Authors: Don Lattin
Jesus Freaks (25 page)
6.
Carol Buening, “Critical Commentary on âPsychological Assessment of Children in The Family'” (December 2003). 7. Melton, interview by the author, 2005.
8.
Lewis and Melton,
Sex
,
Slander
,
and Salvation
, 4.
9.
Lewis and Melton,
Sex
,
Slander
,
and Salvation
, 25.
10.
Ward, “The Judgement of Lord Justice Ward,” 118, 122.
11.
Peter Amsterdam,
Good News!
#653 (October 1995).
12.
Amsterdam,
Good News!
#653.
13.
Amsterdam,
Good News!
#653.
14.
The Family, “Our Founder: David Brandt Berg,” http://www.thefamily.org/about/davidberg.php.
CHAPTER 10: ELIXCIA
1.
Elixcia Munumel, interview by the author, 2005.
2.
Michael “Tiago” Rugely, interview by the author, 2005.
CHAPTER 11: LOVING JESUS
1.
Amsterdam,
Good News!
#653.
2.
Karen Zerby, June 2005,
Good News!
#1137.
3.
Penn, “No Regrets,” 18.
4.
Zerby,
Good News!
#1137.
5.
Karen Zerby, 5 July 1995, Maria Letters #306 and #307.
6.
Millikan, interview.
CHAPTER 12: MOVING ON
1.
Jonathan Thompson, interview by the author, 2005.
2.
Don Lattin, “IRS Documents Show Ties Between Charity, Sex Cult,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 6, 2005.
3.
Lattin, “IRS Documents Show Ties Between Charity, Sex Cult.”
4.
Lattin, “IRS Documents Show Ties Between Charity, Sex Cult.”
5.
Millikan, interview.
6.
Karen Martin, Juvenile Dependency Petition, San Diego County Superior Court, March 5, 1998.
7.
Jim LaMattery, interview by the author, 2005.
8.
Don Lattin, “Mixed Memories of âThe Family,'”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 27, 2005, A1.
9.
Lattin, “Mixed Memories of âThe Family.'”
10.
Karen Martin, Juvenile Dependency Petition, 5 March 1998.
11.
Celeste Jones, interview by the author, 2006.
12.
Rodriguez, 14 August 2004, “Still Around.”
13.
Rodriguez, 29 May 2000, Letter to Karen Zerby and Peter Amsterdam.
14.
Rodriguez, 26 November 2000, Letter to Gabe Martin.
15.
Rodriguez, 22 December 2000, Letter to James Penn.
16.
Rodriguez, 16 January 2002, Letter to Mom and Peter.
17.
Rodriguez, Letter to Mom and Peter.
18.
Rodriguez, 25 May 2002, “Gospel of Rebellion.”
19.
Rodriguez, “Life with Grandpaâthe Mene Story.”
20.
Anonymous, interview by the author, 2005.
21.
Irwin, interview.
22.
Sara Martin, interview by the author, 2005.
23.
Rodriguez, May 2002, “E-mail to Johnny.”
24.
Martin, interview.
25.
Jennifer Schroeder, interview by the author, 2005.
26.
Rodriguez, “Life with Grandpaâthe Mene Story.”
27.
Rodriguez, “Still Around.”
28.
Anneke Schieberl, interview by the author, 2006.
29.
Roselle, interview.
CHAPTER 13: INTO THE DESERT
1.
Rosemary Kanspedos, interview by the author, 2005.
2.
Denise Flynn, interview by the author, 2005.
CHAPTER 14: LAST DATE
1.
Alisia Arvizu, interview by the author, 2005.
CHAPTER 15: LOST
1.
Rugely, interview.
2.
Sarafina Martin, 15 January 2005, “Ricky's Last Days.”
CHAPTER 16: “COME DIE WITH ME”
1.
Don Lattin, “Rage Turns to Vengeance Against âFamily,'”
San Francisco Chronicle
, January, 15, 2005, A1.
2.
Nick Godwin and Sorrel May, “Cult Killer,” British television documentary, August 2006.
CHAPTER 17: END OF THE ROAD
1.
Jeff Wade, interview by the author, 2005.
2.
Munumel, interview.
3.
Rugely, interview.
CHAPTER 18: RICKY.COM
1.
Steve Zeitchik, “Slamdance Screening Ends in Melee: Fracas Follows Cult Film âChildren of God,'”
Variety
(January 24, 2007).
2.
Noah Thomson, interview by the author, 2005.
3.
Christina “Techi” Sweeney, e-mail correspondence to the author, 2005.
4.
Jon A., “Peter Amsterdam's Son Speaks Out,” myconclusion.com, January 28, 2005.
5.
Lattin, “Mixed Memories of âThe Family,” A1.
6.
Don Lattin, “Deaths in The Family,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, January 27, 2005, A1.
7.
Lattin, “Deaths in The Family,” A1.
8.
Yumiko Taniguchi, “Notice of My Son Abe's Graduation,” 2006.
9.
Lattin, “Deaths in The Family,” A1.
10.
Lattin, “Deaths in The Family,” A1.
CONCLUSION
1.
Zerby, June 2005,
Good News!
#1137.
2.
Gary Shepherd, interview transcript from The Family, 2005.
3.
Titus 1: 15
4.
Millikan, interview.
5.
Stephen A. Kent, “Lustful Prophet: A Psychosexual Historical Study of the Children of God's Leader, David Berg,”
Cultic Studies Journal
11, no. 2 (1994; reprint 2000): 135â188.
6.
Berg, March 1987, Mo Letter #2306.
7.
Don Irwin, 26 March, 2005, Eulogy for Ricky Rodriguez.
Amsterdam, Peter.
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#653. Zurich: The Family, October 1995.
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âââ. “Revolutionary Sex.” Mo Letter #258, 27 March 1973.
âââ. “Aaron on the Mountain.” Mo Letter #234, May 1973.
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âââ. “My Childhood Sex! Doin' What Comes Naturally.” Mo Letter #779, 28 June 1977.
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âââ. “Bigger Jobs! Dad Talks to His Staff.” Mo Letter #1673, 18 November 1978.
âââ. “Millions of Miles of Miracles.” Mo Letter #897, 29 December 1979.
âââ. “The Devil Hates Sex!âBut God Loves It!” Mo Letter #999, 20 May 1980.
âââ. “Happy Daze!” Mo Letter #958, 6 December 1980.
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âââ. “Influences! In My Life!” Mo Letter #1357, December 1982.
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Berg, Hosea. “The Pioneering of North America.” Book of Remembrance. The Family, 1983.
Berg, Virginia Brandt. Letter to Clara Duncan. Spring 1919. Reprinted in Mo Letter #884, 1980.
âââ. “A Sample, Not a Sermon.” Reprinted in David Brandt Berg, Letters from a Shepherd. Children of God, 1972, 1.
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Chancellor, James D.
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:
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Doerler, Bernd.
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Kirsch, Jonathan.
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âââ.
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San Francisco Chronicle
, January 15, 2005, A1.
âââ. “Deaths in The Family.”
San Francisco Chronicle
, January 27, 2005, A1.
âââ. “IRS documents show ties between charity, sex cult,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 6, 2005, A1.
âââ. “Mixed memories of âThe Family,'”
San Francisco Chronicle
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