罗奇·泰里奥：对无助信徒犯下难以想象的暴行

To his followers, Roch Thériault offered salvation ROCH THÉRIAULT COMMITTED UNTHINKABLE ACTS AGAINST HIS DEFENCELESS DEVOTEES AWAKENING Born in 1947, in Quebec, Canada, Thériault’s family was poor yet deeply religious. His mother – devout in the Catholic faith – had been raped by her own father, the assault resulting in Thériault’s birth. The incestuous conception scarred his upbringing and he was treated as an outcast by the family. Dropping out of school aged 13, he became obsessed with religious texts that featured apocalyptic imagery. He was also a student of the Old Testament, driven by its accounts of violent retribution. But despite his tumultuous upbringing, Thériault made some attempt at a conventional life. …