Jarenlang beweerde de Phoenix Goddess Temple ‘zoekers’ genezing te bieden door middel van sensuele aanraking. Maar wanneer een buitenstaander onthult wat er achter gesloten deuren gebeurt, verwelkomt de tempel onbewust een nieuw soort zoeker: undercoverdetectives. Wat sommigen zagen als een spiritueel thuis, zag de staat als een bordeel dat opereerde onder het mom van religieuze vrijheid. Dus wat gebeurt er als uw overtuigingen in strijd zijn met de wet? Presentatoren Katie en Leah Henoch volgen de opkomst en ondergang van de Phoenix Goddess Temple en vertellen het verhaal van een gemeenschap die meer dan tien jaar later nog steeds rekening houdt met de gevolgen.
For years, the Phoenix Goddess Temple claimed to offer “seekers” healing through sensual touch. But when an outsider exposes what’s happening behind closed doors, the temple unknowingly welcomes in a new kind of seeker — undercover detectives. What some saw as a spiritual home, the state saw as a brothel operating under the guise of religious freedom. So what happens when your beliefs might be against the law? Hosts Katie and Leah Henoch follow the rise and fall of the Phoenix Goddess Temple, and tell the story of a community still reckoning with the fallout more than a decade later.
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