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Tuesday October 23, 2007
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A News Ltd newspaper on Tuesday reported the federal police is investigating claims by the sect that an unsigned flyer is being distributed in its name in Mr Turnbull’s Wentworth electorate.
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Tuesday October 16, 2007
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Former Family Court chief justice Alastair Nicholson has accused the Exclusive Brethren church of brainwashing and abusing children by denying them access to their non-Brethren parents.
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Monday October 15, 2007
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A former member of the Exclusive Brethren has revealed the secretive religious sect has been transferring large sums of money across the world, possibly to fund political campaigns in Australia and the US.
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Monday October 8, 2007
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The leader of a Christian group that advocates the destruction of mosques, casinos and bottle shops has met Peter Costello to “prophetically prepare” the Australian Treasurer for the prime ministership.
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Thursday August 23, 2007
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In Australia, the so-called Exclusive Brethren — a cult of Christianity — attacks one of its critics.
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Wednesday August 22, 2007
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Federal Labor leader Kevin Rudd has labelled the Exclusive Brethren an extremist cult and called on Prime Minister John Howard to reveal what was discussed when he met its senior members recently.
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Australia’s Treasurer Peter Costello today admitted meeting the Exclusive Brethren many times but said it was “no crime”.
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Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard said today he was astonished that people thought it odd for him to meet members of the Exclusive Brethren religious sect.
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The Prime Minister of Australia has met in private the most senior leaders of the Exclusive Brethren, including a man who is being investigated by police over his huge spending on Mr Howard’s election campaign in 2004.
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Tuesday July 24, 2007
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The seven representative charges relate to four women, all former Exclusive Brethren members, and date from between 1951 and 1985.
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Saturday June 23, 2007
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An evangelical Christian sect that considers television and computers evil is in talks with the British Government about sponsoring a city academy, it became clear last night.
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Sunday June 3, 2007
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“Jim Taylor Jr’s edicts became increasingly bizarre – Sisters had to wear their hair hanging down their backs, covered in a headscarf; all adult Brethren must be married – and then he started to go to bed with married Sisters.”
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Thursday May 24, 2007
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Australian police is to investigate a company set up by the Exclusive Brethren — a religious cults whose hypocritical leaders tell their members not to vote, while trying influence elections themselves.
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Monday May 21, 2007
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A city council in Australia is accused of allowing the Exclusive Brethren, a controversial religious sect, to bankroll its legal case against an adult store.
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Saturday May 12, 2007
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The Exclusive Brethren hypocritally tried to influence elections — but now want the government to stop mentioning it.
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Saturday April 21, 2007
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Police are investigating claims from three women that they were sexually abused by a reportedly senior member of the Exclusive Brethren sect when they were children.
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Thursday April 19, 2007
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The Government has lashed out at the Australia-based Exclusive Brethren church, accusing it of lying about its involvement in trying to sway the results of elections in New Zealand.
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The seven Exclusive Brethren members who were considering waging another campaign against the Government at the next election were not acting on instruction from the church, its official spokesman claims.
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Friday April 13, 2007
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Seven senior members of the Exclusive Brethren church are considering waging another campaign against the Government at the next election.
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Sunday March 18, 2007
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While National Party leader John Key further distances his party from the Exclusive Brethren, the controversial sect has been hosting a rare visit from its world leader.
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Saturday March 3, 2007
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Labour and the Greens have reacted with predictable scepticism to Exclusive Brethren claims that the controversial foray by church members into the 2005 election campaign had nothing to do with the church itself.
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Monday February 26, 2007
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The Exclusive Brethren Church is distancing itself from political campaigning carried out by some members in 2005.
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The Exclusive Brethren Church says the way it was dragged into the 2005 election was “a nightmare” and getting involved in politics was never officially sanctioned by the sect.
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Wednesday February 21, 2007
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Members of the Exclusive Brethren say the Government has been persecuting them following attempts to influence the last election.
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A Tasmanian judge has given suspended jail terms to three members of the Exclusive Brethren sect after the “emotional abuse” of two children kept from their father.
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