B&B in tiny village revealed as Brit HQ of bizarre sex cult in which members' boobs massaged to 'release evil spirits'
The four-star accommodation called The Lighthouse in Tytherington in Somerset is said to be the European base for followers of Universal Medicine.
It apparently tells its members what to eat, when to sleep and to shun family members who don't follow the cult's teachings.
They also believe in vaginal and breast massage and burping to rid people of evil spirits as an alternative to modern medicine.
It was founded in 1999 by Serge Benhayon — a former bankrupt tennis coach who claims to be the reincarnation of Leonardo da Vinci.
A court previously found he engaged in bizarre sexual manipulation, with one former member saying he indecently touched her during an "ovarian reading", according to the BBC.
He is said to teach people who are sexually abused they were mistreated because of what they did in a past life.
And people with autism are said to be former dictators.
Serge now lives as a millionaire in Australia but twice a year he visits the cult's UK headquarters.
Families have said the cult has taken their loved ones from them.
Kasha was 12 when her mum started following Universal medicine.
I realised that she wasn't mum any more, so that was quite difficult.
She told the BBC: "I realised that she wasn't mum any more, so that was quite difficult."
She described how her mum started to act bizarrely after joining the cult.
Kasha said: "She started burping ridiculously and she said 'I'm just burping out bad spirits'."
She says she realised there was no hope and she would just have to let her mum go.
"I think Serge is a cruel man with cruel intentions. I genuinely think he's a monster," Kasha added.
"She's still my mum and I love her. But she's never going to be the person that she was or the person I even remember her to be.
Cult members follow strict rules, including a special diet that bans carrots and alcohol and a 9pm bedtime and they get up at 3am.
A civil court in Australia found Universal Medicine to be a "socially harmful cult" that makes false claims about healing in a defamation case last December.
It found Serge Benhayon used sexual manipulation, exploited cancer patients financially, and persuaded followers to shun loved ones who wouldn't' join his cult.
Benhayon has always denied running a cult and any wrongdoing, saying he is the victim of a media witch hunt.
Simon Williams, managing director of the Lighthouse, is a follower of Universal Medicine and a friend of Serge's.
He's also president of the Frome Chambers of Commerce.
He told a BBC reporter that the court ruling in Australia was "totally untrue" and people didn't understand what Universal Medicine was about.
Universal Medicine and The Lighthouse have been contacted for comment.
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