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re: healing place/the church st amant scandal
Posted on 2/26/24 at 6:06 am to skinny domino
Posted on 2/26/24 at 6:06 am to skinny domino
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Is this the scandal that Season 1 of True Detective was based on? I believe the scandal was from around Ponchatoula and Hammond area.
Got any more info on this?
Posted on 2/26/24 at 6:12 am to Porter Osborne Jr
Posted on 2/26/24 at 11:18 am to Porter Osborne Jr
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Is this the scandal that Season 1 of True Detective was based on? I believe the scandal was from around Ponchatoula and Hammond area.
Got any more info on this?
Yes. I do. I’ll take the time later for more details, but I preached over there twice in the 90’s before the scandal. I spent time with the pastor and his family. The truth is a bit less scandalous than the allegations (shockingly- especially since he’s in prison for life). More later.
Posted on 2/26/24 at 2:36 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
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True Detective Season 1's Tuttle Cult was based on a real-life child sex abuse scandal in Hosanna Church, Louisiana. Here are the details of the case.
This article is from Feb 5, 2024.
screenrant.com
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Hosanna Church was one of the fastest-growing congregations in the cypress flats of Tangipahoa Parish, and its pastor at the time, Louis Lamonica, was hailed as a beloved community figure. Things took a murkier turn when it was revealed the church was involved in the sexual abuse of around 24 children, along with the mutilation of animals for ritualistic purposes. State authorities had their first brush with the scandal when a woman named Nicole Bernard called the sheriff’s office to say she had to flee town to save her child from sexual abuse at the hands of the church.
Soon after, nine people were arrested, and a dozen computers believed to contain child pornography were seized, along with dozens of videotapes found within the shattered church compound. Moreover, in the youth hall behind the sanctuary, the police found traces of a pentagram etched on the floor, along with testimonies of members participating in ritualistic killings whilst being masked and dressed in black robes, which clearly grants the case with motivations akin to religion-based, cult-like motivations, which is something the best episodes of True Detective season 1 explained.
This post was edited on 2/26/24 at 2:38 pm
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