Daddy Issues with Violet Benson28 Joulu 2023

Cult Survivor: Children of God

YOU CALL IT OCTOBER, I CALL IT CULT MONTH ON ALMOST ADULTING PODCAST!

This month focuses entirely on CULTS - where survivors of various cults will be sharing their stories and bringing awareness to the reality and prominence of these organizations.

This week on Almost Adulting Violet speaks with Celeste, a former member of the Children of God (now called The Family International). Children of God was founded in Huntington Beach, California in 1968 by David Berg, and was eventually dubbed by BBC as ‘hell on earth’. Celeste brings the listener on an emotional journey, giving vivid details of what life was like as a person born into Children of God, and her upbringing within the confines of the cult without sparing any details. Celeste then explains how she escaped, post-cult living, and her one wish for the people responsible for their heinous crimes.

TW: sexual abuse

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What to Listen For:

00:00 Introduction
00:37 What is the Children of God?
02:37 The biggest misconceptions about the group
03:44 Joining the cult
08:13 How do children spend their day?
12:40 The system
13:33 Very limited access to healthcare
15:00 What’s flirty fishing?
19:48 No limit around age or status
22:24 Earliest memory of sexual abuse
25:13 Sexual sharing
28:35 Is it easy to leave the cult?
33:58 Adjusting to the normal world
35:59 Growing up after leaving the cult
42:17 How do you view religion now?
46:17 Forgiving your parents
47:52 Reviving the cult
50:39 Reconnecting with other cult children

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