For decades, a former ski resort near Chatsworth, Ontario was the home base of the Church of Jesus Christ Restored, led by Fred King, whom his followers called the Prophet. Members were taught that his word was God’s. Court heard that Sunday services could run from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m., and that King singled people out for what he called corrections and chastisements: yelling, hair-pulling, public humiliation, and beatings in front of the congregation.

After a former member, Carol Christie, spoke out in her book and on CTV’s W5, OPP spent 16 months investigating. In April 2014, King was arrested and faced 31 charges. In May 2016, four days before trial, he pleaded guilty to nine assaults. The sexual allegations were withdrawn, and the court heard no explanation.

Joining me is Mike King of Profiling Evil (no relation to Fred King), who explains why predators use faith as a costume and what to watch for in any group.

Content note: This episode discusses physical abuse, public humiliation, and allegations of sexual abuse involving adults and children. Listener discretion is advised. All allegations that did not result in a conviction are unproven.

Guest Mike King, Profiling Evil, author of Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing. His live tour, The Psychology of Cults, is at psychologyofcults.com. Mike is not related to Fred King.

Key dates • 1986: Stan King dies; Fred King becomes leader. • March 2008: Carol Christie leaves the church. • November 2012: Carol appears on CTV’s W5. • Mid-2013: Property: The True Story of a Polygamous Church Wife is released. • April 2014: Fred King is arrested in Hamilton on 31 charges. • May 2016: King pleads guilty to nine assaults. • September 2016: Sentenced to 18 months in jail plus two years of probation. • December 2016: Judson King pleads guilty to three assaults. • September 2017: Fred King is released after 12 months.

Sources • Owen Sound Sun Times, church leader guilty of nine assaults • CTV News London, committal to trial and sentencing coverage • CBC News Hamilton, arrest of church leader on 31 charges • Bayshore Broadcasting: member of church sentenced (Dec 2016); King released (Sept 2017) • London Free Press / National Post feature on Carol Christie • Owen Sound Hub, Property: the story that needs to be told • Wikipedia: Church of Jesus Christ Restored (Ontario)

Support and resources

• International Cultic Studies Association: https://internationalculticstudies.org/ • Dial 211 in Ontario for local support services • 988 Suicide Crisis Helpline (call or text 988, Canada-wide)

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Justin "Woody" Pollari was 14 when he disappeared from St. Joseph Island, Ontario on Friday, December 7, 2001. He'd be 39 now.

For almost 25 years they've called him a runaway. But he left everything — his clothes, his money, the board that never left his side — and vanished without a trace. That's not a runaway.

The people who know are on that island, and some of them will never phone a tip line or talk to police. But they'll talk to me, face to face, once they trust me. And there are locals holding pieces of this who never see a post like this at all. The only way to reach them is to **be there** — in the community, knocking on doors.

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Jay Nicoll is a licensed private investigator (Nicoll Investigations, Richmond Hill, Ontario) and host of the Ontario Cold Cases podcast. Allegations referenced are under investigation and are not findings of fact.

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For almost 25 years, Justin Pollari's disappearance has been dismissed as a runaway. Four months and 60+ witnesses later, the evidence says otherwise — and a formal submission to the OPP is in preparation. But the last stretch of this case can't be worked from southern Ontario. The people who know what happened are on St. Joseph Island. Some of them, for their own reasons, will never sit down with police — but they'll talk, in person, to an investigator they've come to trust. Others are older residents who never see a social media post at all, and can only be reached by knocking on the door. This fund pays for exactly that: getting onto the island and staying long enough to do it right — the travel, the days on the ground, the face-to-face conversations that finally move a 25-year-old case. Every dollar is a mile closer to bringing Justin home.

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