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Exclusive Brethren accused of kidnapping
29th July 2008, 17:06 WST

A writ is expected to be filed in the High Court on Wednesday alleging the involvement of the secretive Exclusive Brethren in a variety of crimes, including fraud and kidnapping.

Exclusive Brethren accused of kidnapping : thewest.com.au

30th July 2008, 16:26 WST

The Exclusive Brethren says three Indian sisters have failed in an effort to bring criminal action against the sect.

In a statement, the Exclusive Brethren said the High Court in Canberra had refused to accept a writ the women tried to file on Wednesday.

The writ alleged the controversial group had been involved in fraud and kidnapping.

The women, who said they were on the run from the Brethren, also claimed it was involved in money laundering and immigration fraud in New Zealand, and bribing police and members of the judiciary in India.

The Exclusive Brethren denies the allegations.

Exclusive Brethren reject 'crime' claims : thewest.com.au

Exclusive Brethren accused of kidnapping
29th July 2008, 17:06 WST

A writ is expected to be filed in the High Court on Wednesday alleging the involvement of the secretive Exclusive Brethren in a variety of crimes, including fraud and kidnapping.

Three sisters, from India, who say they are on the run from the religious sect, allege they can link it to numerous crimes.

The women also allege the Exclusive Brethren is involved in money laundering, immigration fraud in New Zealand and bribery of police and members of the judiciary in India.

"We've got 3,000 pages of evidence ... and now we're going to expose this whole thing," one of the sisters told reporters in Canberra.

They said they feared for their lives and did not wish to be identified until after the legal action is taken.

They say they will file a "writ of mandamus" in Canberra.
AAP

Exclusive Brethren accused of kidnapping : thewest.com.au

Exclusive? That's the problem

Barney Zwartz
January 5, 2007

A SMALL religious sect with scarcely 20,000 members in Australia has made a lot of headlines lately. Although members of the Exclusive Brethren are forbidden to vote, they have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to influence elections in the US, New Zealand and Australia, both federal and state. They have sought special treatment under superannuation laws, workplace laws and the Family Court, illegally transferred tens of thousands of dollars in cash, and allegedly covered up child molestation.

Exclusive? That's the problem - Opinion - theage.com.au

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Exclusive: Brethren get a foot in the doors of power

Thursday, 18 October 2007

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Crikey can exclusively reveal that the secretive Christian sect, the Exclusive Brethren, has gone to great lengths to obtain parliamentary lobbying status for two of its leading Sydney members.

Warwick John of Copeland Road, Engadine, in Sydney’s south, and David Walter Stewart, who gives his address as an Engadine Post Office box number, have become official parliamentary lobbyists representing the so-called Christian Lobby Group.

The parliamentary democracy-worshipping MPs who signed and sponsored the lobbyist passes for the non-voting Exclusive Brethren were Upper House MPs, the Rev Fred Nile and the Rev Gordon Moyes, of the Christian Democrats, and David Clarke, an Opus Dei supporting Catholic and leader of the NSW Liberal Party’s hard right, pro-Howard faction.

hypocritical for agroup who won't let its members vote?
or allow its members( including kids at school) eat with other people?
How are they going to do the long political lunch?