NORTH CAROLINA
WLOS
by Frank Kracher
SPINDALE, N.C. (WLOS) —
Former members of a controversial North Carolina church gathered in Spindale on Saturday for a community meeting.
More than 100 people listened to stories of former Word of Faith Fellowship members, who consider themselves “survivors.”
They left the Rutherford County-based church because they said they’d been physically and psychologically abused.
This gathering comes after a district attorney for three counties asked the state to investigate two of his assistant prosecutors for alleged involvement in coaching defendants as part of cases against Word of Faith Fellowship. Two days after he announced the request, DA David Learner released a statement saying those two prosecutors were no longer working for him.
Those who spoke on Saturday said their parents were already members. So, as children, they had no choice to leave on their own.
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