A woman who ran away from a Mormon group shared what it is like to live in a cult and explained her experience of escaping from her family.

Nicole Mafi, daughter of notorious Kingston polygamous gang leader Paul Kingston, lived in Utah for most of her childhood before leaving the gang at the age of 17.

In a video posted online, he explained how the group was “brainwashed”. back when he was in the cult, also known as The Order.

“When I looked back, I believed it [being brainwashed] 100%, “he explained.

“I thought my father was God’s spokesman, in fact I had no problems with my father, I thought he was a good person and he was the best he could until five or six years later.” I left”.



Nicole Mafi said her critical thinking and problem-solving skills were suppressed while she was in the cult.

Nicole said that, having been born into the sect, she couldn’t find anything that contradicted the religion.

But at the age of 15, when he went to college, he realized he needed a release.

“So yeah, I was 100% brainwashed and it starts from birth, it’s really intense because it’s my whole life, my whole community,” he continued, adding that the belief has shaped his way of thinking about things. .

“They also block your critical thinking, block your problem-solving skills: my science courses have really saved me because they teach you the scientific method of solving problems.



He said the science classes to the

“College is what really helped me deconstruct and develop my critical thinking skills that my family shut down.”

Nicole’s father, Paul Kingston, has 27 wives and each of them is expected to have more than 10 children. In another video, Nicole estimates that her father has “between 200 and 300 children”.

“My mother was the fifth wife and had 11 children, and I am the eldest,” she revealed.

When Nicole was 17, she left the cult and was homeless for a month before finding a friend who would let her stay with him.



His father, Paul Kingston, is the leader of the polygamous cult known as The Order in Utah.

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But, after contacting his family, “they brainwashed me into returning”.

He left at 18 and never looked back after starting a new life.

“I got married, started a family, and recently moved to Missouri to start my life and do my own thing,” Nicole said.