Louris Nielson

Louris (right) and fellow YP Board member Brian in eastern Africa (early 2000s)

Louris (center) in eastern Africa (early 2000s)

Louris (2nd from right, in red shirt) in Pattaya, Thailand (1975)

Louris May Yamaguchi (Australian; born Louris Nielson and currently known in the group as Robin; other pseudonyms used include Maggie, Magdalene, Lori, Keda, and Kedar Sky), born June 5^th, 1948. Most recently known to be living in Uganda as a Family Board member.

Louris was spoken of in numerous Mo Letters. She is "Lori" from The Girl Who Wouldn't (ML 721), "Keda Sky" from New Brooms (ML 675), and was the subject of the Keda series, below.

• What's Wrong With Keda (ML 1739)
• Keda's Penance (ML 1740)
• Keda's Problem (ML 1747)
• Exposing Keda's Problem--(Part 2) (ML 1748)
• A Prayer Request for Keda (ML 1749)
• Victory (ML 1750).

Louris was involved in the child kidnapping by Peter Bevan Riddell in 1984, providing approval and funds for the incident.

In 1989, Louris was recruited to illegally obtain Canadian passports for several of David Berg and Karen Zerby's staff, in accordance which which she travelled to Quebec, Canada, visiting graveyards to obtain names for use when submitting passport applications.

When Canadian police discovered what was happenning, they raided her place of residence, arresting her. On October 12, 1989, she was convicted in Montreal under Section 94 of the Immigration Act ("the intent to commit an illegal act") and sentenced to eight months in prison. On October 27, she was convicted of theft over $1,000. - and received a suspended sentence and two year probation. On November 15, she was convicted of two more Immigration Act offences: Section 57-3 ("fraudulent passport application"), and Section 9-29A ("being in the possession of forged passports"). She was also convicted of obstructing a police officer for which she received a sentence of 45 days.

In early 1990 she was deported to her home country of Australia. She later moved to Japan, where she married a Japanese Family member (whom she no longer lives with), and where she remained until the early 2000s.

Louris Yamaguchi has four children – Tina, Mariko (Cory), and the twins Kenji and Jeremy, all currently within The Family International.