It’s all about controlling information in the narcissistic spiritual cult. Our ex narc-elder would employ his ‘faction protocol’ heresy from keeping current members from hearing former members side to the story. He would then lie, frame-up and smear those who left. He used FEAR to keep current members from finding out the whole truth.
Psalms 82:4 Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.