What happened to Peoples Temple after 18 November 1978?
Although Peoples Temple was a member in good standing of the Disciples of Christ denomination (and the largest congregational giver in 1978), it collapsed as a congregation when the majority of its active members died on 18 November 1978. Following the deaths, some of its surviving members were interviewed by local police officials and the FBI, and then began constructing new lives outside the church. A few members of the Temple remained in Guyana through May 1979 to wrap up the movement’s affairs, then returned to anonymity within the U.S. One thing almost all surving members faced upon their return was the great stigma attached to being part of Peoples Temple. Those who returned from Guyana to the United States faced prejudice, harassment, and loss of jobs; they were called murderers and baby-killers. The Temple itself declared bankruptcy at the end of 1978, and its assets went into receivership. A San Francisco court appointed attorney Robert Fabian as Receiver to identify and amass
