26-08-2012, 03:13 PM
CULT members Patricia MacFarlane and Peter Kibby gave evidence outlining their role in The Family. Here are edited versions of their stories:
MacFARLANE:
Raynor Johnson (the former Master of Queens College at the University of Melbourne) told me of this woman he had met.
He said that one day he answered the door to find a woman standing there. He said this woman's name was Anne Riley and she was spiritual being, or entity.
He said from that moment on he was enthralled by Anne.
In September 1967, my son, Adrian, was killed in a motor vehicle accident. My whole world was ripped apart.
Between one and two days later a woman appeared at our house. I realised she was the Anne Riley with whom Raynor was so besotted.
She believed I should undergo an "initiation" into "The Family".
The initiation was very simple and I don't remember any more of it. I think Anne may possibly have laid her hands on my head, but it was certainly nothing spectacular.I vividly recall that Anne entered the Cotham Clinic, Cotham Rd, Kew, which was a private medical clinic.
Anne was an in-patient and underwent surgery for a facelift.
She summoned myself, (my husband) Don, John McKay and Elizabeth Whitaker to her bedside.
She told Don and I that we were to seek a divorce immediately.
She told Don he was to move into Elizabeth's house in Kew. She told (Dr) John McKay that he was to leave Jan and obtain a divorce immediately. John was to move in with me.
When I started working as a nurse at Newhaven, the majority of the staff were sect members. The day patients were there for Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT).
Newhaven specialised in the use of LSD and psilocybin (magic mushrooms), Deep Sleep Therapy and ECT.
Most psychiatrists used LSD and psilocybin.
KIBBY:
I was a solicitor on Collins St in the early 1960s when I developed Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I was introduced to Anne through some friends and was convinced she could cure me.
I had two leucotomies - a form of lobotomy - at her suggestion.
I was very close to Anne and was responsible for her all her legal work, forging false birth certificates and adoption papers.
I knew all the inner workings of the cult's finances. But I became disillusioned by her in the late 1980s.
MacFARLANE:
Raynor Johnson (the former Master of Queens College at the University of Melbourne) told me of this woman he had met.
He said that one day he answered the door to find a woman standing there. He said this woman's name was Anne Riley and she was spiritual being, or entity.
He said from that moment on he was enthralled by Anne.
In September 1967, my son, Adrian, was killed in a motor vehicle accident. My whole world was ripped apart.
Between one and two days later a woman appeared at our house. I realised she was the Anne Riley with whom Raynor was so besotted.
She believed I should undergo an "initiation" into "The Family".
The initiation was very simple and I don't remember any more of it. I think Anne may possibly have laid her hands on my head, but it was certainly nothing spectacular.I vividly recall that Anne entered the Cotham Clinic, Cotham Rd, Kew, which was a private medical clinic.
Anne was an in-patient and underwent surgery for a facelift.
She summoned myself, (my husband) Don, John McKay and Elizabeth Whitaker to her bedside.
She told Don and I that we were to seek a divorce immediately.
She told Don he was to move into Elizabeth's house in Kew. She told (Dr) John McKay that he was to leave Jan and obtain a divorce immediately. John was to move in with me.
When I started working as a nurse at Newhaven, the majority of the staff were sect members. The day patients were there for Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT).
Newhaven specialised in the use of LSD and psilocybin (magic mushrooms), Deep Sleep Therapy and ECT.
Most psychiatrists used LSD and psilocybin.
KIBBY:
I was a solicitor on Collins St in the early 1960s when I developed Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I was introduced to Anne through some friends and was convinced she could cure me.
I had two leucotomies - a form of lobotomy - at her suggestion.
I was very close to Anne and was responsible for her all her legal work, forging false birth certificates and adoption papers.
I knew all the inner workings of the cult's finances. But I became disillusioned by her in the late 1980s.
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