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  In Loving Memory of Ricky Rodriguez | About Ricky
His mother, Karen Zerby, was the companion of David Berg (1919-1994), founder and leader of The Children of God / The Family, a high-demand, highly sexualised, apocalyptic religious movement.
Nicknamed Davidito (his birth name was David Moses Zerby), Rick spent his childhood and early adult years living and travelling with his mother and Berg in Europe, Asia, and Canada.
From his birth, David Berg and Karen Zerby determined to make Ricky a “poster boy” for their followers.
www.rickyrodriguez.org /about_ricky.php   (368 words)

  
  Ricky Rodriguez - XFamily - Children of God
Richard P. "Ricky" Rodriguez was born 1975-01-25 on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain to Karen Zerby and "Carlos" (a Hotel Belair in Santa Cruz de Tenerife employee Zerby FFed).
His mother, Karen Zerby, was the companion of David Berg (1919-1994), founder and leader of the Children of God / The Family, a high-demand, highly sexualised, apocalyptic religious movement.
As Rick grew up he developed a deep-seated resentment towards Berg and Zerby because of the sexual abuse he had suffered as a child due to their policies and because of the unnatural way in which he was raised.
www.xfamily.org /index.php/Ricky_Rodriguez   (1168 words)

  
 Karen Zerby - XFamily - Children of God
Karen Elva Zerby (born in Camden, New Jersey on July 31, 1946) is the current leader of The Family International, a new religious movement.
Zerby is the mother of Ricky "Davidito" Rodriguez and Christina "Techi" Zerby.
Zerby has claimed that she preexisted and was among Jesus' favorite lovers in heaven before she came to earth.
www.xfamily.org /index.php/Karen_Zerby   (2276 words)

  
 Talk:Karen Zerby - XFamily - Children of God
To contributors: In the newly created section on Zerby's fulfillment of destiny, it would be good to add information about Berg destining his endtime prophet "mantle" to her upon his death.
The year of Zerby's birth has been corrected - from 1945 to 1946 - based on references in Family publications.
Mention of Zerby being prophecied to become one of the Endtime Witnesses along with her son should be added to the article.
www.xfamily.org /index.php/Talk:Karen_Zerby   (148 words)

  
  Science Fair Projects - Children of God
In addition, a childcare manual published by the group in January of 1982 vividly describes, with photographs, the sexual activity that took place between the son of Karen Zerby and his governesses, particularly Sara (also known as Sara Davidito, Sara Kelley, or Prisca Kelley; she later became a top leader in the organization).
As Davidito grew up he developed a deep seated resentment towards Berg and Zerby because of the sexual abuse he had suffered as a child due to their policies and because of the unnatural way in which he was raised.
Zerby's practices and teachings have alienated many of the second-generation members of the group, who have left in large numbers to pursue secular careers.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Family_of_Love   (5016 words)

  
 The Life and Death of the Chosen One
Zerby played a central and enthusiastic role in the abuse of young members, Ricky chief among them, even going so far as to have sex with her own son when he was twelve.
Based on a "Loving Jesus" revelation Zerby claims she received in 1995, Family members were taught that Jesus wants to have sex with them; when masturbating, men were instructed to visualize themselves as women so that Jesus could make love to them.
"Karen Zerby is going to have to run and hide now more than ever," says James Penn, her former senior aide.
www.rickross.com /reference/family/family41.html   (7478 words)

  
 BatesNow | 1/12/2007 | Harvard professor discusses the shaping of Christianity
Karen Leigh King, Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School, will give a presentation titled "The Shaping of Christianity: Gospel Discoveries from the Egyptian Desert" at 7 p.m.
The public is invited to attend the 2006-07 Zerby Lecture in Contemporary Religious Thought, sponsored by the chaplain's office, free of charge.
The annual Zerby lecture honors the late Rayborn L. Zerby of Lewiston, professor emeritus of religion and dean of the faculty at Bates.
www.bates.edu /x154147.xml   (245 words)

  
 UK Indymedia - The Family International   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It was during this time that Zerby gave birth to a son as a result of Flirty Fishing or FF'ing an employee of a hotel.
Zerby's son Davidito (also known as Ricky Rodriguez) was one of over 300 babies that had been born into The Family as a result of Flirty Fishing, by 1982.
Zerby herself wrote "Because of the insight Dad (Berg) gave into the scriptures which granted us a great deal of sexual freedom, without clearly stated explicit restrictions that prohibited all sexual activity between adults and minors, it resulted in actions that caused harm to some children".
www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2005/10/325377.html   (954 words)

  
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Maar volgens voormalige sekteleden dienen die enkel om de huidige leidster Karen Zerby en haar huidige echtgenoot Peter Amsterdam rijk te maken.
Karen Zerby is de weduwe van profeet David Berg en Ricky's moeder, die door Berg voorbestemd was om de sekte te leiden.
Karen en Ricky waren volgens de profeet de,,getuigen'' die vermeld worden in de Apocalyps.
www.hetvolk.be /Article/PrintArticle.aspx?ArticleID=GBIC5FT4   (468 words)

  
 David Berg . Enpsychlopedia
He lived in total seclusion and secrecy from his followers and, along with Karen Zerby, is thought to have used a fake Australian passport when traveling.
His organization is currently led by his widow Karen Zerby (whom he took as a soi-disant "second-wife" in August of 1969; known as Mama Maria or Queen Maria in the Children of God) and Steven Douglas Kelly (an American also known as Christopher Smith, Peter Amsterdam, or King Peter in the Children of God).
His second wife was Karen Zerby, who continues to be a leader of the Children of God.
www.enpsychlopedia.org /psypsych/David_Berg   (1051 words)

  
 Children of God - InformationBlast
After the death of David Berg in the mid 1990s, Karen Zerby, known as Maria or Queen Maria in the organization took over leadership of The Family.
Karen Zerby's practices and teachings have alienated many of the second generation followers of the group, who have left in large numbers to pursue secular careers.
Of the more unusual teachings propagated by Karen Zerby her encouragement to followers to practice regular spiritual sexual relationships with Jesus Christ stands out as the most unusual.
www.informationblast.com /The_Family.html   (437 words)

  
 Dark Bilious Vapors
Karen Zerby, Berg explained, represented the new and pure "infant church."
Zerby, by then also known as Maria, was among the first flirty fishers.
Ricky Rodriguez was born on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands on Jan. 25, 1975.
www.cleavelin.net /archives001/00000035.html   (949 words)

  
 What Can Bonobos Tell Us about The Family & Its Leadership?
Several weeks ago in a discussion about the Loving Jesus Revolution and Peter Kelly's peculiar sense of self, someone (KG?) posted an interesting comment about Karen Zerby wanting the shift The Family into a gynocentric focus that was analogous to Berg's phallocentric worldview.
Understanding who's in the general population of Family apes is an important area of study yet to be addressed by the academics making their fame and fortune from researching The Family.
Karen Zerby, Peter Kelly, and the people who immediately surround them may very well be an entirely different species of ape than the homo sapiens found in Family study samples to date.
www.exfamily.org /chatbbs/acad/posts/702.htm   (1231 words)

  
 The Watchman Expositor: Children of God / The Family Profile
Berg claims to be the end-time Prophet and his prolific writings are "continuing revelation." Mama Letters from Berg's common-law wife (mistress), Karen Zerby (Maria), are also considered authoritative.
His message to be a "revolutionary" for Jesus and to "forsake all and follow Him" included forsaking parents, jobs, school, and to turn over all possessions to the organization (Christianity Today, 18 February 1977, p.
Berg began an affair with Karen Zerby (Maria) who became his common-law wife, or mistress.
www.watchman.org /profile/fampro.htm   (2085 words)

  
 Zionist Anti-Communist: Profile: Karen Zerby
Zerby has been accused of committing child abuse against children even against her own son-Ricky Rodriguez who was a member of the cult-like group who committed a murder-suicide against his former wife and later sent himself to the Grim Reaper.
Now Zerby isn't just involved in continuing the subversive activities of the late David Berg, the "prophet" of the Children of God, she is quite involved in supporting the cult denier-J.
It may be no major surprise to why someone like Zerby would allow her subversive cult-like group to fund a trip for Melton and other cult deniers to go and support the Japanese based terrorist group that was clearly responsible for the terrorist attack.
againstcommies009.blogspot.com /2007/02/profile-karen-zerby.html   (7164 words)

  
 Ex-IWP.org Forums - View Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rodriguez's mother, Karen Zerby, known as the Queen or Mama Maria, still leads the Family.
Zerby refused an interview request submitted to Ms.
Zerby gave birth to Ricky, whom the group called Davidito.
www.ex-iwp.org /forum/viewtopic.php?Sort=D&topic=210&forum=1   (2090 words)

  
 In Loving Memory of Ricky Rodriguez | About Ricky   (Site not responding. Last check: )
His mother, Karen Zerby, was the companion of David Berg (1919-1994), founder and leader of The Children of God / The Family, a high-demand, highly sexualised, apocalyptic religious movement.
Nicknamed Davidito (his birth name was David Moses Zerby), Rick spent his childhood and early adult years living and travelling with his mother and Berg in Europe, Asia, and Canada.
From his birth, David Berg and Karen Zerby determined to make Ricky a “poster boy” for their followers.
www.rickyrodriguez.net /about_ricky.php   (368 words)

  
 Houston - News - Family Ties - houstonpress.com
According to the xfamily Web site, internal documents show that leader Karen Zerby never believed that pedophilia was wrong to begin with.
By the time Mene was 14, her complaints about the molestation had upset Berg, who decided she had to be punished.
According to the transcript, current Family leaders Karen Zerby and Peter Amsterdam were complicit in the event.
www.houstonpress.com /Issues/2005-11-17/news/feature_3.html   (1259 words)

  
 FootnoteTV® : Law and Order : Sects (Ricky Rodriguez, Children of God)
This episode appears to be based on a January 2005 murder-suicide incident in which Ricky Rodriguez, the son of the founders of the religious group once known as the Children of God and now known as the Family International, fatally stabbed a former nanny, Angela Smith, and committed suicide.
Rodriguez was the son of Karen Zerby, a leader of the Children of God group, and was the adopted son of David Berg, the group's founder.
Berg died in 1994, and Zerby, known within Family International as Maria David, is considered the "spiritual head" of the group.
newsaic.com /ftvlo15-19i.html   (620 words)

  
 Tragic Legacies of a Sex-Based Religion: Murder and Suicide   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Zerby was beginning to take his place and starting at least publicly to change some of the group's key stances on sex.
The couple moved in with Zerby at her home in Oporto, Portugal, where they began to make plans to break away.
In early 1999, they told Zerby that they were heading to The Family's compound in Mexico.
www.angelfire.com /co4/cobil/portrait.html   (4117 words)

  
 Ricky Rodriguez at AllExperts
Rodriguez was born in Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands.
He was the natural son of Karen Zerby and a Spanish hotel employee whom she "Flirty Fished".
He was considered to be the adopted son of David Berg, Zerby's partner and leader of the COG, although no official adoption ever took place.
en.allexperts.com /e/r/ri/ricky_rodriguez.htm   (817 words)

  
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 Statement on the Death of Ricky Rodriguez | RickyRodriguez.com
Ricky Rodriguez was the son of the spiritual head of the Family, Karen Zerby, known in the Family as Maria David.
The Zerby family is in no wise affiliated with the missionary group, the Family International.
Angela Smith had in the past visited and helped the Zerby family and was asked by the members of that family to become a board member of their retirement home in 2003.
www.rickyrodriguez.com /statement   (2688 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A childcare manual published by the group in January of 1982 described the education, home life, and care of the son of Karen Zerby, known as Davidito or Ricky Rodriguez.
Also in 1995, Karen Zerby introduced a new doctrine teaching all members as young as 12, but more fully from the age of 14, that Jesus wished to engage in a sexual relationship with them.
Recent photographs or video footage of Karen Zerby, Steven Kelly, and most WS members were not readily available even to full-time members of The Family until March 2005, when several recent photographs were leaked online [17].
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Children_of_God   (6045 words)

  
 A Statement on the Deaths of Angela Smith and Ricky Rodriguez
Ricky Rodriguez was the son of the spiritual head of the Family, Karen Zerby, known in the Family as Maria David.
The Zerby family is in no wise affiliated with the missionary group, the Family International.
Angela Smith had in the past visited and helped the Zerby family and was asked by the members of that family to become a board member of their retirement home in 2003.
www.thefamily.org /dossier/statements/angela_ricky.htm   (2843 words)

  
 KAREN ZERBY Articles from AMAZINES.COM - The Article Database and EZine Publishers Database
In 1975 while living in Tenerife, Zerby had a son Ricky Rodriguez (known within The Family as Davidito).
In January 2005, Zerby's son Ricky murdered former group member Angela Smith, who had been involved in his upbringing and at one time served as Zerby's executive secretary.
Upon his death in October 1994, she assumed the spiritual leadership of the group and soon after married her long-time partner, Steven Douglas Kelly (legally changed his name to Christopher Smith, and is known in the group as Peter Amsterdam or King Peter).
amazines.com /Karen_Zerby_related.html   (537 words)

  
 me and my prostate are pleased | Cruel.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I hear the cries of the children of who have been pedofiled in the wee hours of the nights their undeveloped organs acheing and shivering.
Zerby is a pathetically beautiful whore trapped with me in my sacred dungeon.
I hope that the sexy quadraplegic angels will will carry us all up into the nothingness of naught.
www.cruel.com /discuss/viewMessage.php/278684   (303 words)

  
 Hi Tim Glad to see you here   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As family members you are perpetuating an abusive cult whether or not you are directly involved in such abuse yourselves.
-Declare that you do not believe that the leaders of the family (David Berg, Karen Zerby, and others) are/were "God's annointed prophets" and you do not accept their published works as being "God's word for today".
If, as you seem to be saying, you are not aware of this group, its doctrines and its links to FCF then I suggest you do some research right away.
www.newdaynews.com /crossfire/index.cgi/read/24270   (1782 words)

  
 alternative/indie music club @ my university(csuf) - Interpol Message Board
He is regarded as a prophet in that he passed on the message of God, not because he could predict the future.
Our group believes David Berg's spiritual "mantle" passed to his wife, Karen Zerby, at his death.
The officially published writings of both David Berg and Karen Zerby are regarded as part of the "Word of God." There is an understanding in the movement that not all Word is on the same level of significance but all Word is important to read and take heed to.
www.interpolnyc.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=15685   (1003 words)

  
 Sito ufficiale del Ce.S.A.P - Centro Studi Abusi Psicologici (R)
Crescendo, Davidito sviluppò un risentimento profondamente radicato nei confronti di Berg e Zerby a causa degli abusi sessuali che aveva subito da bambino dovuti alle loro linee di condotta e a causa del modo innaturale in cui venne cresciuto.
Le pratiche e gli insegnamenti della Zerby hanno alienato molti membri di seconda generazione del gruppo, che lo hanno abbandonato in gran numero per seguire carriere secolari.
Fotografie o video recenti di Karen Zerby, Steven Kelly e della maggior parte dei membri facenti parte del WS (servizio nel mondo) non sono prontamente accessibili neanche ai membri impegnati in The Family a tempo pieno.
www.cesap.net /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=601&Itemid=88   (3368 words)

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