Remember ‘The Children of God’?
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If, like me, you grew up in the coastal Goa of the 1960s and 1970s, chances are that you would have come across a group active here at the time, called The Children of God. Today, the group has changed its name to The Family International, and has been called various things, including a new religious movement, or even just a ‘cult’.
This group was formed in 1968, merged in a way with the hippies then active in Goa, and were all over the place then. They handed over brochures that contained ‘comics’ (illustrated texts) of their messages. They spoke about God and love. But today, a new reality has slowly but steadily emerged about the Children of God.
A British court, online sources inform, termed the group an “authoritarian cult” that engaged in the systematic physical and sexual abuse of children (BBC Scotland). It was also accused of targeting vulnerable people (CBC News).
By some chance, this columnist happened to stumble across the online interview of a Children of God survivor, Onami. She speaks at length, in a 72 minute interview on the Soft White Underbelly channel. See youtu.be/N4iknPcwge4
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