[19] Mark died of an AIDS-related illness in 1997,[20] and a Portuguese court awarded her custody of their children on the condition that Claire Scott does not leave Portugal.
Baldwin agreed, since Catalyst believed that the group was a "cult" that used poverty and physical force to control its members, and flew to Portugal.
[19] The three children—a sixteen-year-old girl and two 13-year-old twin boys—expressed to both Claire Scott and Baldwin that they wished to stay in Portugal with ISG, but were forced to leave to Britain, where they arrived on 16 January 1997.
[18][21] On 23 January 1997, The Guardian published an article called "Into a Shadowy World" in which the authors portrayed Baldwin as a "self-promoting, obsessive and dangerous crusader" against new religious movements.
Baldwin believed that his characterization was libelous in addition to the article's assertion that he broke a pledge made with Portuguese court, used false religious credentials, and was involved in the children's deprogramming.
[22][23] The Guardian's editor Alan Rusbridger believed that the newspaper article was a "responsible and careful piece of journalism" and that losing the case was a "sad reflection on the libel laws.
"[22] Rusbridger reported that The Guardian would appeal the decision;[22] however, Baldwin believed that the editor's comments "undermine[d] the vindication he had won from the jury" in the original case, according to journalist Duncan Lamont.