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DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas colony of the [[Children of God]] has dropped a $1.1 million libel and slander suit against a group of parents who had picketed in protest to the fundamentalist religious sect. | DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas colony of the [[Children of God]] has dropped a $1.1 million libel and slander suit against a group of parents who had picketed in protest to the fundamentalist religious sect. | ||
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In their suit the colony maintained that the parents depicted the religious sect as a subversive group. | In their suit the colony maintained that the parents depicted the religious sect as a subversive group. | ||
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In a printed statement, the sect said the lawsuit was dismissed because the parent's allegations "have proven to be only a repoach upon themselves." | In a printed statement, the sect said the lawsuit was dismissed because the parent's allegations "have proven to be only a repoach upon themselves." | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:40, 26 August 2009
'Children' Drop Suit On Damages
Odessa American/1973-07-30
DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas colony of the Children of God has dropped a $1.1 million libel and slander suit against a group of parents who had picketed in protest to the fundamentalist religious sect.
The request for dismissal of the lawsuit was made four days after a state court authorized an order by the parents requiring the Children of God to produce a financial and membership records.
The lawsuit was filed in October, 1971, after a demonstration by parents outside the Dallas federal building.
In their suit the colony maintained that the parents depicted the religious sect as a subversive group.
The Children of God were also pictured as guilty of kidnapping young persons, using drugs and hypnotism on them, and extorting money from converts, the suit said.
In a printed statement, the sect said the lawsuit was dismissed because the parent's allegations "have proven to be only a repoach upon themselves."
The COG professes to be a fundamentalist movement which established commune - oriented sects whose members are said to follow the day-to-day living principles of the early Christians.
