Survivors who were drugged, abused and bashed as children in the notorious Australian cult The Family are preparing for a legal fight for compensation after the death of its leader Anne Hamilton-Byrne. Hamilton-Byrne, who considered herself the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, died in a suburban Melbourne nursing home on Thursday aged 97. Her condition had rendered her unable to face further court action by survivors in the last years of her life. Along with her husband, Bill Byrne, Hamilton-Byrne acquired children through adoption scams and imprisoned them at a house beside Lake Eildon. SUPPLIED/SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Dozens of cult children were fed LSD and other drugs, starved and beaten.

Source: Stuff June 15, 2019 01:30 UTC