Cult leaders convicted for exploiting children in forced labor since 2000
Briefly

"Under the guise of false pretenses and coercion, these victims, some of whom were as young as eight years old, endured inhumane and abhorrent conditions," FBI Special Agent Stephen Cyrus said.
"Prosecutors said the group, which was labeled a cult by a federal judge in 2018, beat children and imposed severe dietary restrictions."
"Jenkins... persuaded his followers that he was shown the proper way to rule the Earth after being 'taken through the galaxy by aliens on a spaceship.'"
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