E294 Deb‘s mother joined The Ingleside United Methodist Church (IL) when Deb was a young girl. Members called themselves The Fellowship. Led by a man named Lou Hillendahl, it would soon become apparent to Deb, and many of the other children, that they were trapped in a cycle of abuse and servitude. When Lou’s wrong-doings were brought to light, he took more than a dozen families to Vashon Island, WA, founding the Wesleyan Community Church, a commune cult built on psychobabble, forced labor, and sexual predation. At 20, Deb finally escaped and has spent the last three decades trying to heal from her childhood hell. Trigger warning: child abuse, trauma.

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