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Jesus Freaks

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by Don Lattin


  Miller Avenue Baptist Church (Mill Valley)

  Millikan, David

  Mlot, Chris

  “Mo Letters” tracts (The Family)

  Montgomery, Grant

  Monty

  Mooney, Cassandra

  Munumel, Elixcia: conversation with police after Ricky’s death; early life of; early relationship with Ricky; leaves The Family with Ricky,; life after leaving The Family, 145; marriage to Ricky; photograph of; Ricky’s call after Sue’s murder; on Ricky’s state of mind; “Music with Meaning” (The Family radio program)

  New Deal

  Newsweek

  “No Regrets” manifesto (Penn)

  “Notice of my son Abe’s Graduation”; (Abe’s eulogy)

  Now (NBC News program)

  numerology

  “Our Love Story!” (David Berg letter 1978)

  “Our Teens—The Devil’s Target!”; (Berg)

  Palmer, Susan

  Paone, Justin

  Patrick, Ted

  Peloquin, Paul (“Joshiah”)

  Penn, James

  Pentecostal movement (early 20th century)

  persecution

  Phil, Dr.

  Philpott, Kent: on The Family; on his call from God; introduction to David Berg

  Phoenix, River

  polygamy doctrine

  Prabhupada, Swami

  Presley, Mike

  Priebe, Ed

  “Prophecy for Davidito” letter

  Prophet Prince. See Rodriguez, Ricky; (“Davidito”)

  “Psychological Assessment of Children in The Family” study

  Queen Rachel

  Reedus, Norman

  Resettlement Administration

  “Revolutionary Sex” (Berg)

  Right On (underground Christian newspaper)

  Rodriguez, Ricky Peter (“Davidito”): begins to leave The Family; biological father (Carlos) of; birth and early childhood of; commits suicide; early childhood sexual abuse of; early meetings with his mother’s family; early relationship with Elixcia; emotional damage and anger of; forced sexual relationship of Merry and; “Gospel of Rebellion” by; on lack of understanding by abusers; legal name changes by; life after leaving the cult; marriage to Elixcia; meeting between Millikan and; memories of Merry by; moves in with his Aunt Rosemary, 151–60; as one of the “two witnesses,” 66, 101; photographs of; placed in the Heavenly City as student; “Psychological Assessment of Children in The Family” study interviews with; relationship with Alisia Arvizu; search for mother by; Sue Kauten’s murder and escape by; Sue’s Christmas Day call to; videotape on his mission of revenge

  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  Roselle, Daniel

  Rugely, Michael (“Tiago”)

  San Francisco Chronicle

  Sarafina

  Sarran, Marina

  Schieberl, Anneke

  Schieberl, Ron

  Schroeder, Jennifer; second-generation Family defectors; Davida on her post-Family life as; The Family Web site testimonies attacking, 189–92; Merry Berg as; Ricky’s “Life with Grandpa” supporting; suicides by second-generation; testimonies on child sexual abuse by; testimonies on damage done to second-generation; Web sites for second-generation See also The Family

  second-generation Family members: Old Town San Diego interviews with, 193–99; Web site testimonies by

  “The Second Letter to the Christians” (tract)

  “Secret Rapture” vision

  Sex, Slander, and Salvation: Investigating The Family/Children of God (anthology)

  sexual abuse. See childhood sexual abuse; The Family’s abuse practices “the shakeout” (Heavenly City School)

  Shepherd, Gary

  Show Me!: A Picture Book on Sex for Children and Parents (1974)

  Simpson, Rev. Albert Benjamin

  Slown, Phillip

  Smecker, Paul

  Smith, Chuck

  Sparks, Jack

  Spencer, Jeremy

  Stern (German magazine)

  Story of Davidito, The (Kelley): on Carlos (biological father of Ricky); described; on early childhood sexual abuse of Ricky; family photos included in; as Family’s child care bible; Millikan’s response to reading; news releases of portions of; publication of (1982); on Ricky as child

  suicides: by former first-generation; Family members; Karen Zerby’s letter to Ben Farnsworth on; Karen Zerby’s response to; Ricky’s; Ricky’s; by second-generation Family defectors

  Sweeny, Michael

  Taniguchi, Yumiko “Phoenix,”

  Taniguichi, China

  Teen Challenge (Assemblies of God), 36 “Teen Combos” (The Family), 88 “Teens for Christ” (Huntington Beach)

  Tenerife “flirty fishing” crew

  Texas Soul Clinic

  Thomas, Emmanuel

  Thomson, Noah

  “Three Little Accidents” (The Family)

  Toben, Stephen

  Treadwell, Joyanne

  Trips Festival (1966); 21st Century International School

  (Heavenly City School)

  “two witnesses” prophecy

  the Unit, described

  United Nations

  U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

  U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

  Valley Farms: David Berg’s ministry and expulsion from; establishment of

  “Victor Camps”: emotional damage to teenagers sent to; Family publication describing; fears of being sent to; Jon-A’s recollections on stay at; at Macao; physical labor punishments used at,; re-education purpose of; See also The Family’s abuse practices

  Vineyard Fellowship

  Waco standoff (1993)

  Wade, Jeff

  Ward, Lord Justice Alan: on The Family Care Foundation; legal judgment on The Family by; pressure placed on The Family by, 125; testimonies heard by

  The Way Inn

  Webb, Floyd

  Webb, Ruby

  Web sites: The Family; Family member testimonies postings; The Family’s Internet war using; Karen Zerby’s eulogy written for Ricky; “Notice of my son Abe’s Graduation,”; for second-generation Family defectors

  Welsh, Daniel (“Samson Warner”)

  Williams, Miriam

  Williams, Montel

  World Services; See also The Family

  Zerby, Christina Teresa (“Techi”)

  Zerby, Jeannie. See Deyo, Jeannie

  Zerby, Karen Elva (“Queen Maria”): birth of Ricky to; bizarre prophecies received by; in control after Berg’s death; criticism of Merry by; denial of Ricky’s

  Zerby, Karen Elva (continued) accusations by, 186; disapproval of Ricky and Elixcia’s relationship; early life of; eulogy written for Ricky by; letter to Ben Farnsworth on his son’s suicide; “Marriage of the; Generations” campaign promoted by; as one of the “two witnesses,”; photographs of; relationship with David Berg,; response to Ricky’s suicide by; Ricky’s search for; sexual relationship with Carlos by; Sue’s assistant position with; Techi on character of

  Zerby, Rosemary. See Kanspedos, Rosemary (Zerby)

  Zerby, Trevor

  Photo Credits

  Introduction, Chapters 2�5, 8�9, and 11, photographs courtesy of The Family International.

  Chapter 7, photograph courtesy of Shula Berg.

  Chapter 10, photograph courtesy of Elixcia Munumel.

  Chapters 12, 14, photographs courtesy of Davida Kelley.

  Chapter 13, photograph courtesy of Rosemary Kanspedos.

  Chapter 17, photograph by Don Lattin.

  Conclusion, photograph courtesy of The Associated Press.

  About the Author

  DON LATTIN is an award-winning journalist and one of the nation’s leading reporters covering alternative religious movements and figures in America. Over the past three decades he has covered Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones, Branch Davidian prophet David Koresh, and Heaven’s Gate founder Marshall Herff Applewhite. He has also written extensively about the rise of the Christian rig
ht in the United States and the emergence of radical Islamists around the world. Visit the author online at www.donlattin.com.

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  ALSO BY DON LATTIN:

  Following Our Bliss: How the Spiritual Ideals

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  New Millennium (with Richard Cimino)

  Copyright

  JESUS FREAKS: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge. Copyright © 2007 by Don Lattin. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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