A former RAF officer persuaded to give his home to a spiritual healing centre has spoken out for the first time.
Richard Curtis, 53, won his house back last month after bringing a court case for undue influence against the Self-Realization Meditation Healing Centre.
The Somerset-based centre, a registered charity, is appealing against the ruling.
Mr Curtis, from Brecon, told the BBC’s Inside Out West programme he wants the law on charity donations to be changed.
He said: “I am fighting a battle not just for myself but for all the other people that have given all to god and guru and been left with nothing.”
‘Presumption of influence’
Mr Curtis had been a follower of the centre’s guru, Rena Denton, who goes by the name Mata Yogananda Mahasaya Dharma.
A statement issued by the centre, which is run by a group of members called the Alpha-Omega family, said: “The court found only that the failure by Mr Curtis to seek independent legal advice meant…
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