The criminal case that killed Kemi Badenoch's belief in God
She explained that the unanswered prayers of Fritzl's daughter and captive Elisabeth Fritzl, contrasted with her own trivial prayers being answered, caused her to question her belief.
That was a turning point that she described as being 'like someone blew out a candle'.
Despite rejecting God, Ms Badenoch said she had not rejected Christianity and remains a 'cultural Christian '.
She said she wants to 'protect certain things because I think the world that we have in the UK is very much built on many Christian values'.
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