Adherents of a post-apocalyptic desert cult run by a man who claims to be the child of God can commit suicide at any moment and no one can stop them was.
The religious community lives in a remote, isolated valley in the New Mexico desert about 50 miles along a dirt track from the nearest town.
They are led by Waynebend, an 82-year-old who had spent ten years in prison for sexually abusing a "virgin" to her teenager.
Bent, who has changed his name to Michael Travesser, was naked in bed with his two sisters, aged 14 and 16, in his Strong City in 2006. Convicted of lying and sentenced to 10 years in prison. A complex outside of Clayton, New Mexico.
A former church member revealed that Bent told his followers that God commanded them to "sleep with seven virgins."
Bent also openly admitted on camera that he had had sex with his son's wife on multiple occasions. Because "God forced me" that God knocked him to the floor and began rocking him back and forth over his daughter.
The cult is haunted by rumors that Bent leads its followers to suicide, though he has previously claimed they were not a suicidal cult.
Now a former member and father of two Vent victims, told The Sun that if members of the cult are on a mission to commit suicide, no one can stop them. I'm telling you I can't.
"If they all want to kill themselves, they will. It doesn't matter if they are there [pointing to the desert] or elsewhere," he said. said.
"If they want to do it, they're going to do it. Who wants to kill themselves and go to heaven, or to some comet?
"When I was there, he thought the end of the world was going to happen, but at that point he didn't think it was a suicide.
He said that Bent attracted him to the cult because it was "very convincing." He added that he is no longer in contact with Bent or his followers..
"Since the trial we have not spoken to anyone.
"They're doing their own thing.
"That's the reality.
Take that path, you will do it."
Former cult member
“I learned a lot from that experience. That's what I take from it.[His followers] are fanatics, so if they find something that matches what they already believe, they will follow it. }
``Those who could not leave were everyone's decisions.
This cult has been featured in many documentaries, including National Geographic's Inside A Cult: Messiah on Trial and The End of the World Cult.
In May 2007, Bent committed mass suicide after writing on his website: ``I'm ready to go'' and ``I want all the children
HUNGER STRIKE
One of his followers spoke out. She said she was on hunger strike and did not want medical treatment until Bent was released. The Sun has revealed that he is a "son of God" and has recorded a chilling video of his "last words" that the world will pay for his treatment. 60} Posted online by one of his followers, titled "Last Words of the Savior," Bent professed his innocence before saying, "I'm done," and said, "It's time for the dead to be judged."
Last Words
After making derogatory comments about other churches and making homophobic remarks about gay marriage, he added: He called it "disgust" and said:
"I'll be his 82. My eyes and ears aren't strong and my brain isn't really strong
" That's what happened.
"I was put in prison for a crime I never committed, of touching the sexual parts of a minor.
"These two minors The adult appeared in court and testified that I did not commit the crime, but the court lied and the prosecuting lawyer, judge and jury all lied.
83}God said I am the Savior."
Wayne Bent"Before that, when I was sitting in this house, God said that I was the Messiah. But Jesus was crucified to bear witness. I was crucified for myself.
"The world has judged itself by judging me.
" I have long told people that what they do to me will be done to them.
"The government is destroyed, the president is never accepted, the presidency is destroyed." , Congress is destroyed, Washington DC is all destroyed, because they destroyed me and my children and my city.
'I AM FINISHED'
"I am no longer part of them. I will not be attacked by them, nor will I vote for their false prophet or false king. It is over.
" The devil can get it.If people want the devil to get it,I will not intervene anymore.
"This video awakens to eternal life increase. No more sleeping in the dirt. The time has come for the dead to be judged, and that judgment is happening now. A resurrected person rises from the dead. ''[101][102] During the trial, Bent denied the accusations against the minor victims, claiming that he only put his hands on the girls' breasts, not theirs.
A young girl said that lying naked with Bent was a "religious healing experience."
But he was convicted of criminal sexual contact and his two counts.
REMOTE COMPOUND
He was able to secure an early release after serving seven years in prison after contracting skin cancer.
When the Sun attempted to visit Bent and his followers, whose property was inaccessible to outsiders, it was surrounded by signs "no trespassing" and "no trespassing". was
A dozen trailers and setbacks were seen far from the makeshift road.
Attempts to reach his two addresses in Wayne Bent, New Mexico were unsuccessful.
The Sun reached out to two of his followers, including Gabriel Travesser, who appears in the video with him, for comment, but did not receive a response.