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)
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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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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