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Secretive Sect Leader Dies
Article from the Herald Sun, an Australian newspaper
(See related page) Secretive Sect Leader Dies By TANYA GILES 25jul01 AN elderly leader of a bizarre fundamentalist sect linked to the suicide of two teens has died. The Victorian head of the Cooneyites, John Evan Jones, 91, died of natural causes last week and is to be buried at Narracan East Cemetery today after a private service. Mr Jones was considered to be the Victorian leader of the secretive religious group which also goes by the titles Nameless House Sect, Go Preachers, Two-By-Two Preachers and The Way. It is believed to have up to 70,000 Australian members. The group hit the headlines in 1994 when Narelle Henderson, 14, and her brother Stephen, 12, shot themselves with a .22 rifle to avoid attending a four-day sect convention. Narelle's suicide note read: "To whoever finds us, we committed suicide because all our life we were made to go to meetings. They try to brainwash us so much and have ruined our lives." The fringe religious group holds the mass rallies yearly for its "saints". It has no official church buildings and usually conducts its meetings in small home groups. Cult Counselling Australia director Raphael Aron said yesterday he was concerned about the psychological welfare of Cooneyite members due to the pressure of the intensive four-day conventions. "Psychologically, these types of meetings can strip you of your personality, reframe the way you look at the outside world and the way you look at people," he said. "They take you from the shallow end and throw you in the deep end." Another former member told the Coroner's Court that nervous breakdowns were not uncommon because of the enormous pressure put on members by the "fanatical doctrines of the sect". Mr Aron said the group banned "worldly" activities like watching television, dancing, playing competitive sport and listening to pop music. Women members are expected to dress modestly, avoid makeup and jewellery and wear their hair long under the group's strict regime. A former member of the Cooneyites, who asked not to be named, told the Herald Sun yesterday the cult had destroyed his life. He said the damage it had done in tearing his family apart would never be repaired. ![]() The author, Elizabeth Coleman, is one of our moderators at the TLC Forum! ![]() ![]() It is often very difficult for the outsider to gain any concrete knowledge of this group's doctrine, structure, or history. Reinventing the Truth examines these issues, focusing on the historical explanations the group has offered for its origins. ![]()
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