Merry Jolene Berg

Merry Berg – cover of No Longer Children Newsletter from Nov. 1992

Dr. H. Navarro with Merry (date unknown)

Merry Berg (born in June 1972; known in The Family as Mene and currently uses the name Lucy) is the daughter of Paul "Aaron" Berg and Judy "Shulamite" Helmstetler, and granddaughter of group-founder David Berg.

Merry was invited to her grandfather's compound in December 1983 at age 11, where she stayed until August 1987. She left The Family for the United States in November 1990, aged 18. She currently lives in San Diego, California.

Merry underwent severe abuses while living with David Berg, Karen Zerby, Steven Kelly and others, as well as while attending Victor Programs and Music with Meaning. Some of the abuse was documented and published in the internal Family publications "The Last State" (ML 2306), "It's Up to You!--Mene's Farewell from the King's House!" (ML 2524) and "The Dangers of Demonism".

Merry served as a witness in a groundbreaking child-custody case in the UK involving The Family (see: Judgment of Lord Justice Ward).

She has been vilified by Family leadership to the point that many Family members consider her insane and possessed by demons or Satan himself.

More information

• Merry's Story — By Merry Berg.
• Life with Grandpa - the Mene Story — By Ricky Rodriguez, son of Karen Zerby.
• The Last State (ML 2306, Aug. 1987) — Verbatim account of one exchange between Merry Berg and her grandfather David Berg.

Multimedia

• Steven Kelly talks about the exorcism of Merry Berg (2.9MB) — from "The Love Prophet" documentary