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A British court case found the group was an authoritarian cult which engaged in the systematic physical and sexual abuse of children, [2] resulting in lasting trauma among survivors. [3] . The group has also been accused of targeting vulnerable people. [4] Overview.
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Feb 25, 2018 · The world first became aware of the Australian cult known as The Family on Aug. 14, 1987, when the Victorian and federal police staged a dramatic pre-dawn raid to remove children living at an ...
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Mar 8, 2023 · In the mid-1960s, Australian yoga teacher Anne Hamilton-Byrne founded the Family Cult and convinced her followers she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.
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The Family, also known as the Santiniketan Park Association or the Great White Brotherhood, was an Australian New Age group formed in the mid-1960s under the leadership of Anne Hamilton-Byrne (born Evelyn Grace Victoria Edwards; 30 December 1921 – 13 June 2019).
Aug 14, 2019 · The Family, a five-part documentary series by Jesse Moss that debuted on Netflix earlier this month, makes the case that this shadowy religious organization best known for the moral...
Aug 9, 2019 · Prayer, Politics and Power: ‘The Family’ Reveals Our Insidious American Theocracy. Based on author Jeff Sharlet's book of the same name, the Netflix docuseries highlights a secret (homoerotic...
Aug 3, 2016 · It happened in Australia for almost two decades, among the notorious cult known as The Family. Nobody was tried on abuse, and one of the cult leaders, Anne Hamilton Byrne, walked away with a $5000 fine. Babies taken from mothers - how The Family worked.
