SALT LAKE CITY — Charlene Jeffs smiles as she talks about finding her personal freedom since leaving the Fundamentalist LDS Church. "I've been free," she said in an interview Friday with FOX 13 News. "I don’t have to ask permission…[Continue Reading...]
A former Jehovah's Witness whose parents were siblings has opened up about their twisted relationship, which saw them having seven children together. Vanessa, from northeast Ohio, appeared on a recent episode of the We're All Insane podcast alongside host Devorah…[Continue Reading...]
Now, Katurah is a civil rights lawyer for a top firm in the USA, with eight years of experience, but life growing up was tough for the Survivor 45 cast member. The 35-year-old grew up in St. Louis and now…[Continue Reading...]
In the house I grew up in, we had an altar made of Japanese cypress. It housed carved wooden tablets for my ancestors — small tombstones embossed with golden Japanese calligraphy. The most recently departed ones had names. Not their…[Continue Reading...]
(RNS) — Kiersten White had a happy, protected childhood. Growing up in Highland, Utah, the award-winning novelist attended a high school that was 96% Mormon. She descended from pioneers who crossed the plains in the 1800s to live out their…[Continue Reading...]
COLORADO CITY, Ariz. — Growing up, Briell Decker had 13 siblings, two mothers and a father who had more than 70 wives. Now, she's living life on her own. Decker was raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of…[Continue Reading...]
Growing up a gay, Mormon, Latino in south Texas was not easy. While I was surrounded by many Latine people, I knew the world at large did not see us as the loving and diverse community that we are. On…[Continue Reading...]
A woman who was raised in an extremist religious 'cult' has lifted a lid on the harrowing 'abuse' that she endured as a child. Tamara MC, 50, revealed that she was taught she 'wasn't worthy of cleanliness,' and forced to…[Continue Reading...]
Bethany Joy Lenz got candid about the “breaking point” that led her to leave the cult she was a part of for a decade. “There’s a lot of highs and lots of lows and at some point, you just are…[Continue Reading...]
How can you tell if an organization is a cult? The answer lies in the level of dogmatism. The higher the level of certainty about a multitude of topics, the more likely it’s a cult. The more the cult member…[Continue Reading...]
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