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Originally Posted by SydneyK
I guess I'm a little slow on the uptake, but I don't get why this is today's news. The suicide happened almost three years ago. Are they really just now making the connection between it and the cult?
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I wondered the same thing when I first saw the thread because I remember seeing a news special about it over a year ago or so. But then I read the article a little closer and saw the hook --- book promotion:
"The sect's activities and history are detailed in a newly released book, "Jesus Freaks." The sect was founded in California in the 1960s by David Berg, who referred to himself as "Mo," short for Moses. Berg was a self-proclaimed prophet."