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Big Brother house just like living with sect
2008-05-19 12:44:00 A contestant has begun to open up about his life with the Exclusive Brethren sect during the filming of Big Brother. He has described a life of no television - and countless rules.
Inside Britain?s strictest sect
2008-03-31 10:44:00 "There are quite a lot of ex-Brethren, casualties I suppose, families that have been pulled apart. Once you've left that's it: if your family are still in the Brethren you're not allowed contact with them." [video: trailer, Son of Rambow]
Brethren under fire over funds
2008-02-13 13:30:00 An abusive sect of Christianity is said to misuse Australia's Federal Government funding system.
Religious sect takes over school
2008-01-31 12:53:00 Under Brethren rules, members are not allowed to watch TV, read newspapers or take out life insurance, and until recently the internet was also banned. In one of their most controversial doctrines, members who leave are split from their families forever - and parents shun their own children.
Claim: Exclusive Brethren members free to vote in election
2008-01-25 19:31:00 A cult of Christianity with a history of abusive rules and hypocrisy flip-flops on some of its rules.
Australia: Exclusive Brethren schools to get $10m subsidy
2008-01-21 06:32:00 The secretive Exclusive Brethren religious sect is to receive more than $10 million from the Federal Government this year, despite Prime Minister Kevin Rudd having described it as an extremist cult that breaks up families. [video]
Exclusive Brethren sent warm letters to Howard
2008-01-17 16:37:00 Correspondence between the Exclusive Brethren and John Howard reveals the religious sect had a warm relationship with the former prime minister, offering regular political advice.
Australian government continues to fund schools run by extremist cult
2008-01-14 03:12:00 Australia: The shadowy Exclusive Brethren [video] religious sect has been guaranteed another $10 million in taxpayer funding for its school campuses, despite being branded an ?extremist cult? which ?breaks up families? by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd before the election.
Adult shops fight Exclusive Brethren sect
2007-12-16 08:51:00 The adult-entertainment industry has declared war on the fundamentalist Exclusive Brethren sect for allegedly infiltrating local councils. The Canberra-based Eros Association says the conservative Christian group is bankrolling legal challenges to halt the spread of adult stores.
New Zealand seeks to limit Brethren influence
2007-12-05 00:13:00 New Zealand's parliament is debating a Bill to stop groups like the Exclusive Brethren sect from unduly influencing elections.
Exclusive Brethren sect joins Tasmania campaign
2007-11-20 15:47:00 The hypocritial leaders of the Exclusive Brethren forbid their followers to vote, but themselves constantly intervene with election campaigns.
Exclusive Brethren sect member charged with child sex offences
2007-11-12 08:20:00 It is the third case of alleged sexual abuse of children to emerge from the secretive sect in the past 12 months, but church elders deny any pattern of behaviour.
Australia: Environment Minister denies Exclusive Brethren link
2007-10-23 14:21:00 A News Ltd newspaper on Tuesday reported the federal police is investigating claims by the sect that an unsigned flyer is being distributed in its name in Mr Turnbull's Wentworth electorate.
Former member reveals ?Brethren Express? money trail
2007-10-15 18:03:00 A former member of the Exclusive Brethren has revealed the secretive religious sect has been transferring large sums of money across the world, possibly to fund political campaigns in Australia and the US.
Exclusive Brethren attacks Australian opposition leader Kevin Rudd
2007-08-23 10:09:00 In Australia, the so-called Exclusive Brethren -- a cult of Christianity -- attacks one of its critics.
Australian labor leader: Exclusive Brethren extremist cult
2007-08-22 07:39:00 Federal Labor leader Kevin Rudd has labelled the Exclusive Brethren an extremist cult and called on Prime Minister John Howard to reveal what was discussed when he met its senior members recently.
Australia Treasurer downplays meeting with Exclusive Brethren
2007-08-22 06:56:00 Australia's Treasurer Peter Costello today admitted meeting the Exclusive Brethren many times but said it was "no crime".
Australia Prime Minister astonished over sect furore
2007-08-22 06:51:00 Australia's Prime Minister John Howard said today he was astonished that people thought it odd for him to meet members of the Exclusive Brethren religious sect.
We?re praying for you, Brethren told Australian Prime Minister
2007-08-22 06:36:00 The Prime Minister of Australia has met in private the most senior leaders of the Exclusive Brethren, including a man who is being investigated by police over his huge spending on Mr Howard's election campaign in 2004.
Former Exclusive Brethren man in court on sex charges
2007-07-24 12:45:00 The seven representative charges relate to four women, all former Exclusive Brethren members, and date from between 1951 and 1985.
Christian sect aims to sponsor flagship school
2007-06-23 16:41:00 An evangelical Christian sect that considers television and computers evil is in talks with the British Government about sponsoring a city academy, it became clear last night.
I was brought up in the exclusive brethren
2007-06-03 15:39:00 "Jim Taylor Jr's edicts became increasingly bizarre - Sisters had to wear their hair hanging down their backs, covered in a headscarf; all adult Brethren must be married - and then he started to go to bed with married Sisters."
Police to quiz Brethren sect
2007-05-24 19:43:00 Australian police is to investigate a company set up by the Exclusive Brethren -- a religious cults whose hypocritical leaders tell their members not to vote, while trying influence elections themselves.
Exclusive Brethren said to fund legal case against adult store
2007-05-21 14:22:00 A city council in Australia is accused of allowing the Exclusive Brethren, a controversial religious sect, to bankroll its legal case against an adult store.
Take it on the chin, Exclusive Brethren told
2007-05-12 08:46:00 The Exclusive Brethren hypocritally tried to influence elections -- but now want the government to stop mentioning it. |
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