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[[Image:Barry_01.jpg|thumb|250px|Peter Riddell in Tateyama, Japan ([[2005]])]] [[Image:Peter-bevan-riddell-and-windy.jpg|thumb|250px|Peter Riddell and his wife "Windy," circa early [[2000s]]]] '''Peter Bevan Riddell''' (pseudonyms include '''Barry Brown''', '''Matthew''', '''Peter Gehr''' and '''Peter Williams''') is an Australian former member of [[The Family]], born in Perth, [[Australia]], March 26, 1958. Riddell joined The Family in April [[1979]]. For many years he helped produce and oversee the production of Family [[:Category:Family Videos|video]] and [[:Category:Family Music and Audio|audio]] products. Starting in the mid-[[1980s]], Riddell worked closly with [[World Services]] (WS), and was in frequent contact with [[Karen Zerby]], the late [[David Berg]], and other top leaders. On October 17, [[1983]], Riddell [[Steven Riddell Abduction Case|abducted]] his 17-month-old son Steven Riddell from his mother and fled with the child from Sydney, Australia to the [[Philippines]] and then to Tokyo, [[Japan]]. In order to leave the country without permission from the child's mother, he allegedly forged the mother's signature and the signature of a non-existent witness on a passport application. On October 18, 1983, a court in Australia granted the child's mother, [[Julie Riddell]] sole custody of her son Steven and ordered that he be immediately returned to her. On the same day, Julie Riddell also filed a police complaint and federal police authorities subsequently began an investigation to find her abducted son. Julie Riddell later travelled to Japan with her attorney, [[Grameme Clarke]], to find her son. In December 1983, she found her son in a Family [[home]] in Tokyo and was able to exercise her parental rights and return with the child to Australia. The Australian government cancelled Peter Riddell's passport and he was deported to Australia. In [[1984]], Riddell was found guilty of committing forgery and making false statements to facilitate the unlawful abduction of Steven Riddell. He later returned to Japan, where he lived at The Family's [[Heavenly City School]] in [[Tateyama, Japan|Tateyama]]. Riddell left [[Charter Member|Charter Membership]] in The Family in mid-[[2005]], and currently lives in Australia with his wife "Windy". ==More information== * [[Steven Riddell Abduction Case]] — Brief summary of the abduction of Steven Riddell. Includes legal documents and multimedia files. * [http://www.exfamily.org/art/exmem/doubt.shtml "Doubt"] — Former wife of Peter Riddell recounts her story of the child's abduction ==Writings== * [https://media.xfamily.org/docs/fam/gv/gv_63.pdf#page=9 Grapevine 63, pg.9, ''"Stories and Remembrances of Dad,"'' section 1] [[Category:Current and Former Members]] [[Category:Child Abduction]]

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