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GALESBURG In February, Taylor Porter, 23, put a video onto YouTube condemning the Galesburg area Christian teen retreat The Weekend: A Journey with Christ, describing it as a cult. Months later, the organization’s leaders say they have intentions to change, although it is unclear what exactly that change will look like. The weekend retreat describes itself online as “three days of laughing and learning, praying and participating . driven by 13 talks given by a team of youth, adults, clergy and laity.” It has been held traditionally twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, at Costa Catholic Academy for 14-to-19 year olds who want to learn more about Jesus Christ. Father Lee Brokaw of Costa Academy says The Weekend is not a Catholic retreat or associated with Costa Catholic Academy. The Weekend previously rented space at Costa but is no longer renting or using our buildings. ....
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Galesburg Register-Mail GALESBURG For over 30 years, The Weekend: A Journey with Christ, initially known as Knox-Warren Chrysalis, has offered weekend youth retreats for teenagers with a religious focus. The nondenominational Christian retreat has become a community fixture, with members of its governing board coming from various churches in the greater Galesburg area. Now, years after attending, some former participants have spoken out against its practices, likening it to a cult. In a video released earlier in February, a former attendee of the weekend youth retreat alleges that The Weekend utilizes controlling methods to disorient the teenagers in their program, ostracize and preach against LGBTG people, and use the traumatic stories of teenagers and others to indoctrinate their visitors. ....