1993
From XFamily - Children of God
- River Phoenix overdoses.
- The Family's Homes are raided by police in Argentina under various charges of child abuse.
- Over 50 adults are arrested and 140 children taken into custody in France.
- The Family encounters legal problems in Peru.
- The Family encounters legal problems in the USA.
Press coverage
- Los Angeles Times: A True Conversion? — 1993-03-21
- Washington Post: 'The Family' and Final Harvest — 1993-06-02
- Rocky Mountain News: Police Raid Children Of God Homes Sweep Nets 52 Arrest — 1993-06-11
- Press-Enterprise: The Family's values disputed — 1993-07-25
- Washington Post: 30 Members of Children Of God Arrested — 1993-09-02
- Chattanooga Times: Cult crackdown — 1993-09-03
- New York Times: Argentines Say a Sex Cult Enslaved 268 Children — 1993-09-03
- Los Angeles Times: 58 Americans Held in Argentina Sex-Sect Raid — 1993-09-04
- Toronto Star: 33-year-old Metro woman linked to sex-for-salvation cult — 1993-09-06
- Toronto Star: Metro woman in 'sex cult' probe — 1993-09-06
- Hamilton Spectator: Burlington kin support alleged cult leader — 1993-09-07
- Toronto Star: Sect members deny abuse stories — 1993-09-07
- Toronto Star: Two Canadian cult members arrested in Argentina — 1993-09-07
- Toronto Star: Anti-cult organization blamed for arrests — 1993-09-08
- Toronto Star: Sect members face sex, abduction charges — 1993-09-08
- Hamilton Spectator: Cult includes brother of suspect woman — 1993-09-09
- Hamilton Spectator: Member says he saw child sex abuse inside cult — 1993-09-09
- Hamilton Spectator: We will be completely vindicated, says Susan — 1993-09-09
- Los Angeles Times: Paraguay Police Raid Home Owned by Cult Suspected of Child Abuse — 1993-09-09
- Hamilton Spectator: Cult provided sex services to strangers — 1993-09-10
- Kitchener-Waterloo Record: Defending the Family — 1993-09-10
- Toronto Star: Couple held after bid to visit kids in custody — 1993-09-13
- Toronto Star: 'We've been totally and falsely accused' Family mom insists — 1993-09-15
- Columbus Dispatch: Columbus woman says she escaped cult horrors — 1993-09-16
- Hamilton Spectator: Cult woman's jail treatment 'atrocious' — 1993-09-17
- Macleans: Not a normal family — 1993-09-20
- Toronto Star: Tests disprove sect's family ties — 1993-09-21
- Columbus Dispatch: Woman seeking to get cult-controlled kin out of Argentina — 1993-09-25
- New York Times: 66 U.S. Cultists Still Being Held in Argentina — 1993-09-26
- Columbus Dispatch: Woman says siblings are brainwashed cult victims — 1993-10-05
- Houston Chronicle: Children of God Cult Returns as The Family — 1993-10-10
- Houston Chronicle: Elusive "father' of cult has held a following for 25 years — 1993-10-10
- Philadelphia Inquirer: Church declines to aid sect accused of abusing children — 1993-10-19
- Hamilton Spectator: Cult leader fears AIDS scare at jail — 1993-12-11
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Family: Hippie throwback or dangerous, abusive cult — 1993-12-12
- Hamilton Spectator: Burlington woman free in Argentina cult case — 1993-12-14
- Toronto Star: Argentine court frees Canadians in sex case — 1993-12-14
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