Tag: William Kamm
William Kamm, jailed for abusing underage followers whom he manipulated into believing they were to help him start an ‘immaculate race,’ won’t be released when he is eligible for parole, the parole board says.
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According to one magazine, Japanese followers of Australia’s Little Pebble cult engage in weird sex rituals.
Self-proclaimed prophet William Kamm will spend the next six years behind bars after a second offence involving the seduction of a teenage girl.
William Kamm, 56, was sentenced to five years’ jail in 2005 for kissing, fondling and having sex with the teenager who had been living as part of a religious community he established at Cambewarra, Australia.
Australia: A self-proclaimed prophet known as Little Pebble has been found guilty of sex offences against a girl more than 10 years ago.
A self-proclaimed prophet began a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old follower he selected to be one of his “queens”, a Sydney court has heard.
The creator of an Australian religious community claimed to receive messages from the Virgin Mary and believed a new race of people would be created through him, a Sydney court has heard.
School property linked to the Order of St Charbel religious cult at Cambewarra has been sold at auction. Even the St Joseph’s School toilet block was snapped up in Tuesday’s sale, attended by more than 100 people. School books, computers, the demountable school building and toilet block were all sold in individual lots after the school closed down this year. The school was linked to religious cult, the Order of St Charbel, founded by William Kamm. Kamm, also known as “Little Pebble”, was jailed last year and is appealing his conviction.
A primary school within the compound of a Nowra doomsday cult will close next year, after the NSW Board of Studies refused to renew its registration. St Joseph’s School students must attend alternate schools in 2006 unless the school successfully appeals the decision. Principal David Williams this year resigned from the school, which operates within the high-security Order of St Charbel compound at Cambewarra. A NSW Board of Studies spokeswoman yesterday said it was not satisfied with Mr Williams’ proposed replacement, and therefore the school’s registration would not be renewed after December 31. It is illegal to operate an unregistered
A New South Wales priest excommunicated from the Catholic Church has been stripped of his holy orders and responsibilities by the Pope because of his association with William Kamm’s religious sect. Kamm, known to his followers as The Little Pebble, was last month jailed for at least three-and-a-half years for indecently assaulting a then 15-year-old member of his outlawed Order of St Charbel, at Cambewarra, near Nowra on the south coast. Malcolm Broussard, who has been with the sect for 20 years, is a self-proclaimed bishop and major superior residing in the Cambewarra community known as Gethsemene. One of Kamm’s
