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| skills = Manipulation | | skills = Manipulation | ||
| hobby = Child sex | | hobby = Child sex | ||
| goals = To rid the world of <br>mainstream churches, <br>pedophilia laws, capitalism, and the | | goals = To rid the world of <br>mainstream churches, <br>pedophilia laws, capitalism, and the Jews (failed) | ||
| crimes = Child | | crimes = [[Child abuse]]<br>Pimping<br>[[Rape]]<br>Sexual misconduct<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]] | ||
| type of villain = Cult Leader <br> Fanatic | | type of villain = Cult Leader <br> Fanatic | ||
||origin = Oakland, California, United States|Image= | ||origin = Oakland, California, United States|Image=David Berg.jpg | ||
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{{Quote|The mate of every prophecy is its fulfillment. God's Word finds its mate in fulfilled Bible prophecy, and the ones which have already occurred and been fulfilled, foretold hundreds of years in advance, have been fulfilled. Every prophecy the Bible has uttered has been fulfilled except the ones that are yet to come, and they'll be fulfilled just as surely as the ones that have been fulfilled in the past.|David Berg}} | {{Quote|The mate of every prophecy is its fulfillment. God's Word finds its mate in fulfilled Bible prophecy, and the ones which have already occurred and been fulfilled, foretold hundreds of years in advance, have been fulfilled. Every prophecy the Bible has uttered has been fulfilled except the ones that are yet to come, and they'll be fulfilled just as surely as the ones that have been fulfilled in the past.|David Berg}} | ||
'''David Brandt Berg''' (February 18<sup>th</sup>, 1919 – October 1<sup>st</sup>, 1994) was the founder and leader of [[The Children of God]] (1969). Children of God was intended as an alternative to mainstream Christianity which attracted drogues of hippies and unchurched youth. Berg's religious views grew more extreme over time. Eventually causing his group to gain more of a cult identity. | '''David Brandt Berg''' (February 18<sup>th</sup>, 1919 – October 1<sup>st</sup>, 1994) was the founder and leader of [[The Children of God]] (1969). Children of God was intended as an alternative to mainstream Christianity which attracted drogues of hippies and unchurched youth. Berg's religious views grew more extreme over time. Eventually causing his group to gain more of a cult identity. | ||
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David Berg has been accused of leading a cult which promoted assaults on children and sexual abuse of women and children for decades. Former members have told their stories in widely disseminated media reports, though official inquiries at the time found no evidence of [[Child Abuse|child abuse]]. Berg was also personally accused of pedophilia. He recalled in his letters how he was taught to masturbate in church by another boy his age. When his mother caught him, he was forced to masturbate in front of his father. Oftentimes Berg would explicitly describe his sexual preferences and recalled that one thing he regretted was that he never slept with his mother. | David Berg has been accused of leading a cult which promoted assaults on children and sexual abuse of women and children for decades. Former members have told their stories in widely disseminated media reports, though official inquiries at the time found no evidence of [[Child Abuse|child abuse]]. Berg was also personally accused of pedophilia. He recalled in his letters how he was taught to masturbate in church by another boy his age. When his mother caught him, he was forced to masturbate in front of his father. Oftentimes Berg would explicitly describe his sexual preferences and recalled that one thing he regretted was that he never slept with his mother. | ||
In a child custody case in the United Kingdom Berg's granddaughter, Merry Berg, testified that Berg sexually molested her when she was a young teenager. Another of Berg's granddaughters, Joyanne Treadwell Berg, spoke on American television about being sexually abused by David Berg. Berg's adopted son, Ricky Rodriguez, wrote an article on the website MovingOn.org in which he describes Berg's sexual activity involving a number of women and children. Davida Kelley, the daughter of Rodriguez's nanny, Sarah Kelley, accused Berg of molesting her in a June 2005 ''Rolling Stone'' article. In the same article, a woman identified as Armendria alleged that David Berg sexually abused her when she was thirteen years old. | In a child custody case in the United Kingdom, Berg's granddaughter, Merry Berg, testified that Berg sexually molested her when she was a young teenager. Another of Berg's granddaughters, Joyanne Treadwell Berg, spoke on American television about being sexually abused by David Berg. Berg's adopted son, Ricky Rodriguez, wrote an article on the website MovingOn.org in which he describes Berg's sexual activity involving a number of women and children. Davida Kelley, the daughter of Rodriguez's nanny, Sarah Kelley, accused Berg of molesting her in a June 2005 ''Rolling Stone'' article. In the same article, a woman identified as Armendria alleged that David Berg sexually abused her when she was thirteen years old. | ||
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