Matt HodgkinsonJul 26, 2025

When I was a kid, the Jesus Army was a kooky group who wore colourful jackets and drove around in colourful buses. They were also a strict hierarchical community who separated children from their parents and engaged in mass child abuse, only shutting down in 2019.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jul/24/jesus-army-fellowship-cult-noel-stanton

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