"I'm like, what are you guys doing? You're killing her," Paschal said. Paschal said he voiced concerns about the group enabling Carlson's alcoholism. "According to her family, she has never received a cancer diagnosis," Sheena said.Ĭarlson continued to consume copious amounts of alcohol. Cancer is typically measured in stages 1 to 4. "She said she had stage 5 cancer."Ĭarlson often said she had stage 5 cancer, which does not exist. She was being carried everywhere," he said. His wife, Ariane Whitten, told The Independent that the group abandoned him after deciding he "didn't have the right energy." Days later, he was found wandering in the mountains naked and dehydrated, and with cactus needles in his feet. "Ask Elon Musk how much he slept."Īlthough senior members of the cult said their mission was to spread love and build a community, this was not the experience of some former members.Īlex Whitten left his wife and children in 2020 to live with the group in Crestone. "If anybody knows what it takes to create something extraordinary - it takes a lot of work and dedication," Aurora said. They said members willingly gave their money to the group, and that those who complained about lack of sleep were not sufficiently dedicated to the mission. Hope and Aurora have rebutted the allegations.
Some said they were made to hand over their income and savings to the group. Walter "Riccey" Paschal, a former member of Love Has Won, said he witnessed Carlson controlling members' sleep patterns, food consumption, and sexual activity.įormer members said they weren't allowed to sleep for more than four hours a night. And that really perverted everything that we did," he added. "Unfortunately, you couldn't get her away from this idea of needing this title and thinking she's God. I mean, no offense, but she's not my type," Profaci said. "To tell you the truth, I had no intentions of being in a relationship with her. Profaci traveled to Crestone to join the group in 2014 after discovering it online.Ĭarlson soon told him that he would be "a vessel for Father God's consciousness." The role of Father God was to be Carlson's partner, romantically and as a leader. And they are leaving their entire lives, giving all their money, and going to worship this person," Sheena said. "As crazy as it might look and hard to believe that people actually believe this stuff, they do. While older videos show a composed, soft-spoken Carlson, more recent videos show the cult leader visibly drunk, verbally abusing members, and shouting, "I'm fucking God, you fucking whores!" "You think, of course, who gave birth in your family? The woman does," he said.Ĭult members called Carlson "Mom" or "Mother God," and she called them her children. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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