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== Leadership ==
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Australia is under the [[PACRO]]-area leadership. Its local leaders include the following people:
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Panton Hill (is a suburb in Melbourne), Victoria, Australia is the city where the raids took place on 15 May [[1992]] before dawn.<ref>Magazanik, Michael, Lisa Kearns. "[[The Age: Sect Children Seized|Sect Children Seized]]", ''The Age'', 1992-05-16.</ref> 142 children, aged two to sixteen, in the [[home]] were removed by the authorities under allegations of [[:Category:Abuse|child abuse]], both [[physical abuse|physical]] and [[sexual abuse|sexual]].<ref>Wilmoth, Peter. "[[The Sunday Age: Meet The Family|Meet The Family]]", ''The Sunday Age'', 2004-05-09.</ref>
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*Melbourne: 1991&mdash;27 April 1993
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*Sydney: 15 May 1992&mdash;31 March 1999
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*Melbourne: 15 May 1992&mdash;22 April [[1994]]
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==Multimedia==
 
==Multimedia==
*[[Image:icon_video.gif|Video icon]][https://media.xfamily.org/video/fam/internal/australia-joe-sally.avi Report to Dad and Maria from Australia] <small>(06:31, 15.6MB)</small> &mdash; A video report to [[David Berg]] and [[Karen Zerby]] from a couple in Australia and their son.  In the video, the father reports that two of his children have [[Sharing|shared]] sexually with their stepmother, Sally. An excerpt of this video was featured on [[60 Minutes Australia: Sinful Acts]].
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*[[Report to Dad and Maria from Australia]] &mdash; 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 [[Sharing|shared]] sexually with their stepmother, Sally. An excerpt of this video was featured on [[60 Minutes Australia: Sinful Acts]].
  
 
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==Press==
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* [[The Age: Controversial Sect At Congress 'To Learn']] &mdash; [[1973]]-02-22
 
* [[The Age: Controversial Sect At Congress 'To Learn']] &mdash; [[1973]]-02-22
 
* [[Manly Daily: Colony Comes to Town]] &mdash; 1973-03-22
 
* [[Manly Daily: Colony Comes to Town]] &mdash; 1973-03-22
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* [[Marie Claire: "Killing Myself is the Only Way Out of the Cult"]] &mdash; [[2005]]-04-19
 
* [[Marie Claire: "Killing Myself is the Only Way Out of the Cult"]] &mdash; [[2005]]-04-19
 
* [[60 Minutes Australia: Sinful Acts]] &mdash; 2005-10-16
 
* [[60 Minutes Australia: Sinful Acts]] &mdash; 2005-10-16
* [[The Courier Mail: FBI investigates Coast sex cult]] &mdash; 2005-11-19
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* [http://www.mako.org.au/ausnews510.html The Courier Mail: FBI investigates Coast sex cult (Movement Against Kindred Offenders Australian News Archive)] &mdash; 2005-11-19
* [[The Courier Mail: Family Website Accepting ‘Charity’ Donations]] &mdash; 2005-11-19
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* The Courier Mail: Family Website Accepting ‘Charity’ Donations &mdash; 2005-11-19
* [[The Courier Mail: Rebirth Of A Controversial Sect]] &mdash; 2005-11-19  
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* The Courier Mail: Rebirth Of A Controversial Sect &mdash; 2005-11-19  
 
* [[Cosmopolitan: "I survived a RAPE CULT"]] &mdash; 2006-01
 
* [[Cosmopolitan: "I survived a RAPE CULT"]] &mdash; 2006-01
  
 
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Latest revision as of 03:38, 22 June 2009

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:

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.[1] 142 children, aged two to sixteen, in the home were removed by the authorities under allegations of child abuse, both physical and sexual.[2]

  • 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

Multimedia

Press

References

  1. Magazanik, Michael, Lisa Kearns. "Sect Children Seized", The Age, 1992-05-16.
  2. Wilmoth, Peter. "Meet The Family", The Sunday Age, 2004-05-09.

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