A man born into a church he described as a “cult” - where he claims he was sexually abused by a member and was not allowed to listen to CDs, go to restaurants or date women before proposing - attempted suicide three times upon leaving because of the trauma.
John “Gilli” Gilliland, 35, a commercial director who now lives in Northallerton in North Yorkshire, was born into the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC), a subset of the Christian evangelical movement, in a different part of the country.
