Two black women tell why they followed white cult leader. (former members of Branch Davidian cult)

From: Jet | Date: May 10, 1993| Author: Waldron, Clarence | Copyright information

"I loved to sit at his feet and listen to him harmonize the Scriptures," says cult member Annetta Richards as she describes her late leader David Koresh.

Ms. Richards, a 62-year-old registered nurse from Jamaica, recalls, "He could explain the prophecies as I have heard no one else do."

A friend who was a member of the cult urged Ms. Richards to join the cult in 1991. She had visited Waco from her home in Canada and decided to stay because Koresh's religious,...

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