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Melineige Beauregard, of Quebec, Canada works on her sculpture at the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival, Friday, July 21, 2017, in Revere, Mass. The festival runs though Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Jonathan Bouchard, of Montreal, works on his sculpture at the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival, Friday, July 21, 2017, in Revere, Mass. The festival runs though Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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This cover image released by Soul Circle/Universal shows, "Chronology" a release by Chronixx. (Soul Circle/Universal via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-This Wednesday, March 29, 2017 photo shows people at the Word of Faith Fellowship church in Sao Joaquim de Bicas, Brazil. Over the course of two decades, former members say the U.S.-based mother church took command of this and another congregation in Brazil, applying a strict interpretation of the Bible and enforcing it through rigorous controls and physical punishment. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-FILE - In this 2012 photo provided by a former member of the church, Word of Faith Fellowship leader Jane Whaley, center left, holds a member's infant daughter, accompanied by her husband, Sam, center right, and others during a ceremony in the church's compound in Spindale, N.C. Over the course of two decades, former members said the U.S.-based sect took command of two congregations in Brazil, applying a strict interpretation of the Bible and enforcing it through rigorous controls and physical punishment. (AP Photo)

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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-This Thursday, March 30, 2017 photo shows a page in a schoolbook with a printed picture of a woman applying lipstick covered with another image in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This and other schoolbooks used by members of the Word of Faith Fellowship church in Brazil show heavy redactions. Instead of human sexuality, for example, the life cycle is taught via plant reproduction. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-This Thursday, March 30, 2017 photo shows an image in a schoolbook with exposed body parts covered by ink in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This and other schoolbooks used by members of the Word of Faith Fellowship church in Brazil show heavy redactions. Instead of human sexuality, for example, the life cycle is taught via plant reproduction. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, JULY 24, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this Tuesday, May 9, 2017 photo, Thiago Silva speaks during an interview at his home in Marlborough, Mass. Reflecting on his life, the 34-year-old has one regret _ that he didn't leave the Word of Faith Fellowship church sooner. For years, Silva said the church's ministers _ especially founder Jane Whaley _ controlled every aspect of his life. "I didn't live until I escaped," he said. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)

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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this Thursday, March 30, 2017 photo, Juliana Oliveira, a former member of the Word of Faith Fellowship, cries during an interview in Betim, Brazil. "When you are in a cult, you don't know you are in a cult because little by little it all becomes ‘normal,’" said Oliveira. "It's like a frog in a pot of water. By the time it's boiling, he can't jump out." (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, JULY 24, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-This Wednesday, March 29, 2017 photo shows people at the Word of Faith Fellowship church in Sao Joaquim de Bicas, Brazil. An Associated Press investigation has found that Word of Faith Fellowship used its two church branches in Latin America's largest nation to siphon a steady flow of young laborers who came on tourist and student visas to its 35-acre compound in rural Spindale, N.C. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Britain's Prince William, second left, and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, right, and their daughter Princess Charlotte, left, board a plane in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, July 21, 2017. ( Christian Charisius/Pool Photo via AP)

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Britain's Prince William, second left, and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, second right, and their children, Prince George, left, and Princess Charlotte, right look at helicopters during their visit to Airbus in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, July 21, 2017. ( Christian Charisius/Pool Photo via AP)

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Britain's Prince William, second left, and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, second right, and their children, Prince George, left, and Princess Charlotte, right look at helicopters during their visit to Airbus in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, July 21, 2017. ( Christian Charisius/Pool Photo via AP)

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Britain's Prince William looks at the interior of an Airbus helicopter with his son Prince George in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, July 21, 2017. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)

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Britain's Prince William looks at the interior of an Airbus helicopter with his son Prince George in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, July 21, 2017. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)

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Britain's Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, boards a plane with her daughter Princess Charlotte in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, July 21, 2017. (Christian Charisius/Pool Photo via AP)

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Britain's Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge boards a plane with her daughter Princess Charlotte in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, July 21, 2017. (Christian Charisius/Pool Photo via AP)

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Britain's Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge boards a plane with her daughter Princess Charlotte in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, July 21, 2017. (Christian Charisius/Pool Photo via AP)

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Britain's Kate the Duchess of Cambridge boards a plane with her daughter Princess Charlotte in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, July 21, 2017. (Christian Charisius/Pool Photo via AP)