Reports of brainwashing and abuse, including child sexual abuse, in this cult are numerous.

Brainwashed, torn from her parents and abused from the age of four: Religious sex cult survivor tells her harrowing story

Growing up inside The Children of God cult, Natacha Tormey was sexually abused, made to live in a compound and taught to fear the outside world.

Life after a sex cult

Young says he never personally experienced sexual abuse from members of the church, but witnessed it. “It definitely wasn’t a safe place to grow up, especially if you were a girl,” he says. “Close friends of mine growing up were abused and raped.”

My life in the cult: How “serving God” unraveled into sex abuse, child neglect and a waking nightmare

Violent sexual abuse, brainwashing and neglect: What it's like to grow up in a religious sect

Kristina's childhood was one of sexual abuse, enforced prostitution and regular savage beatings from her mother's then boyfriend

Children of God sex cult survivors come out of the shadows

Children were sexualised and sometimes sexually abused at an early age. Thousands of members worked like slaves raising money to support the shadowy sex-driven lifestyle of the group's leader, David Berg.