Source recordOfficial public recordverified2020sShunning and family

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Unia case-law database: Hof van Cassatie, 19 december 2023, P.22.0971.N, “Rejection of Unia's cassation appeal”

19 December 2023Source ID src-unia-2023-1219-cassationAccessed 19 September 2026
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Unia case-law database: Hof van Cassatie, 19 december 2023, P.22.0971.N, “Rejection of Unia's cassation appeal”

19 December 2023 · Unia

“the exclusion policy does not incite breaking of bonds between parents and children or between spouses”

The Court of Cassation upheld the 2022 acquittal; it found the policy 'strongly discourages and designates as sinful' contact with ex-members but that members 'have free will to leave'.

Provenance and verification note for Unia case-law database: Hof van Cassatie, 19 december 2023, P.22.0971.N, Rejection of Unia's cassation appeal

Confidence note. Unia case page opened; case number P.22.0971.N, date and outcome confirmed; judgment text not opened.

Corroborated by. src-introvigne-2024-cesnur-shunning

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-unia-2023-1219-cassation