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Decades of silence preceded a painful reckoning for a Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation on the Kenai Peninsula

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For years, rumors about Scott Merritt and the underage girls in a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on the Kenai Peninsula hovered over the congregation. As far back as the 1990s, members remember hearing it said that Merritt, a well-liked…[Continue Reading...]

“Always Be a Yes” How the wellness cult OneTaste turned consciousness-raising into alleged sex slavery

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Nicole Daedone had a problem, and to solve it, she needed some willing and able women. It was 2011, and Nicole was the co-founder and C.E.O. of OneTaste, a San Francisco–based sexual wellness start-up that sold courses on orgasmic meditation.…[Continue Reading...]

Kenai man indicted for sex crimes during time as church leader

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On Oct. 30, a Kenai grand jury indicted 45-year-old Aaron “Scott” Merritt on multiple counts, charging him with sexually abusing four girls between the ages of 5 and 14 who were congregants of Kenai’s Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. According…[Continue Reading...]

Can Delbarton recover from $5M sex assault verdict? ‘Stakes are high’ as jury reconvenes

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The $5 million jury verdict in favor of a Delbarton School graduate who said he was sexually assaulted by a monk a half-century ago could have vast implications for one of New Jersey's most prestigious private schools, as well as…[Continue Reading...]

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