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'''Abi Freeman''' (born [[1958]], formerly known as '''Rosalind Hora''' and '''Morning Star''') was raised in an Orthodox [[Berg and Anti-Semitism|Jewish]] family and joined the [[Children of God]] in [[1974]] at age 16.  She has worked for the organization in a number of countries including [[Iran]] (where she lived in a [[The Family|Family]] [[Home]] with [[Lawrence Corley]]), [[India]], [[Russia]], [[Hungary]] and the [[United Kingdom]].  She lives in Britain and is the organization's primary spokesperson in Europe.   
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'''Abi Freeman''' (born [[1958]], formerly known as '''Rosalind Hora''' and '''Morningstar Kings''') was raised in an Orthodox [[Berg and Anti-Semitism|Jewish]] family and joined the [[Children of God]] in [[1974]] at age 16.  She has worked for the organization in a number of countries including [[Iran]] (where she lived in a [[The Family|Family]] [[Home]] with [[Lawrence Corley]]), [[India]], [[Turkey]], [[Pakistan]], [[Austria]], [[Russia]], [[Hungary]] and the [[United Kingdom]].  She lives in Britain and is the organization's primary spokesperson in Europe.   
  
In a March [[2005]] [[Evening Standard: The Little Girl Seduced in the Name of God|interview]] with ''David Cohen'' from the British paper ''[[:Category:Press:Evening Standard|The Evening Standard]]'', Freeman initially denied that she had ever "personally encountered any sexual [[:Category:Abuse|abuse]] of children."  However, near the end of the interview, she changed her story:
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On September 22, [[2006]] Freeman was reportedly arrested in Britain on suspcion of child abuse.  She has been released on bail. <ref>Her arrest and subsequent release on bail has been confirmed to an xFamily.org editor by reliable sources.</ref>
 
 
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She hesitates. "Okay, so something happened," she snaps. And then it comes. "My daughter was sexually abused in the Family when she was 12 by two 15-year-old boys. Okay? And maybe she walked in a couple of times when I was having sex." She jumps up, angry and confused. "Don't tell me that my daughter has mental health problems because I'm in the Family!"<ref>[[Evening Standard: The Little Girl Seduced in the Name of God]] &mdash; 2005-03-09</ref>
 
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Her daughter however recalled the situation rather differently:
 
 
 
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Was her mother being truthful, I ask? She says: "I don't remember the incident my mother described when I was 12." But suddenly she is shaking violently, and lights a rollup cigarette to steady her nerves. "No, the incident I remember happened when I was nine. I was sexually abused by a 15-year-old boy. It happened again, on two occasions, when I was 16. But this time it was by 40-year-old men. Those men are still in the Family in the UK, even though they openly admitted what they did."<ref>Ibid.</ref>
 
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On September 22, [[2006]] Freeman was arrested in Britain over complaints lodged to the British Police regarding the sexual molestation of at least one minor.  She has been released on bail. <ref>Her arrest and subsequent release on bail has been confirmed to an xFamily.org editor by reliable sources.  More details will be forthcoming soon. </ref>
 
  
 
==Press coverage==
 
==Press coverage==
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* [[Evening Standard: The Little Girl Seduced in the Name of God]] &mdash; 2005-03-09
 
* [[Evening Standard: The Little Girl Seduced in the Name of God]] &mdash; 2005-03-09
 
* [[Dagbladet: Guds misbrukte barn]] &mdash; 2005-04-09 {{Languageicon|no|Norwegian}}  
 
* [[Dagbladet: Guds misbrukte barn]] &mdash; 2005-04-09 {{Languageicon|no|Norwegian}}  
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* [http://www.newhumanist.org.uk/Volume121issue3_comments.php?id=2033_0_42_0_C New Humanist: Judgement days] &mdash; 2006-05-17
 
*[[Image:Icon mp3.png|MP3 Audio Icon]][https://media.xfamily.org/audio/press/bbc-radio-today-2004-12-03.mp3 BBC Radio 4: Today] <small>(4:50. 851k)</small> &ndash; [[2004]]-1203 &mdash; Freeman and Graham Baldwin discuss [[cult]]s.
 
*[[Image:Icon mp3.png|MP3 Audio Icon]][https://media.xfamily.org/audio/press/bbc-radio-today-2004-12-03.mp3 BBC Radio 4: Today] <small>(4:50. 851k)</small> &ndash; [[2004]]-1203 &mdash; Freeman and Graham Baldwin discuss [[cult]]s.
 
==Writings by Freeman==
 
==Writings by Freeman==

Revision as of 13:07, 28 September 2006

Abi Freeman, December 1995

Abi Freeman (born 1958, formerly known as Rosalind Hora and Morningstar Kings) was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family and joined the Children of God in 1974 at age 16. She has worked for the organization in a number of countries including Iran (where she lived in a Family Home with Lawrence Corley), India, Turkey, Pakistan, Austria, Russia, Hungary and the United Kingdom. She lives in Britain and is the organization's primary spokesperson in Europe.

On September 22, 2006 Freeman was reportedly arrested in Britain on suspcion of child abuse. She has been released on bail. [1]

Press coverage

Writings by Freeman

More Information

Notes and Refences

  1. Her arrest and subsequent release on bail has been confirmed to an xFamily.org editor by reliable sources.

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