Police have arrested a former member of a North Carolina cult known for its ex-gay conversion therapy. Residents discovered 23-year-old Stephen Cordes holed up in a closet in the home of Brooke Covington, a leader of the Word of Faith Fellowship in Rutherford County, NC.
At the time, Cordes had armed himself with a Glock pistol. He also had a shotgun in the trunk of his car. Cordes claimed to be under the influence of drugs at the time.