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'''Peter Bevan Riddell''' (Australian; pseudonyms include '''Barry''', '''Matthew''' and '''Peter Gehr'''; may have legally changed name to '''Peter Williams''') was born in Perth, [[Australia]], March 26 [[1958]], and joined The Family in April [[1979]]. He is currently partnered to "Windy", and lives at the Family's [[Heavenly City School]] (HCS) in [[Tateyama, Japan|Tateyama]], [[Japan]].
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'''Peter Bevan Riddell''' (pseudonyms have included '''Barry''', '''Matthew''', '''Peter Gehr''', '''Peter Williams''' and '''Barry Brown''') is an Australian former member of [[The Family]], born in Perth, [[Australia]], March 26, 1958.
  
For many years Riddell has helped produce and oversee the production of [[:Category:Family Videos|Family video]] and [[:Category:Family Music and Audio|audio]] products. He has been working closly with [[World Services]] (WS) since the mid-[[1980s]], and has been in frequent contact with [[Karen Zerby]] (and previously [[David Berg]]), as well as other top leaders ever since. He also lived with [[Ricky Rodriguez]] ("Davidito"), [[Techi]] and [[Davida]] during their childhood ''(see: [[Grapevine]] #63 &ndash; Stories and Remembrances of Dad)''.
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Riddell joined The Family in April [[1979]]. For many years he helped produce and oversee the production of Family [[:Category:Family Videos|video]] and [[:Category:Family Music and Audio|audio]] products. He worked closly with [[World Services]] (WS) starting in the mid-[[1980s]], and has been in frequent contact with [[Karen Zerby]], the late [[David Berg]], and other top leaders since that time.
  
In [[1984]], Riddell was found guilty of child kidnapping and forgery and deported to [[Australia]]. After trial and sentencing in Australia, he later returned to Japan.
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In [[1984]], Riddell was found guilty of child kidnapping and forgery and deported to Australia. After trial and sentencing in Australia, he later returned to Japan, where he lived at The Family's [[Heavenly City School]] in [[Tateyama, Japan|Tateyama]], [[Japan]].
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He left the group in late [[2004]] or early [[2005]], and currently lives in Australia with his wife "Windy".
  
 
==Additional information==
 
==Additional information==
*[http://www.exfamily.org/art/exmem/doubt.shtml "Doubt"] &mdash; Former wife of Peter Riddell recounts the story of her child's kidnapping
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* [http://www.exfamily.org/art/exmem/doubt.shtml "Doubt"] &mdash; Former wife of Peter Riddell recounts the story of her child's kidnapping
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==Writings==
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* [https://media.xfamily.org/docs/fam/gv/gv_63.pdf#page=9 Grapevine 63, pg.9, ''"Stories and Remembrances of Dad"'']
  
 
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Revision as of 04:54, 29 June 2005

Peter Bevan Riddell (pseudonyms have included Barry, Matthew, Peter Gehr, Peter Williams and Barry Brown) is an Australian former member of The Family, born in Perth, Australia, March 26, 1958.

Riddell joined The Family in April 1979. For many years he helped produce and oversee the production of Family video and audio products. He worked closly with World Services (WS) starting in the mid-1980s, and has been in frequent contact with Karen Zerby, the late David Berg, and other top leaders since that time.

In 1984, Riddell was found guilty of child kidnapping and forgery and deported to Australia. After trial and sentencing in Australia, he later returned to Japan, where he lived at The Family's Heavenly City School in Tateyama, Japan.

He left the group in late 2004 or early 2005, and currently lives in Australia with his wife "Windy".

Additional information

  • "Doubt" — Former wife of Peter Riddell recounts the story of her child's kidnapping

Writings