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Wednesday August 19, 2009
Exclusive Brethren:
Exclusive Brethren Two Tasmanian members of the reclusive religious sect, the Exclusive Brethren, have publicly apologised for ads published in the lead- up to the last state election.

The apology, published today in Tasmania’s three daily newspapers, followed a conciliation suggested by the state’s anti-discrimination tribunal following a complaint by Martine Delaney.
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Exclusive Brethren Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd famously labelled the Exclusive Brethren (EB) a “cult” while in Opposition.

But it seems that, in Government, he is more generous to the Christian sect.

Figures obtained by The Greens in Senate Estimates reveal that funding to schools run by the controversial Christian sect have increased by 50 per cent under the Rudd Government.
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Monday April 6, 2009
Exclusive Brethren:
Exclusive Brethren Timothy Twinam of Williston says he just wants to tell the truth about what’s really going on inside the Exclusive Brethren, a well-heeled, reclusive evangelical Christian group with 43,000 members around the world.

The Exclusive Brethren says Twinam is a malcontent, a former church member who stole confidential documents to display them on www.Peebs.net, a Web site Twinam admits he created to encourage people to abandon the organization.
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Tuesday January 27, 2009
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Exclusive Brethren A father of eight has told a court that the Exclusive Brethren sect “brainwashed” and “pressured” his young son to turn against him.

The Exclusive Brethren, a secretive Christian sect that seeks a life for its followers separate to that of the general community, prevents followers from socialising or even eating with non-members.
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Tuesday December 2, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
Exclusive Brethren cult leader Bruce Hale The Exclusive Brethren is an evil, corrupt cult that tried to silence former members who escaped its clutches, a judge heard today.

Three young Indian sisters, who say they are on the run from the controversial religious group, told Justice Tony North they feared for their lives because they were seeking to expose its criminal activities.
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Tuesday October 28, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
Exclusive Brethren cult leader Bruce Hale Kevin Rudd appears to have made peace with the Exclusive Brethren, whom he publicly derided as an “extremist cult” in his run to The Lodge, by allowing for secret talks between church and government representatives.

Many of the Exclusive Brethren movement’s teachings and practices are abusive to such an extent that this movement can rightly be labeled as an abusive church, and possibly even as a cult of Christianity.
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Saturday September 27, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
David Millikan Cult expert the Rev David Millikan said the original intention of the law was being undermined.

“If the purpose of the law is to protect religion from excessive and pernicious comments, then fair enough,” he told the Herald Sun.

“But if it means that journalists and experts have got to be careful when they’re doing nothing more than reporting matters of fact, then the law is allowed to become an ass.”
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Saturday September 20, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
Exclusive Brethren cult leader Bruce Hale The Exclusive Brethren sect has attempted to prevent a sick 85-year-old former member from revealing her terrible life story by saying that if she remained silent she could be reunited before she dies with the children she was separated from 28 years ago.

Alison Alderton’s family was torn apart at the order of the sect’s world leader in 1980, and she has barely had contact with her children, who are “in fellowship”, since.
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Wednesday August 27, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
Bruce Hale, the so-called Elect Vessel, leads the Exclusive Brethren The Exclusive Brethren — a cult of Christianity — has accused Australian Greens leader Bob Brown of vilifying its church and members.

Senator Brown yesterday urged the Upper House to conduct a wide-ranging inquiry into the activities of the Exclusive Brethren sect, saying it had prevented thousands of young Australians proceeding to tertiary education.
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Thursday July 31, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
Exclusive Brethren Three sisters from India who live in New Zealand are reportedly seeking a judicial order in Australia’s High Court to address the alleged involvement of the Exclusive Brethren in a variety of crimes, including immigration fraud in New Zealand.

But the religious group today said there was no basis to the allegations, which have not yet been detailed publicly.
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Wednesday May 28, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
Big Brother evictee David Tchappat wants to release a book about his experiences growing up in the Exclusive Brethren sect.
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Monday May 19, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
A contestant has begun to open up about his life with the Exclusive Brethren sect during the filming of Big Brother. He has described a life of no television – and countless rules.
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Monday April 28, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
In his bio, 32-year-old firefighter, David, claims the Exclusive Brethren “denied him the real world” until he fled the sect at the age of 19.
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Monday March 31, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
“There are quite a lot of ex-Brethren, casualties I suppose, families that have been pulled apart. Once you’ve left that’s it: if your family are still in the Brethren you’re not allowed contact with them.” [video: trailer, Son of Rambow]
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Tuesday February 19, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
But Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty said investigations into the Exclusive Brethren were yet to be finalised.
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Wednesday February 13, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
An abusive sect of Christianity is said to misuse Australia’s Federal Government funding system.
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Thursday January 31, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
Under Brethren rules, members are not allowed to watch TV, read newspapers or take out life insurance, and until recently the internet was also banned. In one of their most controversial doctrines, members who leave are split from their families forever – and parents shun their own children.
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Friday January 25, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
A cult of Christianity with a history of abusive rules and hypocrisy flip-flops on some of its rules.
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Monday January 21, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
The secretive Exclusive Brethren religious sect is to receive more than $10 million from the Federal Government this year, despite Prime Minister Kevin Rudd having described it as an extremist cult that breaks up families. [video]
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Thursday January 17, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
Correspondence between the Exclusive Brethren and John Howard reveals the religious sect had a warm relationship with the former prime minister, offering regular political advice.
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Monday January 14, 2008
Exclusive Brethren:
Australia: The shadowy Exclusive Brethren [video] religious sect has been guaranteed another $10 million in taxpayer funding for its school campuses, despite being branded an “extremist cult” which “breaks up families” by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd before the election.
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Sunday December 16, 2007
Exclusive Brethren:
The adult-entertainment industry has declared war on the fundamentalist Exclusive Brethren sect for allegedly infiltrating local councils. The Canberra-based Eros Association says the conservative Christian group is bankrolling legal challenges to halt the spread of adult stores.
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Wednesday December 5, 2007
Exclusive Brethren:
New Zealand’s parliament is debating a Bill to stop groups like the Exclusive Brethren sect from unduly influencing elections.
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Tuesday November 20, 2007
Exclusive Brethren:
The hypocritial leaders of the Exclusive Brethren forbid their followers to vote, but themselves constantly intervene with election campaigns.
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Monday November 12, 2007
Exclusive Brethren:
It is the third case of alleged sexual abuse of children to emerge from the secretive sect in the past 12 months, but church elders deny any pattern of behaviour.
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