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Children of God / The Family

Friday May 4, 2007
Children of God / The Family:
Brisbane mother Philippa Yelland has flown out of Tasmania bound for Sydney with her two daughters and son, along with a cult-busting journalist, after her husband surrendered the children to police.

Thursday May 3, 2007
Children of God / The Family:
The mother of three missing children had a cult expert on hand as she reclaimed them last night from their fugitive father, who has admitted his ties to the fringe religious sect The Family.

Saturday February 3, 2007
Children of God / The Family:
Two decades after the Children of God cult officially renounced adult-child sex in response to allegations of sexual misconduct, a new British documentary, Cult Killer, is reviving questions.

Friday January 26, 2007
Children of God / The Family:
Barry Gerard-Prendergast acknowledged this week he was a member of The Family International, a controversial group formerly known as the Children of God. Some ex-members say it’s a cult.

Children of God / The Family:
A California State University, Stanislaus, sociology lecturer confirmed that he was a member of a controversial religious group some refer to as a cult.

Thursday January 25, 2007
Children of God / The Family:
At a Slamdance screening of Noah Thomson’s docu Children of God, two members of the Family, the alleged cult profiled in the docu, were ushered out of a Q&A after they began protesting the film and one was found to be wearing a microphone.

Tuesday October 17, 2006
Children of God / The Family:
A custody battle over a four-year-old boy whose mother is a member of a free-love religious sect exploded in a San Diego courtroom today. At issue, whether the group named The Family is a religion, or a cult.

Saturday September 30, 2006
Children of God / The Family:
A San Diego judge has ordered a site inspection of an Escondido commune that some say is home to a sex cult. The order comes as part of a bitter custody battle over a four-year-old boy being raised in the religious sect known as The Family. Formerly called The Children of God, members of The Family live in communes like the one on Calmin Drive in Fallbrook. The group has close ties to two local charities – The Family Care Foundation in Dulzura, and Activated Ministries in Escondido.

Tuesday August 22, 2006
Children of God / The Family:
Review of Cutting Edge: Cult Killer, Channel 4

Monday August 21, 2006
Children of God / The Family:
They’re the children of a guitar god, but grew up in a religious cult that disapproves of music. Robert Sandall on the strange tale of Jynxt

Thursday August 17, 2006
Children of God / The Family:
Most children of rock stars grow up studiously indifferent to their parents' music, but Nat Spencer remembers in glorious detail the first time he heard his dad, Jeremy Spencer, play guitar for Fleetwood Mac.

Friday November 18, 2005
Children of God / The Family:
A cult that preaches pedophilia, incest and rape flourishes on the Gold Coast despite international efforts to shut it down. Tuck Thompson reports

Saturday October 29, 2005
Children of God / The Family:
Raised in a cult by their rock star dad, Jynxt tell Tim Cooper how they broke free to make music

Tuesday October 4, 2005
Children of God / The Family:
The Dr. Phil show gave an in-depth look at a Christian sex cult with close ties to San Diego. Former members of the Children of God still live here, and still operate two local religious non-profits. We sat down with two former members who appeared on the Dr. Phil show.

Sunday September 18, 2005
Children of God / The Family:
Born into 'the Family,' transfer student Daniel Roselle hopes to find a new community at UC Berkeley

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