> [Google] frequently served wine from Grant Marie, a winery in Oregon House run by a Fellowship member who previously managed the Fellowship’s winery > In 201

> [Google] frequently served wine from Grant Marie, a winery in Oregon House run by a Fellowship member who previously managed the Fellowship’s winery > In 2015, after [the Fellowship's] chief winemaker left the organization, its winery ceased production. So Grace Marie is not a Fellowship winery after all, and it is run by a former member. Hard to make the case this is "self dealing" when the cult does not benefit financially from the procurement. > ASG, not Google, hired contractors for the GDS team If true, then it's hard to make the case that the Fellowship engaged in nepotism. > The Fellowship came under fire in 1984... In 1996, another former member filed a suit... Both suits were settled out of court. The newest of these allegations is 25 years old, and nothing was established. Given that there are perfectly benign explanations for Kevin Lloyd's direct observations (nepotism, wine), and no direct evidence for sex trafficking, we're left with nothing substantial. Lloyd's accusations seem rather like "connect the dots" conspiratorial thinking. If we assume that the cult is a quirky but relatively benign and harmless group, the "retaliation" against Lloyd can then be explained by legitimate firing for harassment and religious discrimination.