‘Iwerne taught me how to fear God. It took years to learn how to love him’
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James Gordon Reid Haveloch-Jones2025-09-25T08:04:00
A former participant in the notorious Iwerne camps reflects on the lasting damage of toxic and coercive theology and his path toward healing
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