re: Rose McGowan (Weinstein's NY Time article accuser) "big" name dropping on Twitter

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My early childhood inside a cult': Rose McGowan reveals how she escaped Children of God sect

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The actress, now 37, has revealed that her first nine years were spent in the confines of the controversial Children of God sect, a group which blended free love attitudes with preparing for the second coming of Jesus.

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Like in most cults, you were cut off from your [outside] family,' she tells the magazine. 'There were no newspapers, no television. You were kept in the dark so you would obey. It was not a wealthy existence.' Although she did believe in God, the star did not buy into the group's fervent philosophy or their attitude towards women, and recalls how she once lit a wall of bibles on fire. 'I remember watching how the cult's men were with the women, and at a very early age I decided I did not want to be like those women.They were basically there to serve the men sexually. 'The women would go to bars as lures (to pick up recruits) - they called it flirty fishing.' Eventually, McGowan says she and her family left the cult after it began to advocate sex between children and adults.

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