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May 2025
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He Started a Sex Cult - The Larry Ray st...

Ray William Johnson
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Larry Ray orchestrated a decade-long campaign of manipulation and abuse after moving into his daughter Talia's dorm at Sarah Lawrence College in 2010. Presenting himself as a mentor, he ingratiated himself with her roommates, eventually subjecting them to psychological, physical abuse.

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