Leaving Australia's Nameless Sect 7NEWS Spectrum

Spectrum: A 7NEWS Podcast by Seven West Media

Jan 20, 202347:25Society & Culture

At 16, in 1990, Elizabeth Coleman learned the sect she was born into didn't date back to Jesus as claimed. The discovery shook her, and she struggled with doubt and shame until—and even after—leaving in 1993....

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