David Berg

David Berg

preacher
cult leader
🇺🇸United States

David Brandt Berg was an American cult leader who founded the "Children of God", which was later known as The Family International. Berg's group, established in 1968 among the counterculture youth in Southern California, gained notoriety for incorporating sexuality into its spiritual message and recruitment methods. Berg and his organization were accused of a broad range of sexual misconduct, including child sexual abuse.

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1920 – 2002
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  • 1920

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  • 2002

    Died

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