Women who grew up in the sex cult Children of God reveal the abuse they suffered in Discovery documentary Children of the Cult
BEING lifted onto her ‘grandpa’s’ lap Serena Kelley wrinkled her nose at the unpleasant smell of the grey-haired man.
I fled 'exorcist' cult where newborn babies are savagely beaten - I was repeatedly raped & told I was the devil aged 3“I’d toddle downstairs into the communal rooms where I’d stumble on drunken orgies,” she says.“On other occasions, I’d be made to dance and undress in front of the camera. In 1994, when Serena was 12, David Berg died and his widow Karen took over the Children of God and relaxed the rules about interacting with outsiders.
Serena had been living in Brazil for six years where her mum was the head of the South American division of the cult.“When she told me she would, I realised I wasn’t safe with my own mother and vowed to leave as soon as I turned 18. She says: “I didn’t have a bank account, a driving licence, or any form of ID but my new independence felt like an incredible luxury.“Despite everything, in 2013 I went to university and studied corporate communications.
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