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Cult Attempts to Take Child-Urgent please everyone read this!

Posted by sarafina on October 12, 2006 at 16:18:49

Cult Attempts to Take Child

For everyone who hasn't heard about this, here is the background about the
legal case going on in San Diego.

The parties involved are an ex-SGA couple with one child. They separated
when the mother chose to rejoin the cult and from then until recently,
custody of the child was shared jointly and this was agreed upon by both
parities. However, when appearing in court to make the divorce final, the
mother in a surprise move and contrary to all prior agreements filed for
full custody with intent to move out of the country.

The father went to the US cult leaders in the home in attempt to work things out
amicably and to come to an agreement that would allow him to continue to
share parenting rights. The cult leaders basically said that they had no
interest in doing so and that they are willing to see it through the
courts.

During the divorce proceedings the judge was initially inclined to grant
custody to the mother. Wishing someone had cared enough about us as children to have spoken up before the cult stole our childhoods, some concerned former SGAs wrote affidavits attesting to, among other things, their own upbringings in the cult and abuses that they had personally witnessed or experienced. The judge is now
taking a second look. As you read in the pervious article the Judge did issue an ordinance to have the Activated home evaluated. Since this ordinance has gone out the home has since moved the children who were living there except Kyle, and moved in personnel from WS and their PR team.

The cult has retaliated with a large volume of information and affidavits. At this point it's difficult to say how things will go but it will set precedent for other cases and if they win this one, it will make it more difficult for you should you have to encounter them in court.

If you want to get involved, and it would be nice if you did, you can best
help by writing an affidavit regarding your own upbringing in the group. The
issues of concern are education, current loving-Jesus practices, lifestyle,
socialization, etc. Of particular interest are the viewpoints of those most
recently left the cult (the past one or two years) or those who have
siblings or children or grandchildren still within the group and who can attest to the
current state of affairs -- the more recent the more appropriate to the
situation.

If you are willing to be more than just a bystander, and your beliefs and
feelings about the cult go deeper than just talk, this would be the time to
show it.

All information will go directly to the father's lawyer. For obvious reasons
it cannot be posted on this website, but you will be provided the
information as well as the type of format the material must be in when you
contact me through my movingon profile with "custody
case" in the subject line. If you would like more information or would like
to speak to someone directly before any involvement, please provide a number
where you can be contacted.

I am asking for your help. The Father involved is a personal friend, who loves his son very much and doesn’t deserve to have him taken away and possibly never see him again. Now is the time to get serious and help this Father so please, serious inquiries only. If you want to help we can tell you how but we don't need a bunch of post talking about how we should do this or that or what we should have done.