Anne Hamilton-Byrne, the former head of Australia’s Family cult, has made a secret out-of-court settlement with one of her alleged victims, who claimed he was routinely injected with LSD at her behest.

Supreme Court documents show at least five former cult members in the past four years have sued the self-appointed mystic for treatment they claimed to have suffered at her hands or under her direction.

Sarah Moore, the woman who broke away from The Family cult, became a doctor and then wrote herself dozens of prescriptions for pethidine, has escaped conviction and jail.

A doctor who was raised in a notorious Victorian cult has been placed on a community order for forging drug prescriptions.

In her book Unseen Unheard Unknown - which borrows its title from the motto of the cult she escaped from - Sarah Moore feared her nascent medical career would be damaged as a result of being in "The Family". Yesterday that career was in jeopardy when she faced court on prescription-drug charges.

Sarah Moore, a woman who broke away from the 1980s cult "The Family", was granted bail yesterday while facing charges of forging dozens of prescriptions to feed her pethidine addiction.

A woman who was brought up in the notorious religious sect The Family is suing its leader, Anne Hamilton-Byrne, for cruel and inhumane treatment she claims she was subjected to as a child.

A former member of a well-publicised Victorian religious cult has launched a lawsuit, claiming long-term psychological injuries from her treatment in the sect.