Rabbit Hole: A Satanic Ritual Abuse Survivor's Story by David Shurter

Author:David Shurter [Shurter, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Consider It Creative, LLC
Published: 2013-12-03T08:00:00+00:00

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THE SHOW COMES TO TOWN

Sky and The Cult of the Disillusioned began their campaign to become a power in the Omaha spiritual community, stepping up their efforts by moving into a school near the church while selling our current property in order to look for another more appropriate for the growing congregation.

Sky’s sermons were attracting dozens of new people every Sunday, causing the church to growing exponentially, as well as the financial contributions. I became a “spirit singer,” singing up on stage every Sunday morning to cheerlead for Sky at the beginning and end of every service. At that time, I still believed in the church, and my new exposure gave me the opportunity to get to know more of the congregation.

Sky introduced me to a woman named Susan and asked if I was interested in forming a fundraiser group for the upcoming land campaign. Susan headed the volunteer services at the church. Enthusiastically accepting, I thus began my relationship with Susan, a road that would lead to my downfall in the church.

Susan was both a practicing shaman as well as a Reiki master adept at manipulating energy, and I fashioned her as some kind of a fairy princess who was able to touch everyone with her magic personality.

Tristan and I developed a group called “Gifts from the Heart” and petitioned the congregation to offer their services, time, and money in a way that demonstrated their dedication to the land campaign. The plan worked splendidly, and we were able to garner over $90,000 in cash during the first eight months, as churchgoers couldn’t seem to give enough for the new church.

The more involved we became, however, the more we heard about Sky, and many of the stories were quite disturbing. All smiles and light on stage every Sunday morning, Sky’s dark side represented a perfect example of a nondrinking alcoholic or dry drunk. Although he was no longer getting drunk, his actions were that of a typical dry alcoholic—lying, lashing out, and blaming others—while he dismissed his bad behavior as mere eccentricities.

Common of many cult leaders, he surrounded himself with people who insulated him from many issues he needed to face. Members objecting to the direction the church was taking were being run out by Sky and his followers with tactics that isolated people until they felt they had no recourse but to leave.

Susan, hearing the same things we were, convinced us that dealing with people like Sky were a necessary evil when it came to building a church, and assured us that the good he was doing far outweighed the impact he was having on a select group who “probably couldn’t be pleased anyway.” Unconvinced, we nonetheless did our best to look past the problems, focusing on ourselves and what we were trying to do for the church.

Unconcerned with the effects he was having on people and unable to escape his narcissistic ego worship, Sky sought more and more power making it only a matter of time before he attracted the attention of like-minded individuals like Alan Baer.

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