I was raised in a cult & forced to ‘marry’ a man, 67, at the age of THREE – I escaped but so many are still in danger
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SIPPING coffee, Serena Kelley takes in the gorgeous landscape of her home in New Mexico.
It might be hard to believe but it was this moment that was her greatest ambition in life.
“I vividly remember gazing at the people eating in the beautiful cafes and thinking, ‘One day I’ll be here with my own money, eating in peace’,” Serena says.
“Twenty-four years after I fled life in a cult and I’ve done it.”
Serena was born into the apocalyptic sex cult Children of God cult, run by David Berg.
At just three years old she was given as a child bride to 67-year-old, by her own mum.
“My parents Sara, now 71, and Alfred, 69, joined Children of God in the early ’70s and met while living in one of its American communes,” Serena says.
Founded by Berg in the late ’60s, it began as a Christian group with a message of peace and love.
“But as its numbers grew, Berg became fanatical, claiming the world would end soon and only his followers would be saved,” she explains.
“He also declared sex – including with children – was to be celebrated.”
By the time Sara was pregnant with Serena in 1982, she was in Berg’s inner circle and had moved to the Philippines to live in his compound with her dad and older sister.
“Even before I was born in February 1983, Berg had plans for me,” Serena, now 41, recalls.
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