I must say that I'm shocked how any mom could ever just not talk to there own child. You carried that child for 9 months. You gave birth to that child. You fed your child, clothed and loved your child.
Cult or not - I really don't understand how anything can come in between that bond. I would think that you would have to lose your heart and soul to abandon your own child for just about anything. I'd rather die at the big A then disown my own child. I will never understand that now that I know what it is like to be a mom. I've never bonded with anybody the way I have with my daughter. I love her much more then I could ever, ever love myself...
One day, all these parents who shunned there own children are going to figure out that they were duped. What a sad day that will be...