Raised as part of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in Somerset, Jessie Shedden, 34, claims she was brainwashed and lived a tightly controlled life built on fear.
She fled four years ago and now lives in Wales with fiancé Dai, 63. Here, she tells her harrowing story... I had three days to go until I could escape from the community I felt had controlled my life for 30 years.
I’d saved a six-figure sum from my job in the family business and spent weeks smuggling clothes and keepsakes to a storage locker I rented in secret.
I was terrified, always looking over my shoulder to see if someone was waiting to reveal my sins. I had two choices, escape or commit suicide.
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