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Eva Maude Snowball Hales
died November, 1965
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"... they made life so hard for her (a single woman) and manipulated her with threats and insinuations"
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While John and Bruce were increasing their power and influence, it must have remained an irritating thorn in the sides of the Hales brothers that their 'difficult' Aunt Eva continued to maintain her insistence that there were some areas of the Exclusive Brethren she considered wrong. Those who were near to Eva described what happened:
Eva Hales lived with her sister Rhina. They were devoted to each other. About six months before her death, Eva became ill and had to be hospitalised. In a classic 'Divide and Conquer' manoeuvre, the Exclusive Brethren now focused on the quieter, more malleable Rhina and persuaded her to 'come and be looked after while your sister is in hospital'. When an obviously weakened Eva was able to return home from hospital, she returned to an empty house. She became increasingly desperate in attempting to persuade Rhina to return back to their home, but Rhina was not being allowed to do so. Through the leverage of what amounts to enforced abduction, immense pressure was now being placed on Eva to conform. Such cruelty is almost incomprehensible to those who have not personally experienced how the Exclusive Brethren can operate. It would take five weeks. |
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