People of Praise: Former Member of Group Tied to SCOTUS Front-Runner Amy Barrett Calls It a "Cult"

[MiniMe]

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/23/coral_anika_theill_people_of_praise?fbclid=IwAR2qnZ70EzWcgnSTmzXavTdw2JNm_5S_TnxOXg2IwiYD5s0us1pWGPqXRKc

From Amy Goodwin, Democracy Now

As President Trump appears poised to announce a nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, we speak with a former member of the secretive Catholic group People of Praise, known for its rigid gender roles and lifelong loyalty oaths, which apparent front-runner Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a member of. “Many call it a community, but I describe it as a cult,” says Coral Anika Theill, who was a member of People of Praise from 1979 to 1984 and is now speaking out against the organization.

CORAL ANIKA THEILL: Thank you for having me on your show, and I’m a fan of you and your show.

I was a member of the People of Praise — many call it a community, but I describe it as a cult — in Corvallis, Oregon. I experienced abuse and torture by my husband, Marty Warner, Independence, Oregon, and the cult leaders, as well as shunning, shaming and a smear campaign against me when I escaped and left. For safety, I legally changed my name, and I’ve lived under a state address protection program from my ex-husband for the past 20 years.

Even though I left the People of Praise cult, I didn’t have any rights, due to being married to my husband, who was a cult member. I was under the authority of my husband and his authoritarian head, Ed Brown. Under their authority, I was forced to attend meetings, but because I had defied leadership and their authority, I was forced to sit on the floor outside of their meetings in the hallway at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church. There’s dozens of witnesses that have seen how I was treated. What I would ask listeners to consider, even though they say this is a healthy group, to consider how I was treated and if this would be correct for Amy Barrett to be treated.

more at link She is definitely not qualified

[CrispyQ]

1. She has that same crazed look Michele Bachmann has.

May their blessed rapture happen soon and suck all these hateful whack jobs off the planet.

[Mossfern]

2. So, does that mean

that Amy Barrett must clear decisions with her husband and her head? Of course she will claim not, but maybe the gentlemen who oversee her behavior need to testify and swear on oath. They are assumed religious and therefore wouldn't lie under oath. (where's the sarcasm smiley?)

[Bettie]

3. As I read it, she needs to clear them with

her husband, his head, her keeper (whatever they are calling them now), AND have those people run it up to leadership to ensure that the ruling is in line with the wishes of the group.

So, an independent judiciary isn't a thing in a budding theocracy?

[sarcasmo]

5. Amy Barrett will be in two cults, People of Praise and #Cult45 .

[Bayard]

6. Cult member

With all the implications. And what?--only 4 years experience as a judge? A travesty, insult, and outrage.

She doesn't have the qualifications to fill the pinky finger of one of RBG's cool gloves.

[Boogiemack]

7. As I recall, ALL catholicism is referred to as a "cult" by evangelicals.

I have family members who consider themselves to be evangelicals. Inside church they regard Catholics, Mormons, Adventist, and Jehovah Witnesses as cults. The one tie that binds them is abortion.