James Penn
From XFamily - Children of God
James Penn is the best known pseudonym of a former Family member also known as Gideon Valor, Felipe, Jay, Ray, and Phil. He joined The Family in 1971 at age 19 and spent 27 years in the group before leaving in August 1998. 19 of those years were spent in World Services.
In 2000, Penn set up a Website (archived below) which he titled after the Magic Green Shirt Mo Letter. In his posted articles, he wrote of some of his experiences during his time in World Services.
Writings by James Penn
- No Regrets – Why I Left The Family — By James Penn (2000)
- All of These Things Moved Me — By James Penn (2001)
- Take the Money and Run — By James Penn (2004-08-22)
- A Few Replies — By James Penn (2004-08-28)
- My Relationship With Ricky Rodriguez — By James Penn (2005-01-22)
Articles by Maria and Peter, queen and king of The Family. Rebuttals to James Penn
- Stay on the Wall! — GN 902; June, 2000
- None of These Things Move Me! — GN 906; July, 2000
- Excerpt From Grapevine 110 — April 2001
Articles by Family members. Rebuttals to James Penn
- Thoughts on James Penn — by Abner; June 2000;
- FSM 352 — September 2000
- FSM 353 — September 2000
- FSM 354 — September 2000
- FSM 355 — September 2000
- FSM 356 — September 2000
- FSM 357 — September 2000
- Grapevine Excerpts — July - September 2000