This Movement Encouraged Sex With Children -- And It's Still Alive And Well

In 1968, a preacher named David Berg founded a religious movement called "Teens for Christ" with his family in Huntington Beach, California. Later renamed to "Children of God" (COG) as a way of attracting more young members during the '60s, the organization preached about doing good deeds, living simply, and "free love" through sexual relationships between members and similarly-imagined encounters with Jesus Christ called "Loving Jesus." While this definitely sounds odd by itself, the horror really lies in the sexual violence, pedophilia, and incest that its self-proclaimed prophet not only encouraged but forced on children, including his own. By 1972,...

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