VARDY'S PAIN
Rebekah Vardy reveals she ‘hated life’ aged just 11 for heart-breaking reason in new documentary
REBEKAH Vardy has revealed that she "hated life" aged just 11 after being cut off from her grandparents in her heart-breaking new documentary.
Becky, whose family were Jehovah's Witnesses, branded it a "dangerous cult" as she made a number of shock allegations tonight.
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The WAG, 41, made the revelations while fronting a new Channel 4 documentary interviewing former Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) and confronting the movement's alleged "dangerous" culture.
Speaking about her parents' divorce and the process of "disfellowship" and "shunning", Becky told viewers of the toll it took on her at such a young age.
She said: "As a result we were rejected by family members and the congregation who I believe were forbidden from associating with us.
"I think I was about 11 I hated life, we lost communication with my nan and grandad, they were no longer able to come and visit us.
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"I just formed so much resentment to both my parents really and I think that's where my real resentment to religion started.
"Being made to feel so bad, so different."
She added that the "fear of losing your whole entire life" due to the strict rules is one of the reasons she "thinks so many people stay" in the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Becky grew up in a strict religious family in Norwich, , with no or birthdays, while all her TV and books were heavily censored.
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According to her, every aspect of her life was controlled by the elders, who had the power to cast people out of the community.
She has not spoken to her mother in over seven years and does not know if she is still in the JW community, but her father and sister have left.
Vardy also claimed that a friend of her family had sexually abused her from the age of 12.
However, the abuse was covered up by the "elders" because it would bring shame on her family, said Becky.
She and her mother fled the JW community in Norwich and moved to , where she says the abuse began and continued for three years.
Becky claimed that when she told her mother about it, she turned to an elder for help, who suggested that the young girl has "misinterpreted" affectionate touching.
There are currently around 130,000 JWs in the UK.
Their sect is based on Christianity but departs from mainstream Biblical teachings in their beliefs.
This includes strict prohibitions on adultery, smoking, drinking, homosexuality, swearing and even having blood transfusions.
They believe that not participating in any of these behaviours will allow them to enter paradise at the End of Days.
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However, the movement has faced questions over its handling of sexual abuse cases in the UK and abroad.
The Sun Online has attempted to reach out to the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the UK.
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