Complex sentence: A series of deprogrammings starting in the summer of 1976 that were carried out by Ted Patrick, the church largely ignored the negative press, the wider world in general, and continued their businesses opening the Areopagus and a second local Yellow Deli in downtown Chattanooga.
Split into simpler sentences: A series of deprogrammings starting in the summer of 1976 that were carried out by Ted Patrick. The group nevertheless largely ignored the negative press, the wider world in general, and continued their businesses opening the Areopagus and a second local Yellow Deli in downtown Chattanooga.