INCESTUOUS Polygamy Mandatory for Salvation: Growing Up In “The Order” Artwork

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Hi! I’m Shelise Ann Sola— former devout Mormon. On C2C, my husband Jonathan and I dive deep into the nuance of culty organizations. From Extreme Christian Fundamentalism, FLDS Polygamy, Amish, Mennonite, Mormonism, Scientology, Ultra Orthodox, and Jehovah's Witnesses, to cults featured in popular docu-series, we interview cult experts, survivors, advocates, therapists, way-showers, authors, and more, to uncover how they find independence and healing through awareness and true individual sovereignty.

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INCESTUOUS Polygamy Mandatory for Salvation: Growing Up In “The Order”

October 13, 2023 • Shelise Ann Sola/ Shanell Snow DeRieux • Season 1 • Episode 94

**Content warning: multiple depictions of child abuse** Growing up with 14 moms and nearly 200 siblings in an insulated community with very strict rules, proves to be extremely challenging and confusing. Shanell wasn’t even supposed to know who her biological father was, but was smart enough to figure it out. Not allowed to go to High School, she had what they considered the “privilege” of getting a job instead, to earn money that she needed permission to access. A second mother to her 11 siblings, she did her best to raise and protect them from the man we call Daniel.

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Incestuous plural marriages- her family dynamic
Shanell wasn't allowed to know who her biological father was
Why won't the state step in to help?
Working kids and mothers are forced to give their money to the father
The group harshly judges and puts down their own members
The tangible and dangerous favoritism between wives
Shanell wasn't allowed to attend High School
Working at 6 years old then babysitting 6 kids by 8 years old
TW: CA- Shanell wanted to raise her siblings to keep them safer
Shanell's experience working at Order businesses
They work, but the money is taken and they aren't given money for food
Shanell's mom had to pay rent to her husband who "owned" the apartment
TW: CA-How Daniel (her biological dad) treated Shanell
Daniel didn't seem to have love for his kids
A sneak peak into Shanell's courtship process

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