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World Of Faith's Pattern Of Abuse 'Got Worse Over Time,' Says 'Broken Faith' Author

Pulitzer Prize winner Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr detail the alleged secret life of abuse in the World Of Faith Fellowship: "They take more and more control of your lives" over time, they say.

In 1979, Jane Whaley and her husband Sam started the Word of Faith Fellowship church in North Carolina.

In recent years, the organization has been investigated for alleged abuse of its congregants — and has faced other charges ranging from fraud to human trafficking.

Pulitzer Prize winner Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr, journalists who have been exposing these stories, spent time interviewing hundreds of people who have been connected to the church over the years — and also acquired secret recordings, videos

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