A former member of cult Kenja Communications has been granted an apprehended violence order following allegations the co-founder instigated a bizarre plot to intimidate and harass her.

Alison Pels, 20, thought Jan Hamilton and another Kenja co-member “were going to kill her” when she discovered they had disguised themselves and posed as directors at a stage audition she attended.

A former executive of Kenja Communications – the personal development group founded by Ken Dyers, who committed suicide last year while facing 22 charges of sexual assault against two girls – has claimed she was asked to lie when other abuse allegations were made against Dyers in the 1990s.

Hamilton, who with her child sex-accused husband Ken Dyers founded the Kenja cult in Sydney’s north shore, yesterday fought an apprehended violence order over the alleged stunt.

A former cult member seeking the AVO said it was part of Hamilton’s attempt to “terrorise” her over the suicide of Dyers, whom she had accused of sexually abusing her weekly from age 12 to 15.

For $50 you can hear the widow of cult leader Ken Dyers – who committed suicide while facing 22 charges of sexual assault against two girls who were 12 at the time – talk tonight about “the true story about Ken Dyers and the attacks on our civil liberties”.

David Millikan spent weeks with Ken Dyers of Kenja Communication making a film about him. Here, he recounts his strange experiences with a man convinced he had extraordinary powers.

Two sets of eyes have been scanning website tributes to the late Ken Dyers. There are people grieving a good man who committed suicide last week in desperation under the weight of scurrilous allegations of sexual misconduct . Then there are those outraged that an evil man died at his own hand rather than face a barrage of criminal charges for the systematic abuse of children under his thrall.

As family and friends bade final farewells yesterday to Kenja founder Ken Dyers, controversy continued to rage over the alleged child sex claims which led to his suicide.

The co-founder of the spiritual healing movement Kenja Communications has mounted a ferocious defence of her husband, Ken Dyers, at his funeral and vowed the group would survive the loss of its “prophet”.

Australian cult leader Ken Dyers committed suicide last week but the controversy around him and his Kenja group has not died with him.

The Australian cult leader Ken Dyers took his own life last Thursday, but the controversy around him and his Kenja group has not died with him.

The followers of a cult leader who took his own life have blamed his death on those who pursued him over child sex charges.

The Kenja cult first came under the spotlight up to three years ago after women came foward to claim they were sexually assaulted during its rituals – and when its links to high-profile “refugee” Cornelia Rau were revealed.

Cult leader Kenneth Dyers, founder of Kenja Communication, has committed suicide.

The leader of Kenja Communication has committed suicide. His organization blames “anti-cult groups, politicians, and individuals with criminal intentions.”

The leader and co-founder of a Sydney based healing cult facing trial on multiple alleged sex abuse offences against two 12-year-old Sydney girls was found dead today.