Pain of sect massacre lingers 30 years later »
Posted By Jayson 12 months ago in ReligionDark clouds tumbled overhead on that afternoon 30 years ago, in the last hours of the lawmaker's mission deep in the jungle of Guyana.
With a small entourage, Rep. Leo Ryan had come to investigate the remote settlement built by a California-based church.
While he was there, more than a dozen people had stepped forward: We want to return to the United States, they told him.
Suddenly a powerful wind tore through the central pavilion, riffling pages of my notebook, and the skies dumped torrents. People scrambled for cover as I interviewed the founder of Peoples Temple.
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