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UNCOVERED: The family - The Untold Story

I found Australian cult The Family’s left-behind library. Here’s what their books reveal

For more than five decades, Australian cult The Family has sparked both fascination and controversy. Founded in the early 1960s by yoga instructor turned spiritual guru Anne Hamilton-Byrne, this New Age group – predominately based in and around Melbourne’s Dandenong Ranges – was estimated to have numbered about 200 people…

The Conversation

Mother jailed for fatal cult discipline of daughter

A woman has been jailed for nine years for fatally beating her two-year-old daughter after becoming upset at her chores on a property owned by cult The Family.

AAP

Inside Johnson's come-to-Jesus moment

Johnson met evangelical leader of Ukraine’s National Prayer Breakfast before last week's press conference

Salon

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Zelenskyy gets US help from "The Family"

We're getting nearly a real-time look at The Family's anti-LGBTQ+ religious diplomacy in action

Salon

Aaron Rodgers' anti-LGBTQ history

NFL superstar and possible RFK Jr. running mate was involved with anti-LGBTQ faith group until at least 2014

Salon

GOP impeachment staff has theocratic tie

Staffers linked to theocratic groups, including one that teaches staffers to inject Biblical views into their work

Salon

Dem probes secretive Christian group

Democrat launches the most aggressive official inquiry ever into The Family and the National Prayer breakfast

Salon

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LGBTQ+ foe joins Prayer Breakfast board

Former member of Congress opposes LGBTQ+ rights and has secret history with breakfast organizers

Salon

Leading GOPer boosts Uganda anti-gay law

Rep. Tim Walberg co-chairs the National Prayer Breakfast — and urged Uganda to "stand firm" on "death to gays" law

Salon

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Xbox, PC) review: Fun for The Family

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is the latest asymmetrical horror multiplayer title from Gun Interactive, but does do justice to the legendary film franchise?

Windows Central

The Clearing's investigation of The Family invites us to ask: what's the appeal – and risk – of crime stories based on real events?

There’s a scene in the Disney+ series The Clearing in which Amy, a 12-year-old girl, readies herself for punishment at the hands of her minder. Amy has failed to control the behaviour of seven-year-old Asha, her new “sister”. Her family is a doomsday cult, and the cult has only recently…

The Conversation

Kinahan rivals 'The Family' targeted in series of raids by gardai as cocaine, bullets and cash seized

The mob, which is led by two brothers, now rivals the Kinahan cartel for importance in Ireland – and is a major target for gardai

Dublin Live

Dublin's infamous 'The Family' gang laundering €10 million drug profits every month

Sources have told us the West Dublin mob, which got its nickname as it is led by two brothers, has taken advantage of the Garda crackdown on the Kinahan cartel to increase its activities all over the city.

Irish Mirror

Dublin drug gang sending €120 million abroad a year to be laundered

They have benefited from the international crackdown on the Kinahan cartel

Dublin Live

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Meet The Family Stallone cast: who's who in the reality show

Sylvester Stallone headlines The Family Stallone cast, but here's a brief introduction of his wife and three daughters also starring in the reality TV show.

TV Tech

Blackmagic Gear Used for Virtual Production of 'Molli and Max in the Future'

Sci-fi romantic comedy was recently premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film and TV Festival

The New Daily

Disney+ releases series on Victorian cult, based on In the Clearing

Melbourne-based author JP Pomare's cult thriller, In the Clearing, inspired by a real-life cult, is Disney+'s first original Aussie series

Salon

The Family tied to anti-gay Uganda bill

Christian group formally known as the Fellowship Foundation linked to anti-gay legislation in Uganda

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