New allegations of sexual and domestic abuse made against Jesus Army cult
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About 60 former members of the Jesus Army, a cult described as one of the most abusive in British history, have come forward with new allegations against the group, according to a lawyer representing claimants.
The cases range from allegations of sexual or domestic abuse to claims for unpaid work from women who served as “domestic sisters” in the cult, which at its peak in the mid-2000s had several thousand members, many of whom surrendered their assets to the leadership.
Married women living in the group’s many communal houses were required to work long hours, unpaid, and some lawyers believe they were treated as modern slaves. Some of the claimants also allege they reported abuse to the Jesus Army’s leadership, who failed to act.
The approaches have been made to Kathleen Hallisey, a solicitor with Scott-Moncrieff & Associates, after a Guardian piece and BBC documentary, Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army, in July.
Hallisey is now preparing 24 civil claims against the Jesus Fellowship Community Trust (JCFT), which has been tasked with winding up the group’s assets after its closure in 2019. She said: “The number of new cases is way beyond what I expected in terms of more people coming forward.”
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