'Children of God' cult - said to encourage child sex abuse, Sex cult led by elderly man uncovered

                         

 

- What was the 'Children of God' cult? Twisted sect said to encourage child sex abuse and mass orgies

- Sex cult led by elderly man known as 'The Doctor' uncovered

 

What was the 'Children of God' cult? Twisted sect said to encourage child sex abuse and mass orgies

The sect, now known as The Family International, had communities scattered across Scotland and still operates today.

By Sophie Law 14 JUL 2020

 

It was a secretive religious cult reportedly known for mass 'Jesus' orgies and encouraging the sexual abuse of children - some as young as two years old.

The 'Children of God' sect, now known as The Family International, had communities scattered across Scotland and still operates today.

 

It hit the headlines today after a paedophile cult member has admitted raping two little girls in Scotland.

Derek Lincoln appeared at Glasgow High Court on Monday and pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the children - aged nine and 11 - over a two year period between 1989 and 1991.

 

The 74-year-old was extradited from France in 2019 on a European Arrest warrant following his involvement with the religious cult.

The 'Children of God' was started in the US in the late 1960s by its founder, David Berg - who called himself Moses.

 

He told members that God was love and love was sex regardless of age or relationship. He died in 1994 while on the run from the FBI.

The notorious cult leader told followers to celebrate God with mass sex orgies and fantasise about romps with Jesus while performing sex acts, according Jo Thornely’s book Zealot.

 

Mr Berg issued a “Mo Letter” containing a list of things you could say to Jesus while you pretended you were making love to him....

The notorious cult leader told followers to celebrate God with mass sex orgies and fantasise about romps with Jesus while performing sex acts, according Jo Thornely’s book Zealot.

 

Mr Berg issued a “Mo Letter” containing a list of things you could say to Jesus while you pretended you were making love to him.

There have been horrific reports from ex-members of sexual violence, incest, and brainwashing.

It’s also been reported the cult brainwashed its child members into believing sex acts were all part of God’s expression of love and actively encouraged sexual activities among minors as young as two or three years old.

Many ex-members have spoken out about the horrific abuse they experienced as youngsters before escaping.

Alexander Watt was the first British member of the cult to stand trial for child sex abuse when he was convicted in Scotland.

 

Joker star Joaquin Phoenix and Hollywood actress Rose McGowan were born into the cult.

The late actor River Phoenix, who was Joaquin's older brother, told Details Magazine in 1991 that he was four when he first had sex while in the group....

 

The cult now goes by the name of The Family International and is still active today.

They since have claimed a zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual interaction between adults and underage minors.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/what-children-god-cult-twisted-22352779

 

Sex cult led by elderly man known as 'The Doctor' uncovered
Jul 21, 2020

 

A septuagenarian known only as ‘The Doctor’ was behind a sex cult in northern Italy in which followers were abused and brainwashed, say authorities who uncovered the alleged activity.

 

Police say the leader of the cult, a 77-year-old man whom they have not named, used businesses such as dance schools, herbalists, craft shops and a publishing house as an allure to target the vulnerable and often women of wealth.

The man would then indoctrinate them by subjecting the women to ‘unbearable violence and abuse of all kinds’, say police.

 

Raids were carried out against the group, which was based near Milan in a town called Novara, on suspicion of slavery and sexual abuse, including young girls.

Officers say the group was structured like a pyramid with the most fervent followers closest to The Doctor, those who were skeptical towards the bottom....

 

Once immersed in the cult, which police say existed for 30 years, the women would be convinced to sever all family ties or else coax their relatives to join.

They would then be put to work for the group with The Doctor deciding what job best suited them.

Because some of the women were also given houses, their survival was entirely dependent on the cult.

https://torontosun.com/news/weird/sex-cult-led-by-elderly-man-known-as-the-doctor-uncovered/wcm/505f7dfd-7de8-4c51-9df5-6a3406ed7dfb/

 

Jehovah's Witnesses: abuse, Sex Cult - Child Rape - Children of God Church, Priest Risdale 38 charges

- Inside the Jehovah's Witnesses: A 'perfect storm' for abuse
"They love bomb you. They sell you this vision of a perfect community. It is anything but. It's indoctrination. It's a cult, it really is. But they convince you it's a religion."

-  Life after a sex cult: 'If I’m not a member of this religion any more, then who am I?'
Children of God church "The report documented Berg’s proclivity for incest and witnesses testified that child rape was used as an excuse to “increase the tribe”, leading to many pregnancies in various communes."

- Ridsdale's fresh charges grow in number 
"More historical sex abuse charges have been laid against disgraced former Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale. 38 charges, rape, buggery, indecent assault and assault offences against boys and girls"


Inside the Jehovah's Witnesses: A 'perfect storm' for abuse
Rachel Browne March 10 2017

Then one morning a pair of Jehovah's Witnesses knocked on the door to spread the word of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. That was when Jodi's nightmare began.

"These nice people were promising a community with no drugs, no alcohol and no crime – it sounded very appealing," said Jodi, who asked that her name be withheld.

"They love bomb you. They sell you this vision of a perfect community. It is anything but. It's indoctrination. It's a cult, it really is. But they convince you it's a religion."

The Jehovah's Witness church and its overarching body, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, came to the attention of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Sexual Abuse with a 2015 case study hearing more than 1000 allegations of paedophilia had been made against the organisation over 60 years yet not one complaint was reported to police.

This echoes Jodi's experience. Now 35, she says she was abused by a church elder and his daughter when she was eight years old. When she was 13 she mustered up the courage to report the abuse to church authorities but was not believed and branded a liar. She left the church shortly after.

"They preach love but they don't show love," she said.

Another former member, Lara Kaput, describes the Jehovah's Witnesses as "cruel".

Ms Kaput, 44, was raised in a Jehovah's Witness family in Victoria where close contact with people outside the church was discouraged, women were taught to obey men and the teachings of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society were unquestioned.

She left the Jehovah's Witnesses when she was 19 and was shunned by the community. Over the past 25 years she's had only sporadic contact with family members who are still involved in the church.

"You are ostracised from your entire family and friend network," she said. "Prior to (leaving) they incorporated me as a regular family member. After that I was dead to them."....

The commission has referred information about 514 alleged perpetrators within the Jehovah's Witnesses to the police since the initial hearing....
http://www.smh.com.au/national/inside-the-jehovahs-witnesses-a-perfect-storm-for-abuse-20170309-guukur.html  


Life after a sex cult: 'If I’m not a member of this religion any more, then who am I?'

Michael Young grew up immersed in the Children of God church, which was labelled as a sect by the FBI and dogged by child abuse allegations
Sophia Tewa  Saturday 11 March 2017

f his eight siblings, Michael Young was the most zealous street missionary. As a child growing up in Monterrey, Mexico, he preached up to 10 hours a day, three to four days each week. He spoke to strangers on the streets and often went door-to-door. He’d ask them, in broken Spanish, if they wished to go to heaven. If they said yes, he would pray for them. If they said no, he would ask for at least a donation to The Family International, a church formerly known as the sex cult The Children of God.

Young’s parents, devout American missionaries who moved to Mexico in 1998, told him that such work was his destiny and duty. The alternative was an afterlife spent in the slums of heaven, a place only slightly better than hell.

When he was eight years old, in 2000, Young’s family moved to Texas and started their missionary work anew in mini-malls and Walmart parking lots, handing out theological tracts about the imminent apocalypse that would soon wipe out the unbelievers.

Young says he was happy. “I was spiritual in a way that was kind of very obsessive and very determined,” he says.

But Young was unaware that his parents’ church was labelled as a sect by the FBI and hounded by child abuse allegations. In a 1974 report, The New York attorney general’s office had also called the Children of God a “cult”. The group’s practices drew investigations from the FBI and Interpol, which were on the hunt for its leader, David Berg. One anonymous informant spoke of rape, incarceration, kidnapping and incest inside the group....

The report documented Berg’s proclivity for incest and witnesses testified that child rape was used as an excuse to “increase the tribe”, leading to many pregnancies in various communes.

“A 14-year-old runaway who spent nine days at a COG commune testified that she was raped and because of her refusal to cooperate with the elders, was held in solitary confinement on no less than three separate occasions,” the report states.

The late actor River Phoenix, who grew up in the Children of God, told Details Magazine in 1991 that he was four when he first had sex while in the group....

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/11/children-of-god-church-sex-cult-texas-mexico-fbi 


Ridsdale's fresh charges grow in number                                                                
Andi Yu - AAP on March 10, 2017

More historical sex abuse charges have been laid against disgraced former Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale.

A prosecutor in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Friday said two new charges had been filed last week and this morning, adding to the original total of 36.

The 38th charge relates to the sexual penetration of a child under 10, the lawyer said.

Other charges include rape, buggery, indecent assault and assault offences against boys and girls across the state.....
https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/34606087/ridsdale-faces-another-36-abuse-charges/#page1