The end of a cult

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🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Peruvian journalist Paola Ugaz tells us how her investigation (with colleague Pedro Salinas) led to the downfall of the Sodalitium, a Catholic cult that was sexually, physically and psychologically abusing young people.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:19.0	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:21.6	It's easy if you try.
0:27.6	No hell below us, above us only sky
0:41.3	imagine all the people
0:47.3	living for today
0:53.3	Hello, I'm Annie Laurie Living for today.
1:01.1	Hello, I'm Annie Laurie Galore and welcome to Freethought Radio.
1:04.4	And happy birthday, Thomas Payne.
1:09.2	He was born on January 29th, 1737.
1:14.6	And without him, the United States of America would not exist.
1:21.5	He's the forgotten founder, who named our very country, fomented our democracy and our revolt, and declared that in America, the law is king. He also wrote the brilliant analysis of revealed religion called The Age of Reason,
1:31.3	and we'll talk more about him in a minute.
1:32.9	And I'm Dan Barker.
1:34.3	Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:38.8	This is the January 29th, 26 episode of Free Thought Radio,
1:49.0	recording in the Stephen Uol-friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall, which is our national headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:53.1	Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
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