Inside the secretive Church With No Name sect that’s under FBI investigation over decades of child sex abuse claims

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Everyone in the church and public thought he was nice.” According to ABC News’ investigation, Autrey’s parents wrote their overseer, Eldon Tenniswood, to inform him about the alleged claims. She said she wanted to be an attorney, but was told by the ministry, “That’s too worldly, we don’t think you should do that.” Former member Michael Day told ABC News that “it’s a very persuasive type of religion.” LaNette Burrage Flanigan, another former member, said: “They use fear and manipulation, they manipulate people and the fear of the Lord to control people. "They go two by two, that’s where we get the name,” Cherie Kropp, a former member and author of a historical biography on the religious sect, told ABC News. “The ministers stay in homes, they groom the family,” Mitchell Garabedian, an attorney who represents child sexual abuse victims, including one ex-2x2 member, told ABC News.