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FILE - This Nov. 30, 2016 image made from video shows Danielle Cordes in Gainesville, Fla. She said she has deep psychological scars from spending more than three-quarters of her life in Jane Whaley's Word of Faith Fellowship church. Cordes, who left the church in 2013, said she was one of the few children to speak up about being beaten because she was interviewed by social workers in a car, where she was assured that church leaders couldn’t hear or record the conversations. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)

This photo provided by Danielle Cordes shows her riding a bike at the age of 11 in her front yard near Spindale, N.C. Cordes, who spent over 17 years inside the Word of Faith Fellowship church, recalled numerous beatings of her and others by Jane Whaley and other church leaders. Seemingly innocuous behavior warranted a beating to expel the devil _ perhaps asking a question, or wanting to play outside. (Courtesy of Danielle Cordes)

FILE - In this 2012 provided by a former member of the church, Word of Faith Fellowship leader Jane Whaley, center left, holds a congregation member's infant, accompanied by her husband, Sam, center right, and others during a ceremony in the church's compound in Spindale, N.C. In an unprecedented move, North Carolina’s state child welfare agency will participate in reviewing every new allegation of abuse and neglect involving a controversial church that has been the focus of an Associated Press investigation exposing years of physical and emotional mistreatment of congregants, including children. (AP Photo)

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