Glenn Close tells about being raised in ‘awful religious ‘cult’ bursts into tears

  Glenn Close has opened up about his religious upbringing and the negative impact it has had on his life.

The Oscar-nominated actor appeared in The Me You Can’t See, a new series of documentary co-produced by Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey, in which he spoke openly about his childhood.

Close's father, Dr. William Taliaferro Close, joined the Moral Re-Armament religious movement in 1954, when V Close was seven.

He became so absorbed in his beliefs that he moved his family to the party headquarters in Switzerland. He remained part of the band for 15 years until he did his art work in Virginia.

"I was in this group called the MRA and it was actually a religion, everyone brought out the same things and there are a lot of rules, a lot of control," he said in the first episode of the mental health series.

"Because of the way we were raised, whatever you thought you would do for yourself was considered selfish," he continued. "We never went on vacation or had any memories of things other than the ones we went through, which was really bad."

Close said he believed his experience was "traumatic", which affected his "psychological".

"It's amazing how something you deal with when you're so young in your life still has the power to hurt," he said.

"I think that's a traumatic childhood traumatic, emotional, emotional and psychological traumatic event."

Vala, who has been married three times, added: "I did not succeed in my relationship and I found a permanent partner and I apologize for that."

The actor has never talked about how he left the organization, but in the past he has been open about the nightmares his experience has left him with, as well as the treatment he wanted to overcome.

Founded by Rev. Frank Buchman in 1938, the Moral Re-Armament was based on the belief that the transformation of the world begins with the transformation of the individual.

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