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Forcibly Rescued from Hare Krishna a year ago, 20-year-old Linda Epstein of Thornhill is back with the cult

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Forcibly Rescued from Hare Krishna a year ago, 20-year-old Linda Epstein of Thornhill is back with the cult

Date1/5/1976

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Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Forcibly Rescued from Hare Krishna a year ago; 20-year-old Linda Epstein of Thornhill is back with the cult. She says she repudiated Hare Krishna under duress after her parents paid $2;000 to Ted (Black Lightning) Patrick; a U.S. anti-cult crusader; to deprogram her last February.

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Rites and ceremonies

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013282F

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