Bethany Joy Lenz Explains How & Why She Ended Up in a Cult During Her 'One Tree Hill' Days
justjared.comBethany Joy Lenz is opening up about her experience in a cult. The 43-year-old One Tree Hill star revealed that, throughout her time filming the early 2000s teen drama, she was involved in a Christian group that eventually controlled her life and finances.
The group was led by a pastor, who she calls “Les,” who she met at a bible study when she moved to Los Angeles at age 20. Keep reading to find out more… People reports that she got out of the cult a decade later, and had to totally rebuild her life.
About why she decided to speak out about her experience, she shared, “I don’t think of it as brave. I think of it as important.
Living silently in the suffering I experienced, I don’t know if that helps anyone.” She hopes her book will empower others in similar situations: “I think of this more as the right thing to do.” About how she got caught up in the group, Bethany shared, “I had always been looking for a place to belong,” and the bible study where she met the cult’s pastor felt like “water in a desert.” She added, “We crave that kind of intimacy.
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