Facing Their Demons

Louis Theroux revisits America’s most notorious hate group

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It’s been 13 years since Louis Theroux’s memorable first encounter with the Westboro Baptist Church, an anti-gay Christian group that pickets at events ranging from basketball matches to funerals with provocative and homophobic placards.

But since the church’s founder, Pastor Fred Phelps, died in 2014, the once tight-knit family community has been torn apart. This week, Theroux returns to Kansas to spend time with the church and to meet two of its most high-profile defectors.

BREAKING AWAY