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"Bethany Joy Lenz Unveils Memoir Cover and Reveals Decade-Long Cult Experience"
entertainment2 years ago

"Bethany Joy Lenz Unveils Memoir Cover and Reveals Decade-Long Cult Experience"

Actress and singer-songwriter Bethany Joy Lenz has unveiled the cover of her upcoming memoir, "Dinner for Vampires," in which she reveals her experience spending a decade in an "abusive, high-demand group (aka cult)." The book will detail her life, including the years in the cult and the associated spiritual abuse, as well as her journey of healing through therapy. Lenz describes her challenging experience in the group, including being persuaded to marry one of the leader's sons and losing millions of her TV income and autonomy. The memoir is set to be released on Oct. 22, 2024, and is available for preorder.

Catholic Community Confronts Founder's Lies.
religion3 years ago

Catholic Community Confronts Founder's Lies.

Jean Vanier, the founder of the L'Arche federation, which provides community care for people with intellectual disabilities, perverted Catholic doctrine to justify his own sexual compulsions and abused women. The movement he created had at its core a secret, mystical-sexual "sect," and was founded for the precise purpose of hiding the sect's deviant activities from church authorities. L'Arche commissioned independent scholars to investigate after receiving a complaint from a victim a few years before Vanier died in 2019. The study commission identified at least 25 women whom Vanier abused, none of them intellectually disabled.