Hello. I can't help you with your questions. My husband was a devout member of the cult from 1971 until a few weeks before his death last year, when I don't think he had the energy, or maybe the memory, to jump through the wart's trick hoops any longer. I didn't meet my husband until 1999, and we married a couple of years later. I knew of the wart, but not really anything about him. I had heard and read a little bit and was like, no, he's got nothing for me.
Of course, after we were married, I discovered how ensnared my husband was. I began seriously researching the wart, and was horrified at what I found. Unfortunately, my husband refused to believe any of it. Our marriage had two parts: the part where he thought he relied on the wart for his breath and his happiness, and the rest of his life.
I read the forum a lot in those early years. I think the people here at the time helped me hang on to my sanity. It was something my husband and I just could never talk about. So, I didn't. I never posted under my real name, though I posted occasionally.
Then some local cult followers, under direct orders from the wart, tried to destroy my marriage and get my husband to leave me. It almost worked. My husband was physically ill from the stress he was under over it. Unfortunately, it didn't cause him to reconsider his "lord and master". But for me, that's the day the gloves came off.
I started posting under my real name. I never used my husband's name. But I stopped posting anonymously the day I found out what all the secret phone calls, and all the attempts to try to get my husband to meet up with them without me had been about. When my husband finally told me what had been going on, I said, I will meet with them. I'd like to. Nope, they didn't want to talk to me. The ball-less wonders.
I emailed the wart and anybody in the organization whose address I could find and challenged them to meet with me. As you can guess, nothing.
I have nothing but contempt and disgust for the entire organization. They are despicable.
My husband's death was shattering. So much was stolen from both him and from us by the stinking wart. My husband was utterly brainwashed by the cult. Yet, I know that my husband truly loved me.
At the same time, my loathing for all things related to the cult and the cult leader increased exponentially. My challenge to talk to that loathesome creature in person still stands. He doesn't have the balls to do so, but I'm here. Waiting.
I don't know what your answers are. I can tell you that any consideration you may have for the cult is not reciprocated. I don't know what, if any clauses you are bound by. Clearly you were unaware of the magnitude and the truth of what you were signing. Good luck.
