Editing Roch Thériault (section)

==Early life==
Roch Thériault was born in [[Saint-Épiphane]], [[Quebec]] on May 16, 1947, into a poor [[French Canadians|French-Canadian]] Catholic family, and was raised in [[Thetford Mines]]. Thériault was destined by his mother to become a [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|Priest]], but was ostracized by other family members due to having been born from an incestuous rape of his mother by his grandfather. Thériault was frequently beaten by his stepfather throughout his childhood and his mother was too scared to protect him from the abuse. This further isolated Thériault from other family members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BAnQ numérique |url=http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/ |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=numerique.banq.qc.ca |language=fr}}</ref> As a child Thériault was considered to be very intelligent, but dropped out of school in the seventh grade and lived many years in [[homeless shelter]]s across Quebec and worked different odd jobs before he finally founded a small woodwork business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foglia |first=Pierre |date=November 17, 1979 |title=Un petit Christ |url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2411325 |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=numerique.banq.qc.ca}}</ref> In 1972, he began to teach himself the [[Old Testament]] of the [[Bible]] after he met an adventist Pastor.<ref name="localmouth.com">Ross, S. (January 13, 2010). Sect of roch Thériault - Cults. (n.d.).Local Community Forum and Information for Every Town, Village and Hamlet in Britain. Retrieved March 15, 2013, from [https://web.archive.org/web/20140202093701/http://www.localmouth.com/go/cults/show_topic?topic_id=2269]</ref> Thériault believed that the [[Eschatology|end of the world]] was near and would be brought on by the war between [[good and evil]]. Thériault converted from [[Catholicism]] to the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] in January 1977,<ref name="belief" /> and began practising the denomination's regular [[holistic]] beliefs which encouraged a healthy lifestyle free of unhealthy foods and [[tobacco]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cvltnation.com/ant-hill-kids-break-legs-sledgehammer-go-hell/|title=THE ANT HILL KIDS: Break Your Legs With A Sledgehammer Or Go To Hell|last=Roos|first=Robin|date=May 20, 2020|website=[[CVLT Nation]]|access-date=July 6, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grunge.com/928595/who-killed-roch-theriault-of-the-ant-hill-kids-cult/|title=Who Killed Roch Thériault Of The Ant Hill Kids Cult?|last=Homer|first=Aaron|date=March 16, 2023|website=Grunge|access-date=July 6, 2023}}</ref>