J. Gordon Melton
From XFamily - Children of God
J. Gordon Melton, Ph.D. is an academic listed as an "expert" on The Family Internationl by said group.
"The sexual manipulation in the Children of God has been so thoroughly documented that it is doubtful whether the organization can ever, in spite of whatever future reforms it might initiate, regain any respectable place in the larger religious community." — J. Gordon Melton, "Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America" pg.158 (1986). ISBN 0-8240-9036-5
