About the Open Quakers Website
This website came about as a direct result of my experience of the Quakers over several years, and most especially as a consequence of my attempt to re–join as a member in 2008 after a few years absence. What happened to me was, to say the least, extreme, but it exposed very real problems that lie beneath the apparently calm surface of a deeply troubled Society.
I launched this site in 2013, and I have added to it from time to time ever since. Over the years, I have been contacted by other people who have suffered similar spiritual and social abuse at the hands of different area meetings. I hope that, if you are such a person, you will come to know that you are not alone. The effects of abuse never really go away entirely, but I know from experience that it can greatly help to know that you are not the only one. If anything in this website speaks to you, there is a link to my contact details at the bottom of each page of this site. I would genuinely like to hear from you.
Robert Powell
30th September 2025