KQED: Is a San Francisco ‘Sex Cult’ Subjecting People to Abuse?
Rather than enlightenment, however, nearly a dozen ex-members, students and other affiliates have come forward to tell KQED about a consistent pattern of psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of the Welcomed Consensus, and its leader Robert “RJ” Testerman, over the past three decades.
A Madrone Cult Story
This is Nat’s full journal of her time at The Ranch, A Madrone Cult Story – with pictures. It’s long but worth the read. She does a good job 0f describing the subtle messaging and red flags she encountered along the way and how it affected her. Below is an excerpt and her conclusion after
Today
It’s been a long time since I posted. I knew I would eventually write about recruiting and those years with RJ and the community, but I enjoyed dragging my feet. I no longer feel or think about them or my past much anymore. All the memories and emotions remain, but they aren’t very loud, and
Recruiting for The Welcomed Consensus
The following events took place from 1998 to 2001, after Dennis and I moved out of The Welcomed Consensus house on Joost Avenue in San Francisco. We had left because I was unwilling to participate in yet another Touch and Look course. RJ told me I had to leave, but after everything that had happened