Category: Living Love Fellowship

It’s been almost a year since Joburg teenager Diane McMillan ran away to join a cult in Oregon in the United States. She married the cult’s 58-year-old leader, Amadon, and has vowed never to return home. Diane’s story made headlines everywhere, and many parents became extra concerned for the safety of their own children. It all started when the McMillan family, from Northcliff, Johannesburg, had to cope with a string of crises three years ago. Diane, the middle child of Karene and Ian McMillan, turned to the Internet for comfort. She was 15 at the time. There she came across

Diane McMillan may not be drugged or brainwashed but she has certainly been “indoctrinated” and thinks her family are “nuts” for reacting the way they have to her marriage to self-styled mystic Amadon. This is what Diane’s mother, Karene, had to say after arriving home this week from her visit to the Living Love Fellowship (LLF) in the US state of Oregon. She says that Saturday Star incorrectly reported a few facts last week and she wished to correct them as the LLF made a point of reading the stories on the Internet every Saturday and she did not want

A runaway Johannesburg teenager, who flew to the United States to marry a cult leader 40 years her senior, has been detained by American authorities. And, the Johannesburg Director of Public Prosecutions will soon make a decision on whether to prosecute the cult leader, who is known as Amadon, for abduction. Amadon coaxed Northcliff teenager Diane McMillan for two years over the Internet before persuading her to leave her home and marry him. National police spokesperson Phuti Sethati confirmed this week that the investigation into the alleged abduction of Diane had been conducted by the Family Violence, Child Protection and

A runaway Johannesburg teenager, who flew to the United States to marry a cult leader 40 years her senior, has been detained by American authorities. And, the Johannesburg Director of Public Prosecutions will soon make a decision on whether to prosecute the cult leader, who is known as Amadon, for abduction. Amadon coaxed Northcliff teenager Diane McMillan for two years over the Internet before persuading her to leave her home and marry him. National police spokesperson Phuti Sethati confirmed this week that the investigation into the alleged abduction of Diane had been conducted by the Family Violence, Child Protection and

The family of the 18-year-old Northcliff teenager who married into an American cult were dealt another blow this week when a magazine threatened to publish statements allegedly made by their daughter against her father. Meanwhile, a former Johannesburg policeman has claimed that he rescued another South African teen from the Living Love Fellowship (LLF) two years ago – with the help of an officer from the United States. You magazine contacted Diane McMillan’s father, Ian, and told him it had interviewed Diane over the Internet. The outraged parent contacted a lawyer who deterred the magazine from publishing his daughter’s statements

The 18-year-old Northcliff High schoolgirl who married into an American cult now refuses to have any contact with her family. This came after Saturday Star published the story about her marriage last week and dozens of people posted obscene messages on the cult’s website. Ian and Karene McMillan approached us for help after receiving what they felt had been “little to no assistance” from the authorities or the United States Embassy. Their daughter, Diane – who was still in matric when she left the country for the US in March – wed Amadon, an elderly leader of the Living Love

Teenager meets 56-year-old ‘zealot’ on internet and runs off to marry him A desperate South African couple have lost their 18-year-old daughter to a cult group in the US that lured her via the internet. Diane McMillan, from Johannesburg, has married the 58-year-old American cult leader – who calls himself “Amadon” – in Oregon, and vowed never to return home. Her parents, Karene and Ian McMillan, say she met the man, who styled himself as a new age guru, when she turned to the internet for comfort. She was 15 at the time and was drawn to the website www.livinglovefellowship.com.