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FILE - Jamey Anderson was about 4 years old when his mother joined Word of Faith Fellowship church, moving into a house with other single women. From early childhood, he says he always seemed to be in trouble - and that resulted in regular severe beatings. Now, he's speaking out against the Word of Faith Fellowship. (Photo credit: AP)<p></p>

FILE - Jamey Anderson was about 4 years old when his mother joined Word of Faith Fellowship church, moving into a house with other single women. From early childhood, he says he always seemed to be in trouble - and that resulted in regular severe beatings. Now, he's speaking out against the Word of Faith Fellowship. { }(AP Photo)<p></p>

FILE - Jamey Anderson was about 4 years old when his mother joined Word of Faith Fellowship church, moving into a house with other single women. From early childhood, he says he always seemed to be in trouble - and that resulted in regular severe beatings. Now, he's speaking out against the Word of Faith Fellowship. (Photo credit: WLOS Staff)

FILE - Jamey Anderson was about 4 years old when his mother joined Word of Faith Fellowship church, moving into a house with other single women. From early childhood, he says he always seemed to be in trouble - and that resulted in regular severe beatings. Now, he's speaking out against the Word of Faith Fellowship. (AP Photo)

FILE - Jamey Anderson was about 4 years old when his mother joined Word of Faith Fellowship church, moving into a house with other single women. From early childhood, he says he always seemed to be in trouble - and that resulted in regular severe beatings. Now, he's speaking out against the Word of Faith Fellowship.{ } (AP Photo)<p></p>

FILE - Jamey Anderson was about 4 years old when his mother joined Word of Faith Fellowship church, moving into a house with other single women. From early childhood, he says he always seemed to be in trouble - and that resulted in regular severe beatings. Now, he's speaking out against the Word of Faith Fellowship.{ } (Photo credit: WLOS)

FILE - This Sunday, May 28, 2017 photo shows the Ministerio Evangelico Comunidade Rhema, or Rhema Community Evangelical Ministry, in Franco da Rocha, Brazil, in the greater Sao Paulo area. Over the course of two decades, the U.S.-based Word of Faith Fellowship mother church took command of this and another congregation in Brazil, applying a strict interpretation of the Bible and enforcing it through rigorous controls and physical punishment, The Associated Press has found. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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