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• David Berg
  ...ly expelled from the organization for differences in teachings and alleged sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old female church employee. ==Alleged sexual abuse==
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• Karen Zerby
  ...tains explicit text and images, and contains graphic descriptions of child abuse that may be disturbing for some viewers.</div> ...fter becoming a private secretary to the group's founder [[David Berg]], a sexual relationship developed between them. In a [[prophecy]] titled ''"[[The Old
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• Steven Douglas Kelly
  ==Alleged child abuse== ...Family leaders]] and [[World Services]] staff members. She received severe abuse from other members of the Berg and Zerby entourage, who tied her to her bed
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• Houston Chronicle: Children of God Cult Returns as The Family
  ...of their own members and from “[[Flirty Fishing|flirty fishing]],” the sexual seduction of potential converts that made them notorious. ...ded by angry parents whose teen-agers had joined the cult, accused Berg of child molesting, fraud and several other crimes. He was not indicted.
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• Ricky Rodriguez
  ...ronment characterized by intense indoctrination, stringent discipline, and sexual initiation by adults. ...nt towards Berg and Zerby because of the sexual abuse he had suffered as a child due to their policies and because of the unnatural way in which he was rais
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• Generational Revolt by the Adult Children of First-Generation Members of the Children of God/The Family
  ...is essay on a Website, [[MovingOn|MovingOn.org]], founded by another adult child of the first generation, Julia M. ([Julia M.], 2003). As of late February 2 ...orporal punishment, which sometimes crossed over into torture and physical abuse, against them in an attempt to elicit compliance among their children to th
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• Open Letter to President and Mrs. Clinton on "The Family Singers"
  ...who sexually molested his own daughters and granddaughters, had countless sexual encounters with his female followers both adult and under aged and was so p ...to secure visas for Children of God devotees. Kristina suffered appalling abuse under the cult's strictly disciplinarian regime). (Lynne Wallis, "Cult Recr
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• Angela Smith's death
  ...August, [[2004]], below. Angela Smith had played a limited role in sexual abuse he suffered in his childhood. ...to do what I know now is necessary. Something has to be done to stop these child molesters, and it would be nice to find some people who think the same way.
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• San Francisco Chronicle: Common Thread of Sexual, Spiritual Abuse Among Cult Defectors Who Killed Themselves
  ===Common thread of sexual, spiritual abuse among cult defectors who killed themselves=== ...dead say the suicides are linked to years of sexual, spiritual or physical abuse they experienced growing up in one of the most secretive sects of the [[197
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• Merry Jolene Berg
  {{caution child abuse}} ...he underwent severe physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. Some of the abuse was documented and published for all cult members in the internal publicati
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• Merry's Story
  ...ter was born into the [[Children of God]], and suffered severe [[:Category:Abuse|abuses]] as a young teenager. Today she is happy and healthy in her new lif ...ke, especially his uncontrolled drinking and alcoholism, and his perverted sexual desires and practices. I also felt that he was very much a hypocrite, makin
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• Jeremy Spencer
  {{Caution child abuse}} ...-victims-speak-former-fleetwood-mac-guitarists-kickstarter-campaign/ Child Abuse Victims Speak Out Against Former Fleetwood Mac Guitarist’s Kickstarter Ca
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• Berg on Incest
  ...s & even horrified that maybe my [[Virginia Lee Brandt|Mother]] was having sexual thoughts about me!&mdash;Which she may have been for all I know, & I wouldn ...& our tremendous sexual needs, & it could have developed into a beautiful sexual relationship!
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• All of These Things Moved Me
  ...t what could I show clients when they asked to see some samples? The Child Abuse Statement? The Tribute to [[David Berg]]? I felt so useless. ...ical feminist, married to another woman who just gave birth to their third child!
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• Story of Davidito
  ...nfluenced by the style of childcare in the book, and [[:Category:Sexuality|sexual liberties]] were a part of the second generation's childhood to varying deg ...nd children’s workers will be waiting to hear about what we did with our child.
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• 1992
  * [[Sydney Morning Herald: Sex Abuse Was Subtle, Court Told]] &mdash; 1992-08-04 * [[Sydney Morning Herald: Child Sex Evidence Queried]] &mdash; 1992-08-25
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• The Family International
  ...ticult]] group ([[FREECOG]]), and the unconventional [[:Category:Sexuality|sexual practices]] which soon followed within the Children of God solidified its p ...s revelation]]" which encourages members from the age of 14 to engage in a sexual relationship with Jesus.
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• 2005
  ...okesperson Claire Borowik regarding Ricky's death|states]] that the sexual abuse of children was made an excommunicable offense in [[1986]]. ...es/2/27/TFI_Statement_-_Deaths_Rodriguez_Smith.pdf states] that the sexual abuse of children was made an excommunicable offense in [[1988]].
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• Berg on Pedophilia
  ...ns|Family publications]] where Berg dealt specifically with pedophilia and child sex. ===Child Brides===
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• No Regrets
  ==CHILD ABUSE== ...rs. I eventually became the WS in-house specialist, writing the 1992 Child Abuse Statement, and assisting with other pubs on the subject. For several years
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• Watchman's Story
  ...e who were indulging in heavy alcohol abuse as well as totally promiscuous sexual activities. I too drifted for a while, mooching off my in-laws as my own fe ...s and adults are sent and subjected to intense emotional and psychological abuse in order to badger them into a place of total submission. In my case, by th
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• The Cult Killed Rick!
  ...f confessions from him. They made him say he was abusive and to confess to sexual fantasies. They made him confess to all kinds of stuff. They put him on sil ...it was a total miracle that somebody that had gone through the incredible abuse that Rick had gone through, was in any sense a sane and rational and functi
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• What Happened to Rick Dupuy/Watchman?
  The Family was at the height of its sexual insanity, as well as its worldwide radio ministry. Soon Rick was totally im Besides MO's other problems with alcoholism child abuse, channeling demons, false prophecies and so forth, he was also an EXTREME C
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• San Francisco Chronicle: Hewlett grant went to cult-linked charity
  ...roversial practices, such as using sex to recruit new members and allowing sexual activity between children, teenagers and adults. Rudow said the stories of child abuse in the Family in the 1970s and 1980s were being spread by "apostates" who w
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• J. Gordon Melton
  ...Justice Ward|damning indictment]] of the previous [[:Category:Child Abuse|abuse of children]] in the group. He was also very involved in the creation of Th "The sexual manipulation in the Children of God has been so thoroughly documented that
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• Victor Landivar Trigoso
  ...y excommunicated]] at least once after publically confessing to having had sexual relations with several underage teenage girls aged 14 to 16. Numerous former members have alleged an extensive history of child abuse by Trigoso. Amongst other crimes, it is alleged that he has sexually assaul
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• Sara Kelley
  ...at it be used as a childcare manual, setting the example on how to raise a child. It was sent to communes across the cult, worldwide. ...ez]] to from birth. This book had a direct impact on the widespread sexual abuse that followed within the cult for a number of years.
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• Philip Sloan
  {{caution child abuse}} '''Philip Sloan''' (born [[1956]]-10-13) is a known sexual predator and abuser, as well as a long-time member of [[The Family Internat
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• Stuart Harris Baylin
  ...he joined The Family. One of his victims has alleged that Stuart Baylin's child discipline and domestic dispute resolution methods resulted in bleeding, bl ...dents occurred. At least two of his victims reported specific incidents of abuse to top leaders of The Family International and their staff on questionaires
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• Paul Peloquin
  ==Court documents concerning child abuse== Below are excerpts of the [[Judgment of Lord Justice Ward]], from a child-custody trial in the [[UK]] involving The Family, 1995-05-26.
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• Summit '93 Mama Jewels
  ...o great, that by comparison to what goes on in the System, it still wasn't abuse. ''&mdash;Karen Zerby, Summit '93 Mama Jewels #2, pg.19, 1992''</div>
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• Complete Judgment of Lord Justice Ward
  ...ELF) MAY BE IDENTIFIED BY NAME AND THAT IN PARTICULAR THE ANONYMITY OF THE CHILD, A WARD OF COURT, AND THE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY MUST BE STRICTLY PRESERVED. ...roceedings or of the address in Leicestershire as being the home where the child is living. In the course of the hearing I received much evidence of and aff
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• Life with Grandpa - the Mene Story
  Her rejection of his sexual advances was not to go unpunished, however, and a few weeks later she was b :"He was invariably impotent and they did not have sexual intercourse though he once tried to penetrate her, so there is no evidence
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• San Francisco Chronicle: Murder-suicide case in desert evangelical sex cult
  ...dito" when he was growing up in the Children of God, had been groomed as a child to be the heir apparent of the sect, founded in the late 1960s by the late ...s. Their mothers were young missionaries who followed Berg's call to share sexual favors in order to bring young men to Christ.
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• Tucson Citizen: Murder suspect, a suicide, raised by cult to lead
  What he did was likely an act of vengeance for abuse he received as a child, Jones said. But the group does have more lax sexual norms than most societies, Borowik said.
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• San Francisco Chronicle: Rage turns to vengeance against "Family"
  ===Anguished ex-cult member decried years of abuse before killing 'molester,' himself=== ...ormer Family members, he proclaimed: "Something has to be done about these child molesters."
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• San Francisco Chronicle: Ex-sect members fear new violence
  ...young people who say they suffered years of physical, sexual and spiritual abuse growing up in the sect say that the latest deaths are part of a series of s ...manded that their parents and movement leaders take responsibility for the abuse -- gathered in a hotel ballroom in San Diego on Saturday night to pay tribu
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• San Francisco Chronicle: On tape, son of 'prophet' declares war on mother
  ...her and her current husband, whom he blames for allowing widespread sexual abuse against him and other children who grew up in the cult. ...s, leftists and Jesus freaks drawn to a strange brew of Bible prophecy and sexual license. Berg died in 1994 and left Zerby as chief prophetess of the self-s
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• San Francisco Chronicle: IRS documents show ties between charity, sex cult
  ...evotees in the 1970s with his strange brew of evangelical Christianity and sexual license. ...a charitable foundation if they knew that its leaders endorsed the sexual abuse of minors and religious prostitution," said Penn, who helped start the foun
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• Los Angeles Times: Fringe Group at Center of Deaths
  ...er a fringe religious group renounced practices that included child sexual abuse and incest, a murder-suicide carried out in two states has brought the grou ...d accusations from former group members who say that a childhood of sexual abuse growing up in the commune drove Rodriguez to murder and suicide.
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• Los Angeles Times: Tragic Legacies of a Sex-Based Religion: Murder and Suicide
  Sexual "sharing" was at the center of Berg's ministry by that time. Nowhere was it ...They didn't just change his diapers. They lay naked in bed with the naked child, fondling him and urging him to fondle them.
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• New York Times: Murder and Suicide Reviving Claims of Child Abuse in Cult
  ==Murder and Suicide Reviving Claims of Child Abuse in Cult== ...accusations by former members about routine physical, emotional and sexual abuse that they say they experienced as children.
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• London Times: Revenge of a son on cult of free love
  ...wn as The Family International, and revived allegations of rape and sexual abuse by former members. Berg was an advocate of free love who sanctioned child abuse and incest. Former members describe him as a paedophile who devised a relig
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• San Francisco Chronicle: Escaping a Free Love Legacy Children of God sect hopes it can overcome sexy image
  ...e think this is all about sex," said Lieberman, 25. "But it's greater than sexual relations. It's about how you relate and feel about people. It's about lovi ...he joined Berg's sect in 1977. "It was super-fundamentalist, but with this sexual twist. Women would have six kids, or 10 kids, and would not know who three
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• San Francisco Chronicle: Mixed Memories of 'The Family' Sex: Ex-member believed abuse 'normal'
  ===Ex-member believed abuse ‘normal’=== ...ical Southern California street preacher who combined the free love of the sexual revolution with the religious fervor of the American evangelical movement.
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• Edward Priebe
  ...unit. These videos later became evidence of [[:Category:Sexual Abuse|child abuse]] in court cases (see [[:Category:Legal Action]]). *[[Hamilton Spectator: Member says he saw child sex abuse inside cult]] &mdash; 1993-09-09
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• Our Replies To Allegations Of Child Abuse
  ...allegations-of-child-abuse-1992-06.pdf Our Replies To Allegations of Child Abuse] <small>(PDF Scan, 10 pages, 1.3MB)</small> &mdash; [[1992]]-06 ==Our Replies To Allegations of Child Abuse==
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• Pubs Purge Advisory, June 1991
  ...r enemies have been drumming up against us is that we are guilty of "child abuse," some of these raids have actually resulted in our precious children being ...for or about children that could even be remotely construed as having any sexual overtones to them, the modern-day inquisitors and witch-hunters who are ben
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• Daily Telegraph: They told us we might have to die
  ...lled like soldiers and, more rarely, there have been allegations of sexual abuse. "There was all this spooky art with a high sexual content, and when the trials began, they wanted us to draw over it," she sa
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• San Jose Mercury News: Group, P.A. woman's slaying intertwined
  '''Killer, Son of Sect's Leader, Blamed it for Childhood Abuse''' ...tries. But the Washington, D.C.-based group also has been accused of child abuse in a number of countries.
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