The Authentic Eclectic

How “Serving God” Unraveled into Sex Abuse, Child Neglect, and a Very Abnormal Normal

I was a naive teenager, desperate for belonging. But my “home” for 31 years turned out to be a house of horrors

I have written various stories about my life in relation to the years I spent in the Children of God, but I have yet to tell the story of my time in the cult. Here it is. This article was first published in Salon in 2015. I have edited and…