I was trapped in a cult & forced to give all my money to leaders who made me watch bizarre hot tub videos
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A CULT victim has described how brain-washed members donated all their money and were subjected to bizarre ‘teaching’ videos of the sect’s leaders in hot tubs.
Richard Turner was ironically working for a modern slavery support charity tied to the ominous Hope City Church when he was inadvertently drawn into its dark web.
More than a decade after his first encounter with the church in a hotel in Liverpool, the 41-year-old is still coming to terms with his trauma.
Now rebranded as C3 Hope after an internal investigation saw founder Dave Gilpin resign and leave the country in 2020, the church still has multiple branches across the North of England.
However, C3 has completely distanced itself from its previous iteration and is under new leadership – while Mr Gilpin has criticised the probe report as “incomplete”.
Richard, originally from Merseyside but who now lives in York, is the son of a Church of England vicar.
In a bid to support other cult survivors and help them recognise when they are being manipulated by such coercion, he has agreed to share his story.
Richard began working for City Hearts charity – now replaced by Causeway – in 2013, then tied to the church’s trust.
He was in a vulnerable place and easily latched onto the group’s teachings.
Some of his work line managers were pastors, and so it was an easy trap to fall into.
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