In the podcast Cults to Consciousness, Val opened up about the physical and sexual abuse he faced at the hands of his father, John Daniel Kingston.
Val Snow has told of the horrific abuse he faced whilst growing up as part of the Kingston Group cult in the US A man who grew up in a Mormon cult has opened up about the horrors that he was subjected to by its abusive leader. Val Snow, 35, grew up in Utah in a strict community called the Kingston Group – officially known as the Davis County Cooperative Society and internally as The Order.
A letter that shows Val is no longer a member of the cult in the US He told listeners: ‘Beyond the physical abuse there was sexual abuse from my father,’ Val added. ‘And the crazy part was I don’t know to this day that he was actually finding pleasure in the sexual side of it. ‘He enjoys seeing someone in pain.’ ‘Whenever he’s nice, that’s when you know you’re in trouble or something bad is going to happen,’ he said.