The Christine Blasey Ford of the ACB hearing has been identified - Coral Anika Theill

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A former member of the People of Praise has called on U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to allow her to testify about her time in the charismatic Christian community during Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

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In a letter addressed to U.S. Senators this week, Coral Anika Theill, urged them to allow her to testify at Barrett's confirmation hearings about "the oppression, abuse and crimes that I and other women were victims of in the People of Praise sect."

She wrote: "I would very much like to testify to the Senate in person as I believe the public should hear first-hand about Amy Coney Barrett's support of patriarchal ideology and resulting oppression of women. This should be a disqualifier for the highest court in the land."

Theill said that "although men have ultimate authority in the sect, women leaders, like [Barrett], are complicit in the subordination and mistreatment of lower status women like me."

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"The entire time I was there, I was under the control of men and subjected to psychological abuse, including undue influence, threats, shaming, and shunning by leaders and my husband," she wrote.

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"Coercive persuasion was used on my children to turn them against me. My husband and community leaders used coercive control, isolation and intimidation to strip me of my personhood, safety and freedoms guaranteed to me as a United States citizen. They also launched a smear campaign when I finally got the courage to leave."

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