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Purported cult leader Gary Blankenship, who , said Wednesday he’s ready to pack it in.Gary Blankenship“The show’s over,” he said from a temporary home in West Virginia.Calling himself, with a chuckle, “a retired cult leader,” the 36-year-old Blankenship said he plans to move with his wife and daughter somewhere where they can live quietly.His goal, he said, is to chill someplace out of sight from the many fans and foes he’s made over the years through his travels and talks on Facebook.after residents of St. Agatha made it clear they didn’t want him to set up a community in the area for followers to gather.He was later on a warrant issued for his arrest in Tennessee, related to a dispute about a vehicle.Blankenship said he and his wife spent 18 days in jail as a result, their daughter taken by social services, before he was released and his teenage daughter returned to her parents.He said he was held “for no damn reason” and freed when authorities finally realized that Tennessee had no real interest in bringing him back for trial.Now, he said, he is trying to figure out how to hunker down someplace with his family, far from the spotlight.“Where I’m going next, they’ll be no one but me, my wife and my daughter,” Blankenship said. “I don’t want to be a public figure. I just want to be a simple man.”Invalid username/password.Success. Please wait for the page to reload. If the page does not reload within 5 seconds, please refresh the page.Enter your email and password to access comments.Hi, to comment on stories you must create a commenting profile. This profile is in addition to your subscription and website login. Already have a commenting profile? Login.Invalid username/password.Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration.Only subscribers are eligible to post comments. Please or first for digital access. .Use the form below to reset your password. When you've submitted your account email, we will send an email with a reset code.Log out of Commentsfiled under:Related StoriesLatest Articles|| Lewiston Sun JournalX

Purported cult leader Gary Blankenship, who , said Wednesday he’s ready to pack it in.Gary Blankenship“The show’s over,” he said from a temporary home in West Virginia.Calling himself, with a chuckle, “a retired cult leader,” the 36-year-old Blankenship said he plans to move with his wife and daughter somewhere where they can live quietly.His goal, he said, is to chill someplace out of sight from the many fans and foes he’s made over the years through his travels and talks on Facebook.after residents of St. Agatha made it clear they didn’t want him to set up a community in the area for...

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