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'''James Steven LaMattery''' is a former [[First Generation Adult|first generation]] member of [[The Family International]]. He joined the group in the summer of [[1971]] at age seventeen, and left in December [[1975]]. More recently, LaMattery has focused on speaking out in the media against the group. He currently works as a Real Estate Broker in San Diego, California.
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'''James Steven LaMattery''' is a former [[First Generation Adult|first generation]] member of [[The Family International]]. He joined the group in the summer of [[1971]] at age 17, and left in December [[1975]]. More recently, LaMattery has focused on attempting to bring awareness about the group while speaking out against their policies and practices. He currently works as a Real Estate Broker in [[San Diego, California]].
 
 
==Controversy==
 
*[http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:tOHH4DpUyoMJ:www.lamatteryresource.org/Letters/04282005/04282005/ BANNED! Why I am restricted from ex-member websites] — By Jim LaMattery
 
*[http://movingon.org/article.asp?sID=2&Cat=50&ID=2899 Jim LaMattery] — Discussion on [[MovingOn.org]]
 
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==Press==
 
==Press==
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*[[Dr. Phil: The Family Cult Escapees]] — [[2005]]-10-03
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*[[KFMB-TV: FBI Launches Investigation Into Sex Cult]] — 2005-04-04
  
===Television===
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==More Information==
*[[Image:icon_video.gif|Video]][https://media.xfamily.org/video/tv/dr_phil_100305.wmv Dr. Phil: The Family Cult Escapees] <small>(36:59, 93.8MB)</small> &mdash; 2005-10-03 &ndash; ([[Dr. Phil: The Family Cult Escapees|Transcript]])
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*[http://www.jimlamattery.com/About_the_Author.html Jim LaMattery biography on JimLaMattery.com]
*[[Image:icon_video.gif|Video]][https://media.xfamily.org/video/tv/KFMB_040405.wmv KFMB News 8: FBI Launches Investigation Into Sex Cult] <small>(2:56, 5.3MB)</small> &mdash; 2005-04-04
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*[http://www.jimlamattery.com/Chapter_One.html Stealing God: My Unimaginable Journey into America's Most Notorious Christian Sex Cult: Apocalypse Afternoon] &mdash; Portions of a book LaMattery hopes to publish.
 
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*[[Image:Icon pdf.gif]][https://media.xfamily.org/docs/legal/usa/lamattery-v-hathaway/lamattery-v-hathaway-D152245-case-file.pdf Superior Court of California, County of San Diego,  Case D 152245] &ndash; <small>(90 pages, 6MB)</small> &mdash; [[1980]]-[[1981|81]] divorce/custody documents related to the [[:Category:Child Abduction|abduction]] of LaMattery's children by his ex-wife, [[Donna Jean Hathaway]], a member of The Family.
==External links==
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*[http://movingon.org/article.asp?sID=2&Cat=50&ID=2899 Jim LaMattery] &mdash; Discussion of controversy surrounding LaMattery on [[MovingOn.org]]
*[http://lamatteryresource.org/Biographies/jimlamattery Jim LaMattery biography on LaMatteryResource.org]
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*[http://www.exfamily.org/ppl/pages/Jim-LaMattery.htm Jim LaMattery Fighting The Family International - Leaving a trail of collateral damage?] &mdash; article by [[exFamily.org]] coordinator WC
*[http://lamatteryresource.org/Projects/stealinggod/ Stealing God: An unpublished work] &mdash; Portions of a novel LaMattery hopes to publish about his experience in the Family International/Children of God [[cult]].
 
*[http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=45410 U.S. Newswire: LaMattery Available to Comment on Investigations and Developing News on Family International] &mdash; 2005-04-05 &ndash; Press release by Jim LaMattery.
 
 
 
 
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James Steven LaMattery is a former first generation member of The Family International. He joined the group in the summer of 1971 at age 17, and left in December 1975. More recently, LaMattery has focused on attempting to bring awareness about the group while speaking out against their policies and practices. He currently works as a Real Estate Broker in San Diego, California.

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