Christina Teresa Zerby
Christina Teresa Zerby (born March 19, 1979) is the daughter of Karen Zerby and Michael Sweeney (aka Timothy Concerned), and step-daughter of David Berg. She is also the half-sister of Ricky Rodriguez. Known throughout Family publications as Techi (more recently, Keana, and other pseudonyms have included Chris, Tessy, and Terry), her legal name, likeness and location have long been closely guarded secrets — as is the case for most members of World Services.
In May 1982 The Family published a book written by Techi's nanny, Dora Techi, entitled Techi's Life Story. Portions of it were later order destroyed (see pubs purge).
During her early teenage years she was the subject of the Techi Series of internal publications, which helped lead to mandatory Open Heart Reports for many Family children.
In 1987, in a Family-produced book titled Heaven's Children, David Berg published sexual fantasies about Techi (see Berg on Incest).
Techi is married to Nat (SGA; not his legal name, son of Paul Theophilus) and they have a son named Trevor who was born late 1995 or early 1996 in Texas, USA. In Don Lattin's book, Jesus Freaks, there is speculation that Techi was really impregnated by a "Swiss man with blonde hair and in his 40s". This man went by "Frank" and has since left the cult. She was 14-years old when she became pregnant while living in Portugal with her mother. After she became pregnant, they sent her to live in Canada (near Vancouver, BC) and encouraged her to find someone around her age to marry and claim to be the child's father.
Writings by Christina Zerby
- Techi Speaks Out — In defense of The Family International
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