Tara Westover's story, the Daybells, and now this. I am certain there is more like this going on in certain circles of the LDS homeschooler / energy healing / conspiracy theorists circles. It makes me so sad to think of the pain kids are going through here in our own community.
This is personal to me. A family I am connected to is involved in this community. They also used cayenne pepper on kids' wounds. I know that their kids aren't doing very well, but so far I'm not sure that CPS or their bishop is taking it very seriously. I won't comment on them further, but I really hope people can realize this is a pattern (perhaps not always to the extent in this story, but still very bad), not isolated cases of crazy.
It is a disease festering under the surface of the LDS community.