May 7th, 2008

It is excellent that the NZ and Australian press is monitoring the continued emphasis of the Exclusive Brethren in developing new school facilities. In Australia, with an eye upon generous government provisions for private schools, the Exclusive Brethren continue to push for reasons to increase, or at least maintain, an already huge $50 Million hand-out.

See:

• Peebs.Net News Desk
• No reason to fear church plan says sect
• Sect’s plans cause a stir
• New Brethren School Okayed
• Brethren plan refused

Why Kevin Rudd, the new Prime Minister of Australia, continues to fund a group that he personally described as “an extremist sect and cult” is unknown. What is known however, is that no other educational system offers so little to the future of its students as that of the Exclusive Brethren – who ban university education and eject their graduates into Brethren businesses at age 18 or into marriages as full-time mothers.

It appears that governments continue to assist the creation of a new generation of Exclusive Brethren whose introverted and damaged doctrines cause worldwide emotional hardship, pain and suffering for those who have attempted to reach out beyond the security fences and self-centered beliefs. We must hope that governments and local authorities will soon begin to realize the impact of their decisions in the lives and emotional well-being of young people who continue to be educated ‘behind bars’.

Once tax-payers understand the true purpose of Exclusive Brethren schools and the amount of money claimed in the process, we forsee a growing international outcry. Already many municipalities are investigating why the locked and barricaded fortress-like Exclusive Brethren Meeting Rooms should be allowed tax-exemption as ‘public places of worship’ while actively discouraging public access to visitors. For further information see Municipality Campaign on this site.