However, all of the abuse she endured at the church, she told Braunwyn, “Religious abuse is the worst kind of abuse.” The church was shut down by the FBI.Įlizabeth revealed that she was the one who had the church shut down by the FBI when she was younger. ![]() ![]() When Gina Kirschenheiter asked if she had been sexually abused, she replied, “Yeah, bad…By many situations.”Īdditionally, in a confessional interview, she revealed she was physically abused “beaten so bad” that she was convinced she was going to “die one day of it.” She insinuated that plenty of abuse went down at the church. We couldn’t even go to a hospital, they knew how to control every single person on that property.” “We couldn’t leave the ranch - we were stuck on a commune. We couldn’t eat anything but what they made us or what they shot,” she continued emotionally. “We couldn’t wear anything else but this uniform. So what exactly went down in the Faith Bible Tabernacle Church? Elizabeth explains life in the Faith Bible Tabernacle ChurchĮlizabeth explained that life in the church cult was intentionally restrictive. “As a young girl, I knew something was wrong with what was going on in this church,” she told Braunwayn. ET) on Bravo.Elizabeth initially opened up about her traumatic past to castmate Braunwyn Windham-Burke while they were going on a walk in the woods during their girls’ trip to Lake Arrowhead. ![]() The Real Housewives of Orange County airs Wednesdays (9 p.m. "That was the exact day when I realized adults were full of s- and that I could lie to get my way," Elizabeth said, later telling Kelly, "I couldn't stand what did." "When I was 8 years old, my grandmother asked me to speak in tongues in front of the church and she says, 'The Lord needs to speak through Elizabeth.' And I just faked it and they all bought it - in fact, even a member passed out." "My grandmother was the leader of the church and my father was the preacher and my family really wanted me to be a preacher," she added in a confessional. "You're having a panic attack," Braunwyn said, helping Elizabeth sit down and urging her to breathe as the episode closed out.Įlizabeth also referenced her upbringing earlier in the episode when she told Kelly Dodd that her dad was a preacher. This is bothering me a lot," while crying and struggling to catch her breath. Gina Kirschenheiter talks about her newest cast mates and drama between Shannon Beador and Braunwyn Windham-BurkeĪs Elizabeth continued to open up to Braunwyn, she began to get overwhelmed, telling her, "I really can't talk about this. RELATED VIDEO: Gina Kirschenheiter Calls Upcoming Season of RHOC the 'Most Real and Authentic' Since Joining Cast Gina Kirschenheiter Calls Upcoming Season of RHOC the 'Most Real & Authentic' Since Joining Cast I was always scared for my life because we were beaten so bad that I thought for sure I was going to die one day of it." ![]() "I grew up in complete fear, anxiety, anguish," she said. In her own confessional, Elizabeth said she was beaten as a child while part of this religious group. "But if I can get her to open up and all these things that she's been bottling up are going to come out, she's going to feel so much lighter and she's going to be able to breathe." "I have no idea what she's talking about," Braunwyn later said in a confessional. "But I'm not going to tell the girls, 'Oh by the way, I was in a religious f-ing cult growing up that told me to shut my f-ing mouth or I'd be thrown under a bridge.'" "I do need help and I don't know how to get it," she added, expressing that she didn't know how to tell the other RHOC cast members. RELATED: Braunwyn Windham-Burke Questions Elizabeth Lyn Vargas on RHOC - 'Not Everything Is Adding Up'
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