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50. There's a multi-part documentary on HBO

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:21 PM

15 hrs ago

...called Slaves of Faith: Heralds of the Gospel, which I think grew out of the TFP movement up in Brazil. Really interesting watch, if you haven't seen it. If I remember right, one of the investigators had gotten a call from a person who had experience with a chapter(?) in Texas. That validated family complaints, which had been ignored by complicit local authorities.

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