LYRA’S LAW

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Because Religious Freedom Is No Excuse for Abuse

True to the mandates of ReLOVution, it is our intention to introduce Lyra’s Law for study in Chambers. Penned by Roberto Angelis Lyra and amended by other survivors, this bill seeks to challenge unchecked religious freedoms that enable abuse, preventing the undue indoctrination of minors under fear-based ideology. It aims to establish clear legal boundaries where faith cannot be weaponized to inflict harm.

Once both the Senate and House of Commons have tabled the bill, a petition will be presented to the Governor General for Royal Assent – that Lyra’s Law may become an enforceable edict.

1. Purpose of Lyra’s Law

Protecting Minors from Religious Abuse

Prohibiting the exposure of children to psychological, emotional, and physical harm in faith-based settings.
Criminalizing fear-based indoctrination tactics used to manipulate young minds.

Severe Penalties for Religious Harm

Individuals or institutions found guilty of religiously motivated abuse will be placed on a public registry for life.
Those who subject minors to harmful rituals, forced exorcisms, or other coercive practices will face strict legal consequences.

Mandatory Psychological Evaluations

Children suspected of enduring religious trauma will undergo psychiatric evaluation to assess both immediate risk and long-term mental health impact.
If faith-based environments pose a danger to the child’s well-being, they will be removed from toxic influences and placed in protective care.

Religious trauma is a form of psychological abuse. Children deserve protection from indoctrination disguised as divine will.

2. Addressing Religious Ostracism & Shunning

Ostracism is spiritual warfare – a weapon used to destroy lives.

Legal Consequences for Social & Familial Alienation

Excommunication, shunning, and religious disfellowshipping that result in the severance of parent-child relationships will be legally actionable at every degree.
Those who enforce estrangement for religious reasons will be held accountable under legal provisions against coercive control and emotional abuse.

Holding Religious Enablers Responsible

Any clergy, elders/leaders, even congregants who encourage, enforce, or justify isolation tactics will face charges for psychological harm.
Family members who cut off children, spouses, or parents due to religious mandates will be recognized as enablers of abuse.

Religious freedom ends where human rights begin. Shunning and disfellowshipping are tools of manipulation – not spiritual discipline. Related loses and/or projections linked to said abuses, will be awarded victims toward healing.

3. Removing Tax-Exempt Status for Abusive Religious Institutions

Faith should never serve as a shield for predators. Institutions found guilty of covering up abuse or enabling harm, will be stripped of tax-exempt status.

Reallocating Seized Assets to Survivor Support

Church properties seized from corrupt institutions will be repurposed into shelters, counselling centres, and rehabilitation programs for survivors.
Financial reparations will be mandated for religious organizations that have profited off the suffering of their members.

Prohibiting Financial Exploitation in Religious Contexts

Any religious group found to financially exploit members under coercion will face criminal prosecution and asset forfeiture.
Elder financial abuse, often targeting vulnerable seniors through forced tithing or “Seed faith” donations, will be classified as financial fraud.

No religious institution should be above the law. If they fail to protect their members, they must forfeit the privileges of tax exemption. In cases where elders/ministers are personally involved, these will also be held personally liable.

4. Retroactive Justice: No Statute of Limitations on Religious Abuse

Abuse does not expire, and neither should justice.

Lyra’s Law will ensure that there is no statute of limitations on cases involving

Religious indoctrination/grooming that led to psychological damage
Institutionally protected sexual abuse within faith communities
Religious hate crimes that resulted in personal harm or forced exclusion

Ensuring survivors can seek compensation and legal action

Survivors will retain the right to seek damages, even decades after their abuse
Legal precedent will be set to allow retroactive prosecution of clergy, church elders, and governing bodies that enabled abuse. In cases where transfer of wealth disables victim compensation, forensic audit and seizure of related assets will apply. Given protocols regarding proceeds of crime, any parties hiding assets will also be charged.

Time does not heal wounds inflicted by religious corruption – justice does.

5. Why This Law Matters

Lyra’s Law is not about attacking faith – rather confirmation preventing its misuse.

This legislation is necessary because religious institutions have proven, time and again, that they will not hold themselves accountable.

Preventing Future Harm

The law will set a global precedent in defining religious trauma as a prosecutable offense
It will safeguard future generations from the systemic failures that have allowed abuse to persist

A Personal Dedication
Lyra’s Law is written in memory of the founder’s own mother and children, and with respect to countless innocent lives shattered by religious oppression. Religious freedom is not a license to abuse individuals or decimate families. It’s time for accountability inspired by Lyra’s Law.