Australia

History

According to Family publications the Children of God first established a presence in Australia in September 1972.

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Leadership

Australia is under the PACRO-area leadership. Its local leaders include the following people:

• Stuart Hartingdon

Legal Action

Panton Hill (is a suburb in Melbourne), Victoria, Australia is the city where the raids took place on 15 May 1992 before dawn. 142 children, aged two to sixteen, in the home were removed by the authorities under allegations of child abuse, both physical and sexual.

• Melbourne: 1991—27 April 1993
• Sydney: 15 May 1992—31 March 1999
• Melbourne: 15 May 1992—22 April 1994

see Category:Legal Action

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Related Family Publications

• "New Zealand and Australia by Shem" in Entering the Exotic East! Our Pioneering History in the Golden Triangle! — Book of Remembrance Vol. II pages 178-182.
• Hong Kong Goolagong — ML 980, 1981-03-26

Multimedia

• Report to Dad and Maria from Australia — A 1981 video report to David Berg and Karen Zerby from a couple in Australia and their son. In the video, a father reports that two children have shared sexually with their stepmother, Sally. An excerpt of this video was featured on 60 Minutes Australia: Sinful Acts.

Press

• The Age: Controversial Sect At Congress 'To Learn' — 1973-02-22
• Manly Daily: Colony Comes to Town — 1973-03-22
• The Age: Taxi! Hailing the drama of a lifetime — 1982-07-10
• The Age: Busloads of Bewilderment and Soft Toys — 1992-05-16
• The Age: What prompted the CSV raids? — 1992-05-19
• Sunday Age: Director worries for children — 1992-05-24
• The Age: Moses David's children — 1992-06-05
• The Age: Court Told of Sect Security Measures — 1992-06-24
• The Age: More of a sect than a cult, says theologian — 1992-07-03
• The Age: Sect looks for a new home — 1992-07-10
• Sydney Morning Herald: Sect Boy Denied Sexual 'Fishing' Says Counsel — 1992-09-07
• Sydney Morning Herald: The Family v. The Rock — 1992-09-11
• Sydney Morning Herald: The Family's Planning — 1993-11-06
• The Age: Mediator appointed to settle Children Of God litigation — 1994-02-02
• The Age: Family's leader sends top aide to secret talks — 1994-04-04
• The Age: Keeping it in the Family — 1994-04-29
• The Age: Secret Cabinet deal killed Family case — 1994-04-29
• Sydney Morning Herald: For God's sake — 1996-10-23
• Sydney Morning Herald: Seizure of sect children ruled unlawful — 1999-04-01
• The Sunday Age: Meet The Family — 2004-05-09
• Marie Claire: "Killing Myself is the Only Way Out of the Cult" — 2005-04-19
• 60 Minutes Australia: Sinful Acts — 2005-10-16
• The Courier Mail: FBI investigates Coast sex cult (Movement Against Kindred Offenders Australian News Archive) — 2005-11-19
• The Courier Mail: Family Website Accepting ‘Charity’ Donations — 2005-11-19
• The Courier Mail: Rebirth Of A Controversial Sect — 2005-11-19
• Cosmopolitan: "I survived a RAPE CULT" — 2006-01

References

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