Skowhegan woman learns to heal from stepfather’s ‘cult-like’ abuse over 20 years
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SKOWHEGAN — Aria Sanborn knew she had to escape. She also knew what would happen if she failed.
Sanborn had lived for nearly 20 years inside a small rural mobile home in Liberty with her siblings, mother and abusive stepfather, Wade Brayman. She had attempted escaping Brayman’s house several times before but failed each time.
Using physical force, a distorted reading of the Bible and emotional manipulation, Brayman exercised total control over Sanborn. He stipulated everything from the people with whom she could socialize at school to what she wore and ate well into her adult years.
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