Hi Yasmin, I apologise for appearing to ignore the positive sugggestion in your post, I was actually just taking some time to see how that could be best managed. In consultation we feel there are a range of photographs readily available on various sites and we don't want to necessarily direct people to one Police or media site or the other. However, if people Google, either: Chan
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Yasmin Quote: "I did feel that issues of confidentiality were and are germane to this discussion/thread topic." Yasmin, I appreciate that may have been a feeling you had, but they are not germane to this thread. The search for these missing people is not a confidential matter. The matter has been widely reported in the media. In missing persons cases, family members may hire Investig
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Hi Yasmin, I will humour you with a response, as this is an very important issue involving peope who are missing in very suspicious circumstances. Obviously, information is being sought in an effort to locate them. I do have an interest in the mattter, as a Police Licensed Investigator. From the outset I should state that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with the Jesus Christians. I
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Further investigations into this matter have led Investigators to believe that Simon KADWILL is in fact, Gary FELTON. FELTON allegedly stole the identity of Simon KADWILL, a former colleague of his, twenty years ago in the UK. The real Simon KADWILL only became aware of his identity theft when he was stopped at an airport in connection with the disappearances. Information is still being
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WA Police hunt for missing cult family leads to house in UK www.thewest.com.au 24th July 2009 Police have made a major breakthrough in their hunt for a missing family linked to an internet cult with the discovery of a property being rented in Britain under one of their names. Jim McDougall, the father of missing 28-year-old woman Chantelle McDougall, said WA Police had told him recentl
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Brazil link to missing Nannup residents Reported in thewest.com.au today 7th August 2008, 8:30 WST The search for a family who disappeared from WA more than a year ago in mysterious circumstances is now centred on an isolated Brazilian town known for its religious cults. The West Australian understands that former internet cult leader Englishman Simon Kadwell, 45, Chantelle McDouga
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Mark Scheiderer, There are probably two seperate issues in your post. Firstly, Zeuszor and how he chooses to spend his time and secondly, whether there is a need for significant discussion on the Jesus Christians. The first issue appears to be personal and I agree with Counselor 47 is probably best handled privately. I am not sure that telling someone who has been involved in several cult
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cultmalleus, Nice to see you back. Trust life is treating you well.
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Mark Scheiderer, quote: "Approximately how many people are involved with this group?" It would probably be generous to say 30. But that is the number commonly used (virtually all the time) by the cult when discussing its' membership with the media. The group also has interest from associates. However, their internet presence and distribution of large volumes of literature,
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Good job Zeuszor. I don't mean to be picky. You are correct, the Lawyer clearly has substantial involvement in Scientology. However, is it correct to say he works for Scientology? One of the interesting things about this guy, is that he was born in 1944. In fact, Rheino owes him a Birthday card any day now. He also appears to have a Sacramento connection and I not talking just about th
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In October last year a missing persons report was filed in Australia in relation to 27 year old Chantelle MCDOUGALL and her 6 year old daughter Leela by Chantelle's parents Jim and Cathy MCDOUGALL. Chantelle and Leela were sharing a house in Nannup, Western Australia with two other males, one who has also been reported missing by his brother - 40 year old flat mate Antonio POPIC. The h
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Reprobrate I noted your query on another Forum: At the risk of sounding up myself (or should that be, “projecting” myself positvely?:) )I have previously written some (what I think are) good explanations of the actual charge faced: On Page 127 of this forum, I wrote (commenting on what appeared to be Dave trying to imply Reinhard was assaulted with a deadly weapon): “Court Statute: P
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Blackhat, a good post and I admire your zeal in trying to clear David Lowe. However, it is simply not possible for the Jesus Christians to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that I am David Lowe. There is no evidence. Nor can there ever be any evidence. Simply put, because as I and others have always maintained. I am not David Lowe. Cherry, has suggested in a recent post that some bluffing i
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Sorry, to be cryptic. Regarding a few recent PMs. You can see why it was better in this case, to let them do the talking as it was a highly personal matter. We did allude to it and mentioned a potential operation. You may recall Cherry thought the information had been leaked by Quakers, but in fact Dave had mentioned it on another site. I too am sorry to hear that Dave had/has Cancer and wi
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Malcolm Quote: "Their have been some "mysterious" comments from Joe himself claiming that Brian has purposely invented the idea of the court case to "discredit" the JC's...What is your take here? " There have be quite a few examples where we have been able to research issues to do with the Jesus Christians, that they would rather remain out of the public e
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I usually appreciate Malcolm's humourous comments. Apart from obviously being funny, they do provide some light relief and respite when people get a bit angry and comments get tossed backwards and forwards. An example is tonight, when he made light of the, "piss and dance on Dave's grave" comments. However, jokes aside. Malcolm, never originally said that he wanted to d
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I only speak for myself here, when I say there appears to be a lot of misunderstanding about my views. For example it appears that I have been misunderstood for criticising Xenophone, when I was in fact I was criticising the Jesus Christians. I was saying he brought up an interesting point, which they could have responded to simply, but instead they chose to cut and paste him. I even gave an e
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Talamasca, I meant to comment on your post regarding the pending legal action involving the Johnson's. I should preface my comments like you have done. "As I've said before, what happened to Rheinhard was a truly terrible thing". I did use the term, regrettable the other day and that got me into trouble. Truly terrible does sound better. So I will say what allegedly hap
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Zeuszor, Thank you for sharing those statistics. I think one of the issues that needs to be considered when discussing cults is the difference betwen someone who choses to leave and someone who is pushed. The issue of family ties are also an important dynamic. Polygamist groups are an example. I see you have raised the issue of the forums. It's only my opinion, (but I suspect it may be
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Getrude, Thank you for seeing at least one positive aspect of my post. I was actually trying for a few. I agree too with your comments that "...the JCs trademark of irrascible and irresolvable anger is blessedly absent at the moment". Now we just have to work on making sure those negative traits are not retained when people leave :)
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Zeuszor I too share your frustration that, when all is said and done, more appears to be said than done. However, I guess we all need to realise that there are more agendas involved with this, than there are spellings of Rheinhard’s name. Also, to be fair, a lot of things do go on behind the scenes, that you may not be aware of. It is a shame though, when certain people allow their ar
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Malcolm, Yes, you're right. Dave would probably like it. Though, it wouldn't a good idea for Dave to mix snakes with publicity. As it stands now, Dave's publicity stunts usually end up with him making a complete "Asp" of himself, anyway. Ahh the books. It's good of Dave to write these comedies isn't it?. After I've read them and taken in the humour, I
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Malcolm Quote: "Something awaiting David, hidden in a dumpster...? The thought is certainly appealing...hollowed out water melons would be a clever ruse ...but could they hold an Anaconda? " Malcolm, I can't believe you would suggest such a thing. Imagine if he bit into the watermelon first and poisoned the poor snake!
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Matilda and Malcolm thank you for your humorous posts about disguises: In Social situations the inevitable question comes up. “What do you do for a living?” You have the usual responses, Accountant, Lawyer, Plumber; I am an Anointed Apostle, (If Dave’s there) and with myself, Private Investigator. People generally will comment, “Yeh, I thought you looked like a Detective or were Ex Pol
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I had to laugh at Dave’s latest creative writing: “I noticed today that the Rick Ross forum says that David Lowe has made only 197 posts on that forum. That was the total a few weeks ago. So I am assuming that he has been doing some housekeeping, and has had some of his posts deleted. And my guess is that it would include the series where he issued threats to Lisa, Glenn, and Josh about how
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Malcolm Quote: "I would personally prefer (if I may be so presumptuous in even asking you) that you keep your identity secret, without even giving David the slightest clue to go on...(Yes, I agree with you that the librarians in Broken Hill, could easily positively repute the idea that you are not acutally David Lowe...but why provide David with that information?)" Malcolm, becaus
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Zeuszor, I see Dave is now exercising what's known in the business as the, I don't recall defence. Dave McKay Quote: "I don't know the exact year during which I was a member of the Children of God for a few months. I don't really keep records of what year it was that I did such and such thirty years ago. Whoops! I mean ROUGHLY 30 years ago! I'm living in the pr
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Malcolm, I am playing a few games here with my questions, giving Dave every opportunity to come clean. We have talked to a lot of people, many of whom have provided us with Statutory Declarations. Dave suggests he wasn't involved in the COG in 1976. Yet we have the COG taking out full page advertisements in the newspaper he works for. So was this the group that recruited him, still ha
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Blackhat quote: "...and yet he seems to have placed COG advertisments in this paper". I don't believe it is correct to say Dave placed the advertisements in the newspaper. It is more correct to say that the Children of God placed the advertisements. The link is simply the PO Box. There is the possibility of course, that Dave was using the COG's PO Box from the st
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DIVINE AUTHORITY “I am the Captain of this ship. I know where we are going, because I am getting my orders from God…If he has anointed me to lead this work, then he will expect others to work in submission to me…God has at this time and in this corner of the world, anointed me as his apostle. As long as I am doing my job right, he is not going to anoint someone else to rebel against me. If I g
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