Centrepoint (commune)

Justice Blanchard said that Potter had "systematically corrupted children for his own sexual pleasure and had abused the power and trust community members placed in him".

[3] On his release, Potter maintained his innocence and that he still believed that "intimacy" and "exploration" between adults and children was natural and desirable.

The drugs were widely used by most members of the community in large groups, family units, or by people on their own to deepen the psychotherapy that was at the heart of Bert's teachings.

The qualitative study, titled A Different Kind of Family: Retrospective accounts of growing up at Centrepoint, and implications for adulthood, contains testimonies from some of the 29 interviewees.

Boys "propositioned" by older women found it easier to resist, while sexually abused girls - some as young as 10 - were "idealised" as "being in touch with their loving".

The new trust then leased property to the New Community Group, made up of former Centrepoint members, who formed the Anahata Eco-village.