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Kirtland Cult Killings Were 'Mandated By God,' Former Member Says!
Lundgren and his wife once worked as temple guides. In exchange, the church offered free room and board in a home behind the temple and a salary of $125.00 a week.
"[I saw] their deaths as not only justified, but mandated by God," Luff told The Huffington Post from inside the Allen Correctional Institution in Lima, Ohio.
Luff was 29 years old on April 17, 1989 -- the day Lundgren chose for the execution date of his followers Dennis Avery, 49, Dennis' wife Cheryl, 41, and the couple's three children, Trina, 15, Rebecca, 13, and 7-year-old Karen.
Lundgren told his followers that "the end of days" was approaching. Unbeknownst to the Averys, Lundgren had promised his other followers salvation from Armageddon if they sacrificed the Avery family.
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