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Elishaba Doerksen, Part 1 - My Family Cult in the Wilderness

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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The Story of Your Dad and Your Relationship With Your Dad

"I didn't know what it was like to be anywhere else other than sleeping in his arms," she says of her dad. "He would beat the devil out of me, that's what he said." She felt shame when he got mad at mom and thought it was my fault because he I was supposed to make him happy. He called her 'Abba' or 'Papa' every time they were together. The abuse is detailed in a new documentary about child sex abuse on TLC.

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