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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).
Sarah Moore, formerly known as Sarah Hamilton-Byrne (8 July 1969 – May 2016), was an Australian medical doctor and writer who spent her childhood in The Family, a new religious movement run by Anne Hamilton-Byrne, her adoptive mother. She was instrumental in having the group investigated by the police in Victoria, Australia.
The family received multiple welfare payments, including disability and family support. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Starting from the 1990s, the family was known to frequently relocate between South Australia , Western Australia , and Victoria before locals became suspicious of their activities.
"Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults" (Max) In 1997, 39 members of Heaven’s Gate, a celibate religious sect, died in a mass ritual suicide timed to the approach of the Hale-Bopp Comet. The deceased ...
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction… and more fun to watch, too. We’re living in a golden era of true crime documentaries, with the major streaming services all locked in an arms race to ...
The group has gone under a number of different names since its inception, including Teens for Christ, The Children of God (COG), The Family of Love, or simply The Family. 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 ...
The name of the group stems from an interview a police detective gave on 60 Minutes, [1] claiming the police were taking action "to break up the happy family". Only one suspect has been charged and convicted for the crimes: Bevan Spencer von Einem was sentenced in 1984 to a minimum of 24 years (later extended to a minimum 36-year term) for the ...
Like its title says, this mesmerizing documentary dives deep into the life of controversial self-help guru Teal Swan, who amassed a huge following with her YouTube videos — and faces accusations ...