Lonnie Davis
Lonnie Davis (American; also known as Marc) is a Family International spokesperson or media representative.
He is currently partnered to Susan Claire Borowick, and together they are the media representatives for The Family in North America.
On numerous occasions, he has been denounced as an abuser of children and teenagers on ex-member Web sites.
In "Brainwashing and Re-Indoctrination Programs in the Children of God/The Family"," Stephen Kent and Deana Hall described at great length an incident in which Lonnie Davis adminstered a "particularly severe and degrading beating" to a 13-year-old boy in front of more than 100 people. Kent and Hall wrote:
The person who inflicted it, according to our sources, was a Family leader (for whom we use the pseudonym, Mickey), who currently contributes to the group's public relations efforts towards scholars and the United States Congress (Bainbridge, 1997: 228).
In an interview with Kent, the victim described the severe injuries inflicted on him by Lonnie Davis:
He spanked me so hard that I had bruises on my butt and legs that were so hard they started to thicken up...and it bruised and it thickened. It was like really thick and hard, and I remember I'd have to sleep on my stomach...and any time I'd touch my butt to anything it stung. I couldn't sit down during the day 'cause it hurt so bad. I could barely move my left leg, because, like, the bruises were so tight it, like, hurt. I felt like I was gonna rip my skin or something. And I went back to solitary confinement... (Kent Interview with Hendricks, 1995: 24-25).
External links
- Lonnie Davis (Marc): My Jumbo Story — By Jules
