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Cheryl Nichols - High School Teacher Grooming, Patriarchy, and "Passing the Trash"

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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What Is Grooming?

Ause met the teacher when she was 15, and then he becomes a teacher. He groomed her in several stages: befriending, gaining trust, desensitization to sexual topics or touch. Ause says it started with him opening up about things that she didn't feel comfortable talking about with boys of her age. The series premieres tonight at 9 p.m. ET on CNN.

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