The former teen idol shares a big secret: "I was in a cult for 10 years"

Bethany Joy Lenz, Star of One Tree Hill, said that it had taken him another decade to recover.


Countless documentaries have told cults, and these groups continue to make the headlines. This week, the news cycle was dominated by the release of Leslie Van Houten - A member of the murder Manson family - After serving 53 years in prison for first degree murder. The group of Manson is undoubtedly the most sadly famous, but several organizations in Hollywood have also been nicknamed "cults" by observers and those who managed to escape. And although these groups are generally less extreme than those of Manson, the ancient subscribers say that they can always do damage. Bethany Joy Lenz , former teenager and star of the successful television program of the 2000s A tree hill , is the last to express her involvement in a cult, which she said has been a part for a decade. Read the rest to discover what she says now about her experience.

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Lenz expressed interest in writing a book.

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During Monday, July 10 episode of the Theater queens Podcast, Lenz spoke with her A tree hill co-stars Sophia Bush And Hilarie Burton Morgan On the question of whether one of them would ever write a book.

Guest of Podcast and A tree hill actor Michaela McManus Asked the question directly to Lenz and Bush, asking if they had an "interest in writing" as "brilliant women with so many stories to tell".

Lenz said she would certainly be interested - and has already started to put words on paper.

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Lenz said his experience in worship "would be a really precious experience to write".

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On the podcast, Lenz said: "I have a lot of tests; I have a lot of chapters and things, but to really commit myself to gather everything", I then left. The actor added that the attention / hyperactivity deficit disorder (ADHD) "has made the task really difficult over the years".

"I would love to write about my experience," she said. "You know, I was in a worship for 10 years ... It would be a really precious experience to write and recovery - 10 years of recovery after that. There is a lot to say."

Lenz noted that the writing of a book is still complicated by "the pressure of doing things properly, and everything that must be exactly real, and all the people involved".

In addition, there seem to be restrictions on what it can disclose. After a deep sigh, the actor said, "I don't know how much I can say because there are still people and legal things in place that make things more complicated at the moment."

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She did not identify the organization of which she was a part.

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Lenz did not name the group of which she was a part, but People point towards One of the Instagram publications of Lenz of 2021, where she called the Mosaic Church " A high -demand group "It was" disturbing for me and for many other people who left the mosaic for this reason. ""

The photo showed a display panel for the church, which had a circle and a bar obtained around and above. In legend, Lenz particularly called the "level of control" displayed by the founder Eric McManus And his feelings about people "being [misleading] in the name of a god that I love and darling".

According Entertainment tonight , in legend at the time when the photo was published, Lenz also said that the "hierarchy" and the "level of abuse" within the church "was" Manual 101 cults . ""

However, it may not be the organization in question, as Lenz also mentioned in the legend that she went to the mega-church "on and outside for 2 years" (as opposed to the '10 -year involvement that she discussed on the podcast).

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Lenz writes despite everything.

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Although she no longer reveals any plans for a book or details on her personal experience, Lenz had told her co-animators that she wrote "All Le Temps" and confirmed that she even turns the songs.

"I have projects that I work on," she said. "There are things in preparation, there are projects that come out."

Burton Morgan then joked by saying that Lenz was only "writing everything in the code" using songs. "If I sing it, then it's just a song, and I can say what I want," she said in a singing voice.

Lenz replied by saying that she had, in fact, did exactly that, which was encountered by her co-host.


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