Naomi Gibson – Children of God and NXIVM, Part 1: Life on an Abusive Commune

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Episode 9: Lola and Meagan interview Naomi Gibson, former member of both the Children of God (aka the Family) and NXIVM. In part one of this two-part episode, she talks to the girls about living on a commune in the Philippines with the Family, the abuse that went on there, how her mother decided to leave, and why it's so hard to leave a group without a strong support system on the other side. She also touches on the parallels between both groups... to be continued in part two! www.trustmepod.com If you have your own story about cults, high-control groups, manipulation, or abuse of power, shoot us an email at [email protected]. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @trustmepodcast @oohlalola @vibehigherbitch OR TWITTER: @trustmecultpod @ohlalola

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0:00.0	Trust me. I'm like a smart person. Yeah, I've never lied to you. I never have lied to you.
0:09.0	Do you think that one person has all the answers.
0:12.6	Don't!
0:14.1	Welcome to Trust Me the Podcast
0:16.4	about Colts Extreme Belief and the Abuse of Power
0:18.7	from two hosts who've actually experienced it.
0:21.7	I am Lola Blanc
0:22.8	and I'm Megan Elizabeth.
0:24.4	Today our guest is Naomi Gibson, whom you may have seen featured in Seduced.
0:29.3	She was a member of two cults. The first one, she was actually born into is best known as the
0:34.4	children of God or the family and the second one was of course Nexium.
0:38.8	There is so much to dig into with her that we actually had to make it two separate episodes.
0:44.3	But in part one this week she's going to talk to us about growing up
0:47.9	all over the world and the family.
0:49.7	The Christian group whose leader David Berg had total control of their lives and his abusive practices included pedophilia.
0:57.0	Naomi is going to tell us about living on a commune in the Philippines, the separation from her family and abuse that she suffered there.
1:03.4	What Flirty Fishing is, why it's so hard to leave a group
1:06.4	when you don't have support waiting for you on the other side,
1:09.2	and what drove her mom to get them out
1:11.6	only for Naomi to then grow up and become a member of Nexium.
1:15.9	And I want to give a little trigger warning here because we are going to be discussing
1:19.8	some abuse and we are going to be discussing some murder as well.
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