2007
From XFamily - Children of God
- January 21 — World premiere of Noah Thomson's documentary Children of God: Lost and Found at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah
- June 1 — Sisters Juliana Buhring and Celeste Jones found RISE International Community Interest Company, a UK non-profit organization established to protect children from abuse in cults, support those who seek justice for crimes committed against them while growing up in cults and raise awareness amongst the public, government and charity organizations over the dangers and difficulties children face growing up in cults.
- July 2 — Not Without My Sister, a book by sisters Kristina Jones, Celeste Jones and Juliana Buhring about their experiences while growing up in the Children of God, is published by HarperCollins in the United Kingdom.
- October 9 — Don Lattin's book, Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge, about Ricky Rodriguez and the Children of God is published by HarperCollins in the United States,
[edit] Press coverage
- News of The World: "I lived in constant fear" — 2007-01-07
- Fox News: Cult Members Cause Scene at Screening — 2007-01-24
- The Guardian: Protest film — 2007-01-24
- Variety: Slamdance screening ends in melee — 2007-01-24
- New York Post: Slammed with Cult Mischief — 2007-01-25
- Modesto Bee: Stan St. lecturer verifies his past with alleged cult — 2007-01-26
- Modesto Bee: Students, experts mixed over teacher — 2007-01-26
- Park Record: Documentary ambushed during Slamdance screening — 2007-01-31
- The Age: Sect ties revealed as children recovered — 2007-05-04
- Sydney Morning Herald: Cultbuster on hand as dad gives up kids — 2007-05-04
- LA Daily News: Man is arrested in swastika case — 2007-05-04
- The Courier Mail: Mother flies out with her children - Runaway father denies link to The Family — 2007-05-05
- Los Angeles Times: Charges filed in posting of swastikas at office — 2007-05-09
- Orange County Weekly: Spare the Child — 2007-05-31
- Jane Magazine: Orgies and Prophecies — 2007-06
- Christianity Today Liveblog: Freaky Murder — 2007-06-14
- Madison: We were forced to obey: Life Inside The Children of God — 2007-07-01
- Daily Mail: Enslaved by the cult of sex...for 25 years — 2007-07-12
- Bristol Evening Post: Suffer little children — 2007-07-18
- Western Daily Press: Charismatic leader who preached paedophilia — 2007-07-18
- Western Daily Press: Free of cult's clutches to tell their harrowing story — 2007-07-18
- Limerick Post: Castleconnell in cult claim — 2007-08-08
- Limerick Post: Castleconnell area was base for child sex cult, claims victim — 2007-08-08
- Nottingham Evening Post: Cult pictures of innocence — 2007-08-16
- Nottingham Evening Post: Woman tells of escape from cult — 2007-08-16
- Nottingham Evening Post: Sixties cult exerted a powerful influence — 2007-08-16
- Irish Independent: 'When I left The Family, I had sadness and pain and worry. But dad has never acknowledged that what happened to us was ever wrong' — 2007-08-17
- Daily Express: How Close Is The End of The World? — 2007-08-20
- Independent on Sunday: Violent sexual abuse, brainwashing and neglect: What it's like to grow up in a religious sect — 2007-09-02
- Los Angeles Times: Former cult member assesses damage in 'Children of God' — 2007-09-05
- New York Times: What’s on Tonight — 2007-09-05
- Modesto Bee: Lecturer no longer at Stanislaus State — 2007-09-06
- Arizona Daily Wildcat: Underside of cult life emerges — 2007-10-19
- San Francisco Chronicle: Review: Fear, sex are driving forces within Children of God cult — 2007-10-19
- San Jose Mercury News: The offspring of 'Jesus Freaks' — 2007-10-25
- Globe and Mail: Coming to terms with an abusive cult upbringing — 2007-11-02
- Tucson Citizen: Authors try to repair The Family's circle of despair — 2007-11-29
- CNN Anderson Cooper 360: Young man's suicide blamed on mother's cult — 2007-12-04
- Augusta Chronicle: Book details grim abuses suffered by cult's children — 2007-11-29
- Times Education Supplement: Cult watch — 2007-12-14
- Charleston Gazette: Book chronicles dark outcome of end-time cult — 2007-12-16
- Los Angeles Daily News: Lessons to be learned when cults make news — 2007-12-30
[edit] Television coverage
- ABC News 20/20: Revenge Against Religious Sect — 2007-02-02
- Egomania: The Cult Leader — 2007-02-05
- Montel Williams: Escaping A Cult — 2007-02-06
- KGTV: Former Members of Children of God Speak Out — 2007-04-28
- BBC - Heaven and Earth - Children of God — 2007-07-22
- Ireland AM: Born Into A Cult — 2007-08-10
- ABC News Nightline: Faith Matters: The Tragic Legacy of the Children of God — 2007-11-01
- KFMB-TV: Father Wins Custody Of 5-Year-Old In Sex Cult Case — 2007-11-28
- CNN Anderson Cooper 360: Twisted Cult — 2007-12-04
- CNN Newsroom: Born into a cult — 2007-12-05
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