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star to his teachings? makes me want to cry. it s beautiful. and the daughter of this former dynasty star. she was in great danger. former followers describe strange rituals and lives changed forever. it s right here. i think brain washing is a wonderful term in terms of trying to define what happened to me. i m david muir. i m elizabeth vargas and this is 20/20. reporter: we are told the rendezvous was a secret, five women summoned to a house outside albany, new york, one night this past march. sarah edmondson says she was one of them, willingly participating in a strange initiation ritual led by a woman who told everyone to take off their clothes and put on a blindfold. led us in blindfolded, and sat us in a semicircle, buck naked, no clothes, on a sheeki like, could you could that be any weirder? reporter: no, it could not be any weirder. we were all you know, my goodness. what s going on here? this is so weird. reporter: weird doesn t b ....
she was in great danger. former followers describe strange rituals and lives changed forever. it s right here. i think brain washing is a wonderful term in terms of trying to define what happened to me. i m david muir. i m elizabeth vargas and this is 20/20. reporter: we are told the rendezvous was a secret, five women summoned to a house outside albany, new york, one night this past march. sarah edmondson says she was one of them, willingly participating in a strange initiation ritual led by a woman who told everyone to take off their clothes and put on a blindfold. led us in blindfolded, and sat us in a semicircle, buck naked, no clothes, on a sheepskin rug. like, could you could that be any weirder? reporter: no, it could not be any weirder. we were all you know, my goodness. what s going on here? this is so weird. reporter: weird doesn t begin to cover it. sarah told authorities she thought they were going to get tattoos. instead she says t ....
she was in great danger. former followers describe strange rituals and lives changed forever. it s right here. i think brain washing is a wonderful term in terms of trying to define what happened to me. i m david muir. i m elizabeth vargas and this is 20/20. reporter: we are told the rendezvous was a secret, five women summoned to a house outside albany, new york, one night this past march. sarah edmondson says she was one of them, willingly participating in a strange initiation ritual led by a woman who told everyone to take off their clothes and put on a blindfold. led us in blindfolded, and sat us in a semicircle, buck naked, no clothes, on a sheepskin rug. like, could you could that be any weirder? reporter: no, it could not be any weirder. we were all you know, my goodness. what s going on here? this is so weird. reporter: weird doesn t begin to cover it. sarah told authorities she thought they were going to get tattoos. instead she says t ....
reporter: no, it could not be any weirder. we were all you know, my goodness. what s going on here? this is so weird. reporter: weird doesn t begin to cover it. sarah told authorities she thought they were going to get tattoos. instead she says they found out they were all going to be branded. reporter: it sounds like a horror movie, what you re describing. it was a horror movie. it was the most inhumane, horrific way to treat anybody. reporter: what was that like? it was worse than childbirth. reporter: it was worse than childbirth? yup. it was imagine a hot laser dragged across your flesh for 30 minutes without anesthetic. reporter: at this point you re probably wondering, how in the world did this happen? sarah seems so normal. she lives in vancouver where she is a wife and mother with a successful film and television career. do i know you? i don t think so. oh no, i m forgetting so much recently. but i never forget a face. reporter: b ....
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