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The most disturbing story I’ve ever reported will be published Sunday in the St. Paul Pioneer Press and was just posted online here. It’s the story of a remarkable woman who endured nine years of sexual abuse, starting when she was just 13, by 14th Corps grad Victor Barnard, who recruited a harem of 10 young “Maidens” to be “sacrificed to God” and “married to Christ.” What that meant, according to a criminal complaint filed in Minnesota last month, was that he would use them repeatedly for sex — for years — because he was “Christ in the flesh.” He’s a wanted man today, believed to be hiding in Washington state. Some of you may not agree with what I’ve written here about The Way, but I hope you agree that if even half of this story is true, Barnard needs to be caught and put on trial so that whatever he did in secret can be brought to light.
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_25783953/victor-barnard-called-girls-brides-christ-and-he
