Jean Vernette, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean Vernette

French cult researcher

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1929

Place of Birth: Port-Vendres, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Date of Death: 16-Sep-2002

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Jean Vernette

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  • Jean Vernette (born in Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales on 26 February 1929, died on 16 September 2002), was a French priest of the diocese of Montauban.
  • He was considered a specialist by the Roman Catholic Church.
  • In 1973, he was appointed national secretary of the French episcopate for the study of cults and new religious movements.
  • He published several books on cults, new therapies, and related topics.
  • In his 1989 book, Le Nouvel Age, Vernette criticised the New Age movement, which he described as an Anglo Saxon movement which was beginning to invade France.
  • He asked if it represented the coming of the Anti-Christ, a Jewish conspiracy, or a project for a global government.
  • He also noted its parallels with Nazism and said that Christians should be discerning towards it.
  • Vernette spoke out against the 1996 report of the Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France and against the About-Picard law (in 2001), because of what he saw as a potential "anti-cult" attack on the Catholic Church itself.
  • In 2000, he was auditioned by the French Senate about the opportuneness of a law strengthening the prevention and repression of cults.

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