In Reply to: Re: Splinter Groups posted by Perry on March 18, 2005 at 12:36:53:
There was a splinter group in Italy that became quite large and kept operating like TF, even getting the pubs in a bootlegging sort of a way. They expanded into Venezuela and even the PI for a while. It was called Orizzonti Nuovi and it used all F materials plus the personal revelations of their personal guru, a certain Elias Burnfree (legal name Domenico di Maio)
Later the leader of the group was indicted for child molestation, rape, and unlawful appropriation of somebody's possessions. (He made a disciple sign off to him a property worth hundreds of thousands of dollars)
The case has lasted years, and it was extremely taxing on the plaintiffs and witnesses (all people that were ex family members AND Family members) and ended recently. He was convicted, but with a very light sentence.