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• Modesto Bee: Christian group founded in '60s Jesus movement
  ...s]] and [[France]]. France banned the group in 1978 amid charges of sexual abuse. ...were sent for discipline and schooling, where she said mental and physical abuse took place.
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• ABC News 20/20: Revenge Against Religious Sect
  ...he hands of a group originally called the [[Children of God]]. Its radical sexual philosophy was known as the [[Law of Love]]. ...ploits sending David Berg messages of love. Rick was the result of a grand sexual experiment. His mother, [[Karen Zerby]], was David Berg's favorite consort.
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• Montel Williams: Escaping A Cult
  ...ily.” He and other children say they suffered years of [[:Category:Abuse|abuse]].] ...tegory:Psychological Abuse|emotional]] and [[:Category:Sexual Abuse|sexual abuse]].
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• Gerald P. Curran
  ...fender Registry - Gerald Curran] &mdash; 2007-02-09</ref> As a convicted child sex offender, he is also prohibited from being in certain places where chil ...er a period of 9 years or that Curran was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault and sentenced to 11 years in prison.<ref>Sam Doehler, [http://www.m
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• ABC News: Primetime: The Outsiders
  ...r the children of the Children of God, a secret world of [[:Category:Abuse|abuse]] and shame. (OC) He was supposed to be the ultimate insider. The child who had been anointed to someday lead the infamous Children of God. A relig
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• GMTV:News Hour: Children of God
  ...God]] allegedly encourages members to [[:Category:Sexual Abuse|sexually]] abuse young children. We’ll hear one woman’s story and we’ll hear from the ...rn into the Children of God and says she suffered 12 years of gross sexual abuse before escaping. [[Kristina Jones|Kristina]] is here with us in the studio
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• Jane Magazine: Orgies and Prophecies
  ...ky Rodriguez video|video]] that blasted the cult and its [[:Category:Abuse|abuse]] tactics. ...l Abuse|sexual abuse]], murder and [[:Category:Suicides|suicide]]. But the abuse that occurred within the Children of God runs much deeper than that one hor
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• Daily Mail: Enslaved by the cult of sex...for 25 years
  ...na Jones|Kristina]] and [[Juliana Buhring|Juliana]] Jones were [[:Category:Abuse|abused]] from the age of three. Torn from their parents, their childhood wa ...starts innocently enough - I am six years old, a small, slim, dark-haired child dancing to pipe music for the camera. But this is no ordinary family movie.
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• Orange County Weekly: Spare the Child
  ==Spare the Child== ...cies led his flock down a path of debauchery, authoritarian rule and child abuse. Some members delved further into the abyss each year, eventually leading t
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• Madison: We were forced to obey: Life Inside The Children of God
  It was time for Rodriguez to take his final stand against the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his own mother, [[Karen Zerby]], during his chi ...xperiences, which took place in the UK and Asia, and included developing a sexual knowledge that far surpassed their years, being forced to hide questioning
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• New York Times: What’s on Tonight
  ...group that was repeatedly accused of child [[:Category:Sexual Abuse|sexual abuse]], but she’s not talking.
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• Bristol Evening Post: Suffer little children
  ...hemy. But what's even worse is that it's being performed by a six-year-old child. ...devastating account of what happens when one man's beliefs, obsessions and sexual perversions are allowed to dominate an entire community of people.
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• Western Daily Press: Free of cult's clutches to tell their harrowing story
  ...hemy. But what's even worse is that it's being performed by a six-year-old child. ...ting account of what happens when one individual's obsessions, beliefs and sexual perversions are allowed to dominate an entire community of people.
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• Western Daily Press: Charismatic leader who preached paedophilia
  ...embers, and subjected his own daughter and granddaughter to extreme sexual abuse. Central to his beliefs was his "[[Law of Love]]". Berg believed that every ...ot only regularly witnessed members having sex but were encouraged to have sexual contact with each other, and were also abused by adults from a very young a
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• San Jose Mercury News: The offspring of 'Jesus Freaks'
  ...cks ran thin until the late [[1960s|'60s]], when the [[:Category:Sexuality|sexual]] revolution and the Jesus movement bloomed at once. ...Children of God melded apocalyptic Christian evangelism with mind-boggling sexual mores. Lattin stunned readers when he first detailed the unorthodox practic
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• Limerick Post: Castleconnell area was base for child sex cult, claims victim
  ==Castleconnell area was base for child sex cult, claims victim== ...organisation called [[RISE International]] set up to protect children from abuse in cults.
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• Nottingham Evening Post: Cult pictures of innocence
  ...ose followers practiced [[prostitution]] and [[:Category:Child Abuse|child abuse]], and made [[:Category:Pornography|pornography]]. ...policy of sexual liberation and shared love gave his followers licence to abuse the cult's children.
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• Press coverage by publication title
  * [[Arizona Daily Star: Stabber's friends blame decades of abuse in sex cult]] &mdash; 2005-01-12 * [[Associated Press: Mexican groups accuse U.S.-based cult of sexual abuse]] &mdash; 1997-03-26
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• Arizona Daily Wildcat: Underside of cult life emerges
  ...murder took place. The tragedy occurred after Rodriguez suffered years of abuse at the hands of his father and other cult members, including Smith. ...Abuse|molestation]], mind control and [[:Category:Physical Abuse|physical abuse]].
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• San Francisco Chronicle: Review: Fear, sex are driving forces within Children of God cult
  ...:Leaders|leaders]], his parents, for years of [[:Category:Sexual Abuse|sex abuse]] he says he and many other children suffered. And he made a [[Ricky Rodrig ...]], in his Chronicle series "Children of a Lesser God," and his book about child survivors of cults, "Following Our Bliss."
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• Globe and Mail: Coming to terms with an abusive cult upbringing
  ...[[:Category:Physical Abuse|physical]] and [[:Category:Sexual Abuse|sexual abuse]] of the children. Since those allegations first emerged, much of the Famil ...made soft-core child-sex tapes and took inappropriate pictures of kids in sexual situations – some of which you show in your film. How do you show the exp
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• ABC News Nightline: Faith Matters: The Tragic Legacy of the Children of God
  ...tands a story of charismatic Christianity, [[:Category:Sexual Abuse|sexual abuse]] and revenge. In the late 1960s, David Berg, the self-proclaimed prophet a ...ated free love among his disciples, including [[:Category:Pedophilia|adult-child sex]].
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• KFMB-TV: Dulzura Charity Funded Accused Child Molester
  ==Dulzura Charity Funded Accused Child Molester== ...rg/video/tv/KFMB-TV-2005-02-10.avi KFMB-TV: Dulzura Charity Funded Accused Child Molester] ''''' <small>(0:03:52.665, 10.5MB, xVid AVI)</small> &mdash; 200
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• KFMB-TV: Cult Member Responds To Abuse Allegations
  ==Cult Member Responds To Abuse Allegations== ...s://media.xfamily.org/video/tv/kfmb-2005-02-11.avi Cult Member Responds To Abuse Allegations] ''''' <small>(0:03:55.935, 10.6MB, xVid AVI)</small> &mdash;
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• KFMB-TV: Religious Sect Has Ties to Two Local Charities
  A religious sect that some say promoted [[:Category:Pedophilia|sexual contact with children]] is coming under intense scrutiny after a [[Angela S ...gious sect who said he was [[:Category:Sexual Abuse|sexually abused]] as a child.
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• KFMB-TV: People Raised In Sex Cult Gather For Memorial
  ...th|suicide]] that brought back painful memories of child [[:Category:Abuse|abuse]] inside the cult. ...r Smith - as revenge, he said - for years of sexual abuse he suffered as a child growing up in The Family.
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• KFMB-TV: FBI Launches Investigation Into Sex Cult
  LaMattery says teenagers were subjected to harsh discipline and abuse at some of the camps. ...hildren in [[1986]], and apologized to the victims. Leaders also say child abuse was not widespread.
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• KFMB-TV: 'The Family' Religious Sect Has Ties To San Diego
  ...y – even among children. Many ex-members now say child [[:Category:Abuse|abuse]] was widespread in the group during the [[1970s]] and [[1980s]]. ...n in [[1986]], and apologized to the victims. Leaders also deny that child abuse was widespread.
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• KFMB-TV: Judge Orders Site Inspection of Sex Cult
  ...:Sexuality|sex]] [[cult]]. The order comes as part of a bitter [[:Category:Child custody|custody]] battle over a four-year-old boy being raised in the relig ...ocuments, Kyle’s mother writes, “The Family has zero-tolerance towards abuse… I would never expose our son to such things.”
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• KFMB-TV: Judge Denies Motion To Ban Media From Sex Cult Case
  A [[:Category:Child custody|custody]] battle over a four-year-old boy whose mother is a member ...op using the word ‘cult,’ because that is irrelevant. The issue is the child and the mother and the father, nothing more,” said Angie Staughton’s at
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• KFMB-TV: Father Wins Custody Of 5-Year-Old In Sex Cult Case
  A Serra Mesa father has won a long, bitter [[:Category:Child custody|custody]] battle over his son. He claimed his ex-wife had been rais ...ge has ordered inspections of the commune and psychological reports on the child. He wanted to know if the boy was being sexually abused.
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• KFMB-TV: La Jolla Foundation Donated to Charity with Ties to Sex Cult
  ...sexuality as an expression of God’s love. The practice led to widespread abuse of children in the cult, according to former members. The group changed its ...sex abuse was widespread, even though the organization formally banned all sexual contact with minors in 1986 and apologized to the victims.
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• Ireland's Issues: Not Without My Sister
  '''Growing up in a cult, a true story of abuse and survival, Jennifer May reports.''' ...e|sexual]] and [[:Category:Psychological Abuse|psychological]] [[:Category:Abuse|abuses]] she and her siblings suffered within the confines of the [[Childre
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• CNN Anderson Cooper 360: Twisted Cult
  ...us both Berg and Ricky's mom, who Berg called his queen, encouraged adult/child sex. In fact, they wrote about it. ...beliefs, according to many former members, Berg's how-to guide for raising sexual children. The Family International now says all "questionable publications
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• CNN Anderson Cooper 360: Young man's suicide blamed on mother's cult
  ...ry:Pedophilia|adult-child sex]]. More often than not, they say, the chosen child was Rodriguez, the son of Karen Zerby, who Berg called his queen. Zerby bec ...r [[Don Lattin]] says Berg "wanted his child to embrace sexuality, to be a sexual being as an infant and growing up."
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• CNN Newsroom: Born into a cult
  ...o a cult. His childhood was a nightmare of [[:Category:Sexual Abuse|sexual abuse]]. His life consumed by a need for revenge. ...us both Berg and Ricky's mom, who Berg called his queen, encouraged adult/child sex. In fact, they wrote about it.
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• KGTV: Former Members of Children of God Speak Out
  SAN DIEGO -- It's not often that a [[:Category:Child custody|child custody]] case is followed closely by the 10News Investigative Team, but a ...rmally known as [[Children of God]], where [[:Category:Sexual Abuse|sexual abuse]] allegations are central to the litigation.
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• Flirty Fishing in the Children of God:The Sexual Body as a Site of Proselytization and Salvation
  ==Flirty Fishing in the Children of God: The Sexual Body as a Site of Proselytization and Salvation== ...academic and popular debate due to, among other things, its controversial sexual practices. In this article, I examine one such practice, namely, Flirty Fis
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• Sunday Vision: Living by the law of love
  ...nts between adults and children were isolated and that since [[1987]], any sexual contact with minors has been an [[Excommunication|excommunicable]] offence. ...oyed in what was called the ‘Pubs [[Purge]]’ and new rules instituted. Sexual [[sharing]] among adults, however, is one of the things that the Family sti
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• Weekly Observer: Cult Activity in Uganda?
  ...ion, [[:Category:Pedophilia|paedophilia]], [[:Category:Incest|incest]] and sexual blasphemy, as an interpretation of 'sharing God's love'. ...punishment in form of detention, hard labour and violent [[:Category:Abuse|abuse]], until the 'rebellious spirit' is broken.
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• A Response To My Father
  ...hing was shared. They share their children, clothes and there’s complete sexual sharing.”'' ...eresting that he puts sharing children, and complete [[:Category:Sexuality|sexual]] [[sharing]] in the same sentence.
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• Charleston Gazette: Book chronicles dark outcome of end-time cult
  ...uit preacher whose flocks ran thin until the late [[1960s|'60s]], when the sexual revolution and the Jesus movement bloomed at once. ...Children of God melded apocalyptic Christian evangelism with mind-boggling sexual mores. Lattin stunned readers when he first detailed the unorthodox practic
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• Times Education Supplement: Cult watch
  ...as confined to full-time members of The Family, implying that there was no sexual relationship with her daughter. ...realised I was lucky though because normally the first a parent knows of a child's involvement is when they disappear."
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• Augusta Chronicle: Book details grim abuses suffered by cult's children
  ...time circuit preacher whose flocks ran thin until the late 1960s, when the sexual revolution and the Jesus movement bloomed at once. ...Children of God melded apocalyptic Christian evangelism with mind-boggling sexual mores. Mr. Lattin stunned readers when he first detailed the unorthodox pra
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• An Open Letter of Apology from Maria and Peter
  ...protected when you were younger. We are very sorry if you had any untoward sexual experiences. We We acknowledge that some of Dad’s writings misapplied the Law of Love to sexual contact between adults and minors, and
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• The Family’s History, Policies, and Beliefs Regarding Sex
  ...l would be helpful to address with you, dear Family, is the history of our sexual beliefs and practices, and in particular the controversies that arise relat ...stituted within the Family during that time period: FFing began and ended; sexual sharing in the Family began; the RNR (the ReOrganization Nationalization Re
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• Sunday Vision: Talk Back: Our dad lied about us
  ...share their children, clothes and there’s complete [[:Category:Sexuality|sexual]] [[sharing]].”''' I find it interesting that he puts sharing children, and complete sexual sharing in the same sentence.
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• Sunday Vision: Haunted by a dark past
  ...He said that the Family apologised for the [[:Category:Sexual Abuse|sexual abuse]] and such mistakes will not be repeated ...'' ...t former members insist that the leadership promoted the [[:Category:Abuse|abuse]] of children.
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• Macau Closer Look: For God's Sake
  ...us sect operated brutal brainwashing camps in [[Macau]] where child sexual abuse was common.''' ...egory:Psychological Abuse|mental]] and [[:Category:Physical Abuse|physical abuse]] of children, [[Sharing|partner swapping]], [[Come-union|orgies]] and at t
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• Macau Closer Look: The Gospel according to Mo
  to track him down and detain him for inciting child abuse and other 1978 due to bad publicity liked to promiscuous sex and child abuse.
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• The Age: Moments In Time - May 1992: Children of sect members are seized in dawn raids
  ...es, their case quickly became a public relations nightmare for the state's child protection services as civil libertarians denounced the raids as an attack ...ne, isolation, disrupted family ties, poor education and exposure to adult sexual activity - but attempts to discuss these concerns had seen the group immedi
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• BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour: Life after living in a sect
  ...way section of the Mormon Church in Texas. It’s likely to be the largest child-welfare investigation in the history of the state. Earlier this year, Jane ...re abusive people from the word go, it’s because they were programmed to abuse. That’s the important thing. Otherwise, it’s very difficult for young p
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• BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour: Growing up in a cult
  ...thors of "[[Not Without My Sister]]," which tells of their years of sexual abuse and their eventual escape. What does Celeste remember of her childhood? ...growing up with these memories of [[:Category:Pedophilia|adults being very sexual towards me]], there was [[:Category:Sexuality|sex]] all around, we just gre
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• Michael Hawron
  ==Alleged child abuse== ...s as teenagers born and raised within the group began to rebel against the abuse and isolation imposed upon them by the cult's structure, beliefs and practi
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