Dec 23, 2024
We've brought back a fan favorite from Season 3 for an update on litigation cult survivors can bring against their abusers, and this time we're also tackling the dreaded topic of defamation.
Carol Merchasin, an attorney with the firm McAllister Olivarius, has had some success bringing lawsuits on behalf of people who...
Nov 26, 2024
Estrangement is a traumatic topic, no matter your family of
origin, but it feels unavoidable when you reject your tribe’s
religious ideologies.
Lynn knows this
well.
She was raised in Salt Lake City on a Mormon pedestal: the
great-great grand-niece of
Joseph Smith, founder of the
Mormon Church. It was a bit like...
Oct 27, 2024
Jesse grew up in "the perfect church," or so he was told. The small, albeit pushy congregation his life centered around in the town of Oregon, IL seemed almost ideal as a small child.
But then the immortal leader died.
She didn't come back to life like she was supposed to. And the new leader liked restrictions. There...
Sep 29, 2024
Most people have heard of Christian Science and passed by the reading rooms, but how much do you know about it?
Hilary grew up as a radical reliant Christian Scientist, which meant her family avoided medical intervention in favor of prayer to try to cure ailments. She lived to talk about it, but others weren't so...
Sep 3, 2024
When Susan was 13, her stepdad brought her into what was then known as the Divine Light Mission, an organization led by Prem Rawat (aka Guru Maharaj Ji, aka The Boy Guru, aka Lord of the Universe, aka The Perfect Master. ... etc.) She became a believer and eventually moved into one of the ashrams while she was still...