Jesus Army: Investigating One of the UK's Most Abusive Cults

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Jesus Army: Investigating one of the UK's most abusive cults

A new documentary series tells the story of now-disgraced evangelical movement the Jesus Army.

Investigating one of the UK’s most abusive cults

Hundreds of people are still traumatised as a result of abuse they suffered at the hands of a now-disgraced evangelical movement. Jon Ironmonger, who investigated the Jesus Army group prior to its closure five years ago, has been to meet the director of a new BBC documentary series telling its story. At first glance, the Jesus Army seemed a “happy-clappy” church set in the Northamptonshire countryside, with two- or three thousand members, a gaud…

Inside The Cult Of The Jesus Army