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Heart and Soul: The ‘living saint’ who hid a mystical sex sect

The Documentary Podcast

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The Rise and Fall of Larch Troli

The sect operated secretly in Troli under the cover of Larch and the good work that was being done there. Their victims were not people with learning disabilities but women who were seeking spiritual guidance. The abuse which Jean Van Yee was accused of or traced back to Tom Afilipe and to his mystical sexual deviance. Claire Vasson-Mory: We know that he abused and controlled these women based on the beliefs he had inherited from Tom Afili pe.

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