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. Nineteen 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 — 2000
- All of These Things Moved Me — 2001
- Take the Money and Run — 2004-08-22
- A Few Replies — 2004-08-28
- My Relationship With Ricky Rodriguez — 2005-01-22
Articles by Zerby and Kelly, queen and king of The Family. Rebuttals to James Penn
- Stay on the Wall! — GN 902; 2000-06
- None of These Things Move Me! — GN 906; 2000-07
- Excerpt From Grapevine 110 — 2001-04
Articles by Family members. Rebuttals to James Penn
- Thoughts on James Penn — by Abner; 2000-06
- FSM 352 — 2000-09
- FSM 353 — 2000-09
- FSM 354 — 2000-09
- FSM 355 — 2000-09
- FSM 356 — 2000-09
- FSM 357 — 2000-09
- Grapevine Excerpts — 2000-07 – 2000-09
