Katelyn Jade Hlavaty, Part 1 - Joining Operation Light Force

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In part one of this wild listener story, Katelyn Hlavaty chats with Lola and Meagan about her experience in the evangelical healing ministry group, Operation Light Force. Katelyn shares how she joined the group when she was isolated and struggling with Crohn's disease, and how the group's promises of community, God, and literal physical healing seemed like the answer in her moment of vulnerability. They dig into how the leader, Richard, began doing counseling sessions with Katelyn, and how Richard taught his followers that any physical ailment they experienced could be the result of sin, trauma, or even Satan. In any case, the goalpost was always moving... and Richard was the one with the answers. Trust Me is sponsored by Apartments.com - THE place to find a place! CHECK OUT OUR MERCH!! bit.ly/trustmemerch Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at [email protected] INSTAGRAM: @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER / X?: @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK: @TrustMeCultPodcast

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being an occult or a high control group, or if you've had experience with
0:04.9	manipulation or abuse to power that you'd like to share, leave us a message on our hotline number
0:09.4	at 34786 trust.
0:12.2	That's 347-868. 347-86 trust or 868-7878 or shoot us an email at trust me pod at gmail
0:18.7	dot com. Trust me.
0:26.3	Trust me. I'm like a smart person. Yeah, I've never lied to you.
0:32.3	I never have lied to you. If you think that one person has all the answers. Don't!
0:32.6	Welcome to Trust Me, the podcast about cult, extreme belief, and manipulation
0:37.4	from two forces who've actually experienced it.
0:39.9	I am Lola Blanc.
0:41.0	And I'm Megan Elizabeth.
0:42.4	And today is part one with our incredible listener
0:44.8	guest, Caitlin J. Lavete, a former member of Evangelical Healing Ministry, or as she calls it,
0:51.3	Colt, Operation Light Force.
0:53.6	In this episode, she's going to tell us about how she joined the group
0:56.2	when she was struggling with Crohn's disease,
0:58.1	extremely sick and isolated,
0:59.9	and how the group's promises of community,
1:01.9	God, and literal physical healing seemed like
1:04.4	the answer in her moment of vulnerability and illness.
1:07.3	We'll talk about how the leader, Richard, began doing counseling sessions with her, teaching
1:11.9	his followers that any physical
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