Legal claims shed light on founder of faith group tied to Amy Coney Barrett

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/06/people-of-praise-accused-child-abuse-amy-coney-barrett

Legal claims shed light on founder of faith group tied to Amy Coney Barrett

Examination of People of Praise comes as supreme court seems poised to reverse Roe v Wade

Stephanie Kirchgaessner US Investigations Correspondent
@skirchy
Mon 6 Jun 2022 02.00 EDT

The founder of the People of Praise, a secretive charismatic Christian group that counts supreme court justice Amy Coney Barrett as a member, was described in a sworn affidavit filed in the 1990s as exerting almost total control over one of the group’s female members, including making all decisions about her finances and dating relationships.

The court documents also described alleged instances of a sexualized atmosphere in the home of the founder, Kevin Ranaghan, and his wife, Dorothy Ranaghan.

The description of the Ranaghans and accusations involving their intimate behavior were contained in a 1993 proceeding in which a woman, Cynthia Carnick, said that she did not want her five minor children to have visitations with their father, John Roger Carnick, who was then a member of the People of Praise, in the Ranaghan household or in their presence, because she believed it was not in her children’s “best interest”. Cynthia Carnick also described inappropriate incidents involving the couple and the Ranaghan children. The matter was eventually settled between the parties.

Barrett, 50, lived with Dorothy and Kevin Ranaghan in their nine-bedroom South Bend, Indiana, home while she attended law school, according to public records. The justice – who was then known as Amy Coney – graduated from Notre Dame Law School in 1997 and two years later married her husband, Jesse Barrett, who also appears to have lived in the Ranaghan household. There is no indication that Amy Coney Barrett lived in the house at the time when the Carnick children were visiting or witnessed any of the alleged behavior described in the court documents.

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[lapfog_1]

1. actual as opposed to imaginary groomers - n/t

[2naSalit]

3. +1

[PCIntern]

2. Every accusation a confession...

I love how everybody skirts around all this stuff… Here’s the fact, everybody was fucking everybody else in all combinations imaginable. Do you think these swingers magazines have a circulation of 12 or something? There’s a lot going on, and a lot of it has to do with so-called religion and various cults.

I dated someone ones who was in one of these, and her stories were believable but “unbelievable”. She detailed how she took on four or five, depending upon the day/night, guys and women at once.

…and don’t bother to ask. I ain’t answering.

[area51]

4. "... People of Praise, a secretive extremist Christian cult...."

There, fixed it for Stephanie K.

[lindysalsagal]

5. WAPO: Amy Coney Barrett served as a 'handmaid' in Christian group People of Praise

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/amy-coney-barrett-people-of-praise/2020/10/06/5f497d8c-0781-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html

By Emma Brown, Jon Swaine and Michelle Boorstein
October 6, 2020 at 8:09 p.m. EDT

Barrett, a federal appellate judge, has disclosed serving on the board of a network of private Christian schools affiliated with the group. The organization, however, has declined to confirm that she is a member. In recent years, it removed from its website editions of a People of Praise magazine — first those that included her name and photograph and then all archives of the magazine itself.

Barrett has had an active role in the organization, as have her parents, according to documents and interviews that help fill out a picture of her involvement with a group that keeps its teachings and gatherings private.

A 2010 People of Praise directory states that she held the title of “handmaid,” a leadership position for women in the community, according to a directory excerpt obtained by The Washington Post.

Also, while in law school, Barrett lived at the South Bend home of People of Praise’s influential co-founder Kevin Ranaghan and his wife, Dorothy, who together helped establish the group’s male-dominated hierarchy and view of gender roles. The group was one of many to grow out of the charismatic Christian movement, which sought a more intense and communal religious experience by embracing such practices as shared living, faith healing and speaking in tongues.

[sdfernando]

9. If they really believed their practices truly are "The Truth, the Light, and the Way"

then why do they need to keep everything secret?

[Hekate]

15. Obviously it's because all us pagans, heathens, & apostates just wouldn't understand

[SouthernDem4ever]

6. They will just claim they are being persecuted for their beliefs

a common response to illegal and weirdo cult practices.

[geardaddy]

7. This is like one of the vilest versions of the joke

"The Aristocrats"

[evolves]

8. Sounds like

a cult to me. Probably because it’s a cult.

[rockfordfile]

10. I agree

[niyad]

11. scum. assholes. haters. thugs. cultists. hypocrits. liars.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. K&R

[FakeNoose]

13. Scientology meets the Handmaidens

[Arazi]

14. Dems had this info at her confirmation but refused to use it

Who cares now? Way too late and illustrative of Dem cowardice (go ahead and alert but you know it’s true)

The Handmaiden is installed