Please Scroll Down for Featured Resources and Transcript! Here, we’ll discuss the disturbing details of child sexual abuse that were encouraged by the cult’s leaders throughout its history, what this cult and others do to cultivate credibility among its followers and the outside world, how an organization with such well-documented transgressions manages to rake in millions of dollars every year even now, and the toll that life in a cult takes on those who are lucky enough to exit. On this episode, we’re joined by Daniella Mestyanek Young, a survivor who managed to escape the cult in her teens after being born into it as detailed in her book Uncultured: A Memoir. In no time at all, female followers were encouraged to use their bodies and sexuality to gain converts and money in a practice known as “flirty flashing.” The cult also practiced forced polyamory and religious prostitution while aiming to raise “sexually liberated” children. Like this show? Please leave us a review here - even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!įounded in 1968 ostensibly as a wholesome religious group centered around love, faith, and Jesus - and packaged to appeal to impressionable countercultural hippie types of the day - Children of God (later known by variations of “The Family”) veered into true cult territory under the direction of its leader, David Berg. The toll that life in a cult takes on those who are lucky enough to exit.
What this cult and others do to cultivate credibility - and raise funds - among its followers and the outside world.How child sexual abuse became a commonplace Children of God practice in an effort to raise “sexually liberated” children.How female followers of Children of God were encouraged to use their bodies and sexuality to gain converts and money in a practice known as “flirty flashing.”.How the seemingly wholesome Children of God (later known by variations of “The Family”) religious group centered around love, faith, and Jesus - and packaged to appeal to impressionable countercultural hippie types of the day - veered into true cult territory under the direction of its leader, David Berg.What We Discuss with Daniella Mestyanek Young: Daniella Mestyanek Young ( is a survivor of the religious Children of God cult, a US Army combat veteran, an extremely advanced knitter, and the author of Uncultured: A Memoir.
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