Dr Caroline Ansley

Guest writer

Dr Caroline Ansley is a family doctor who shared her personal experiences of living at Centrepoint as a child in the 2021 documentary “Heaven & Hell: The Centrepoint Story”. She has been running the Centrepoint Restoration Project since 2016, supporting healing, connection and truth-telling for the child generation of Centrepoint.

Bert Potter and some of his followers at Centrepoint. (Photo: Supplied)

From Centrepoint to Gloriavale, why are we still naive about sexually dangerous cults?

The Gloriavale hearing is not the first time I’ve heard powerful men in unsafe communities promise to change their ways.

By Dr Caroline Ansley | 20th October, 2022

DR CAROLINE ANSLEY AS A YOUNG GIRL. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

We, the children of Centrepoint, are breaking through the silence

As Centrepoint once again becomes a focus of media attention, a survivor of the commune asks why the work of grappling with its legacy falls on those who suffered.

By Dr Caroline Ansley | 24th June, 2021