THE EXCLUSIVE Brethren Church is being rocked by accusations that it has covered up a "plague" of sexual abuse in its ranks.

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A former Exclusive Brethren church member facing charges of indecently assaulting young girls says he put his hand up the nightie of a young Nelson girl and touched her through her underwear because he was "curious".

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An alleged sexual predator said to belong to the Exclusive Brethren religious sect is on trial for raping a younger male relative in Tasmania.

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THE Liberal Party has admitted helping an Exclusive Brethren member to campaign against the Greens after earlier denying any involvement with the reclusive sect.

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AUSTRALIAN Greens leader Bob Brown has called for an inquiry into the extent of the Exclusive Brethren's influence in federal politics.

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd famously labelled the Exclusive Brethren (EB) a "cult" while in Opposition. But it seems that, in Government, he is more generous to the Christian sect.

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A Tasmanian transgender activist has won an apology from Exclusive Brethren members after the 2006 publication of state election advertisements attacking transgender and intersex people.

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A GRIEVING father's only contact with his Exclusive Brethren children will be permission to buy their photographs from the sect's school, as long as they are not there at the time, a Family Court judge has ruled.

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The Senate has voted to remove a clause granting the Exclusive Brethren religious order an exclusion from parts of the Fair Work Bill.

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A FATHER of eight has told a court that the Exclusive Brethren sect "brainwashed" and "pressured" his young son to turn against him.

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Two former members of the Exclusive Brethren religious group have told a court some of their former colleagues are guilty of international crimes.

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RESIDENTS have branded a planned Gospel Hall in Stow-on-the-Wold as a 'closed shop'.

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A Victorian school run by the secretive Exclusive Brethren religious sect received more than $1 million in state taxpayer funding last year, new documents show.

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Australia's 15,000 Exclusive Brethren are easily recognised by their distinctive unworldly dress, especially in the rural areas where they are prominent. Many are involved in small business.

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A cautionary tale about the wisdom of mixing politics and religion.

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A new book pieces together how the Exclusive Brethren sought to buy influence with the Liberal Party in its quest to stop the spread of "perverted" homosexuality and gay marriage.

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SCHOOLS run by the secretive Exclusive Brethren religious sect receive more than $18 million a year in government funding, including $2 million from NSW taxpayers, new figures show.

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The Christian Right is knuckling down for involvement in the latest election campaign, as usual, pathologically opposed to the Labour Party, Greens and social liberal politics. What's happening out there?

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An elder of the controversial Exclusive Brethren religious sect says he feels sorry for his 85-year-old sister, who did not see four of her sect children for 20 years after being excommunicated.

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THE Exclusive Brethren sect has attempted to prevent a sick 85-year-old former member from revealing her terrible life story by saying that if she remained silent she could be reunited before she dies with the children she was separated from 28 years ago.

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THE Senate has rejected a call for a wide-ranging inquiry into the activities of the Exclusive Brethren religious sect.

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The Exclusive Brethren has accused Australian Greens leader Bob Brown of vilifying its church and members.

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Greens Leader Bob Brown has moved a notice of motion to refer a number of matters concerning the Exclusive Brethren Christian sect to the Senate's Community Affairs Committee.

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Retiring National MP Bob "the builder" Clarkson has gone out the way he came in -- delivering a dose of his trade-mark straight talking to the party's annual conference.

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A writ is expected to be filed in the High Court tomorrow alleging the involvement of the secretive Exclusive Brethren in a variety of crimes, including fraud and kidnapping.

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