MANSFIELD, Ohio —

After arrests were made and trials were finished, Jeff Lundgren’s group was destroyed.

In total, 13 Kirtland cult members went to prison.

Life behind bars

“At first, I had a horrible time,” Damon remembered. “I did not do well; I got in fights constantly. We were socially awkward because we were secluded or cut off from the rest of the world. I didn’t have the mental capability yet to live on my own, to be my own person.”

It wasn’t until years after their sentencing that Damon and Danny both ended up in the Mansfield Correctional Institution, the facility where 3News investigator Peter Fleischer visited and interviewed both over the course of several months.

Damon says seeing a familiar face changed the course of his life.

“I needed somebody who was better than me

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