Reporter's notebook: Death of a maiden
Jess Schweiss, cult survivor, 31, broke the silence of Victor Barnard’s River Road Fellowship.
The Reckoning
The man who violently assaulted former religious cult leader Victor Barnard in a Minnesota prison cell said he doesn't regret the attack and sleeps well at night despite giving Barnard a punctured lung and traumatic brain injury.
Rush City inmate charged in cult leader's assault
An inmate of the Rush City, Minnesota prison said he “was doing God’s work” when he allegedly assaulted convicted cult leader Victor Barnard in a cell. Shane Michael Kringen, 44, was charged Thursday in Chisago County with one count of first-degree assault.
Woman files lawsuit against River Road Fellowship
A woman who was sexually assaulted for years by cult leader Victor Barnard filed a civil lawsuit against the River Road Fellowship.