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[[Image:Mene_cover.jpg|thumb|140px|Merry Berg, cover of ''No Longer Children Newsletter'', Nov. 1992]]
 
[[Image:Mene_cover.jpg|thumb|140px|Merry Berg, cover of ''No Longer Children Newsletter'', Nov. 1992]]
[[Image:Merry_(mene)_berg.jpg|thumb|140px|Merry (right)]]
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[[Image:Merry_(mene)_berg.jpg|thumb|140px|Merry (right), date unknown]]
'''Merry Berg''' (known to Family members as '''Mene'''), born [[1972]], is the daughter of [[Paul Brant Berg]] ("Aaron") and [[Judy Arlene Helmstetler]] ("Shulamite"), and granddaughter of [[David Berg]].
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'''Merry Berg''' (known to [[Family International]] members as '''Mene'''), born in June [[1972]], is the daughter of [[Paul Brant Berg]] (Aaron) and [[Judy Arlene Helmstetler]] (Shulamite), and granddaughter of [[David Berg]].
  
Merry underwent severe abuses while living with David Berg, [[Karen Zerby]] and [[Steven Kelly]]. The abuse was documented and '''''published''''' in the internal [[The Family International|Family]] publications "[[The Last State]]" (ML 2306) and "[[It's Up to You!--Mene's Farewell from the King's House!]]" (ML 2524).
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Merry was invited to her grandfather's compound in December [[1983]], aged 11, left there in August [[1987]], aged 15 and left The Family International for the [[United States]] in November [[1990]] aged 18.
  
Merry was a witness in a ground-breaking child custody case in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] involving The Family. See: [[Judgement of Lord Justice Ward]].
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Merry underwent severe abuses while living with [[David Berg]], [[Karen Zerby]], [[Steven Kelly]] and others. The abuse was documented and '''''published''''' in the internal Family publications "''[[The Last State]]''" <small>(ML 2306)</small>, "''It's Up to You!--Mene's Farewell from the King's House!''" <small>(ML 2524)</small> and "''The Dangers of Demonism''".
  
Merry has been vilified by Family leadership to the point that many Family members consider her insane and possessed by demons or satan himself.
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Merry served as a witness in a ground-breaking child-custody case in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] involving The Family (see: [[Judgement of Lord Justice Ward]]).
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She has been vilified by Family leadership to the point that many Family members consider her insane and [[possession|possessed]] by demons or Satan himself.
  
 
==Addional information==
 
==Addional information==
*[[Merry's Story]] &mdash; By Merry Berg  
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*[[Merry's Story]] &mdash; By Merry Berg.
*[[Life with Grandpa - the Mene Story]] &mdash; By [[Ricky Rodriguez]], son of Karen Zerby
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*[[Life with Grandpa - the Mene Story]] &mdash; By [[Ricky Rodriguez]], son of Karen Zerby.
*[[The Last State]] &mdash; ML 2306, Aug. [[1987]]. Verbatim account of one exchange between Merry Berg and her grandfather David Berg
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*[[The Last State]] <small>(ML 2306, Aug. 1987)</small> &mdash; Verbatim account of one exchange between Merry Berg and her grandfather David Berg.
  
 
[[Category:Current and Former Members]]
 
[[Category:Current and Former Members]]

Revision as of 05:58, 14 May 2005

Merry Berg, cover of No Longer Children Newsletter, Nov. 1992
Merry (right), date unknown

Merry Berg (known to Family International members as Mene), born in June 1972, is the daughter of Paul Brant Berg (Aaron) and Judy Arlene Helmstetler (Shulamite), and granddaughter of David Berg.

Merry was invited to her grandfather's compound in December 1983, aged 11, left there in August 1987, aged 15 and left The Family International for the United States in November 1990 aged 18.

Merry underwent severe abuses while living with David Berg, Karen Zerby, Steven Kelly and others. The abuse was documented and published in the internal Family publications "The Last State" (ML 2306), "It's Up to You!--Mene's Farewell from the King's House!" (ML 2524) and "The Dangers of Demonism".

Merry served as a witness in a ground-breaking child-custody case in the UK involving The Family (see: Judgement of Lord Justice Ward).

She has been vilified by Family leadership to the point that many Family members consider her insane and possessed by demons or Satan himself.

Addional information