asaram Bapu, Isha Foundation, Nithyananda).
- Wellness, MLM, and online-coaching ecosystems (Landmark, NXIVM, Teal Swan, Andrew Tate / Hustlers University, Andrew Huberman, Aubrey Marcus, multiple MLMs).
- Political / ideological cadre coverage (LaRouche-era successor entries, Atomwaffen, Active Club, multiple QAnon-adjacent communities).
- Methodology and trust infrastructure (13 methodology pages, editorial policy, corrections, right-of-reply).
Where the catalogue is currently thin
- Sub-Saharan Africa. Specific named groups beyond the well-documented Ugandan and South African cases.
- Latin America. Brazilian neo-Pentecostal abuse cases; Mexican and Andean prophetic movements.
- Eastern Europe and post-Soviet space. NRMs beyond the most-famous Western cases.
- Southeast Asia. Indonesian and Filipino apocalyptic and prophetic movements beyond Apollo Quiboloy.
- Mormon fundamentalist offshoots. Apostolic United Brethren, LeBaron family branches, Centennial Park group, Righteous Branch.
- Online coaching ecosystems. The set is large and fast-moving; individual high-confidence profiles require sustained source-density.
Priorities
See /research/candidate-groups for the prioritised research backlog. Priorities run P0–P4:
- P0 — major omissions with strong existing source bases.
- P1 — high-value entries with adequate source bases.
- P2 — useful entries warranting research.
- P3 — long-tail entries; lower urgency.
- P4 — watchlist only; not currently expected to promote.
What does not appear on this roadmap
- Private individuals or small groups without a meaningful public-source base.
- Mainstream traditions whose mere existence as a religious or political community is not high-control by structural measure.
- Groups identified only by rumour or single-source allegations.
- Groups whose inclusion would be defamation absent public-source evidence.