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2006-1011 - The Press - Abuse
should be reported, says PM
by Don Eaton - Claims of sexual abuse against the Exclusive Brethren should
be taken to the police, says Prime Minister Helen Clark. She made the
comments in response to a TV One report in which an unidentified former
member of the conservative Christian group said she knew of multiple cases of
child sex abuse. Parliament returned from a three-week recess yesterday and
Clark's anger at the sect's reported hiring of private investigators to dig
up dirt on her husband, Peter Davis, and Labour MPs was still evident. "I
am always concerned about claims of sexual abuse and cover-ups of it,"
Clark said.
2006-1010 - One News -
Brethren victims urged to complain
Prime Minister Helen Clark says she is concerned about claims of
sexual abuse within the Exclusive Brethren church and is urging victims to go
to the police. A former church member earlier revealed on One News how the
abuse was covered up for several decades. And she now has more revelations
about her time in the secretive sect. The Exclusive Brethren church sets its
own rules and deals with those who break them in its own way. But claims some
teenagers and children were sexually abused by other church members has
caused alarm at the highest levels .
2006-1009 - One News -
Brethren accused of child sex abuse
A woman who fled the Exclusive Brethren church says she is aware of
multiple cases of child sex abuse which were covered up by the religious
sect.Phillipa, who prefers not to give her family name, says the acts took
place over several decades and the victims were mainly teenage boys. She is
now prepared to co-operate with any police investigation. Philippa was
encouraged to live her life by The Bible for 40 years, but the former
Exclusive Brethren member says when it came to morality, the sect was
anything but an open book. She says sexual abuse by teenagers with other
teenage males and children was dealt with by the church underground.
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