Jonathan Santos, 23, said a member of his former Tucson church molested him when he was about 8 years old. He's coming forward now to support another victim of the ...

Jonathan Santos, 23, said a member of his former Tucson church molested him when he was about 8 years old. He's coming forward now to support another victim of the ...

A view of the Golden Dawn Tabernacle at 301 E. Los Reales Rd. on Sunday, June 30, 2024. Twenty former church members have described the church as a “cult.” Some say children in the church are ...

Dancing for the first time. Celebrating holidays. Seeing the ocean. For people in one strict Tucson church, leaving has meant freedom to do 'wrong' things that others find normal.

Dancing for the first time. Celebrating holidays. Seeing the ocean. For people in one strict Tucson church, leaving has meant freedom to do 'wrong' things that others find normal.

Dancing for the first time. Celebrating holidays. Seeing the ocean. For people in one strict Tucson church, leaving has meant freedom to do 'wrong' things that others find normal.

It would be another 15 years before Butterfuss left — both the church and her marriage to a devout member. Then, in 2021 she did something unimaginable in the sect: She married a woman. “I ...