by Neville and Philippa McCallum
Neville McCallum experienced the full wrath of the Exclusive Brethren in New Zealand during the notorious reign of James H Symington (cult leader through the 1970′s until his death in 1987). In Cast Outside The Camp, Neville and his wife Philippa recount how it felt to be pursued, interrogated and eventually cast-out of the Exclusive Brethren. They pull no punches in this often deep, always insightful and sinister human drama which is presented by peebs.net as a multi-part serialization.
A meeting to remember
Aftermath - The Monarch of the Glen
This visit would have to be the most interesting, the most revealing dialogue I have ever had with a human being, other than perhaps with Tony McCorkell in 2007. To some degree this session has left the waters a little unsettled for the Blenheim hierarchy, due to the Monarch’s unintelligent exposure of the ‘world leader’, which means that there is unfinished business on this matter.
This visit took a year or more to organise. A meeting time would be set, but the Reverend Deck would become unwell etc etc. I made this visit conditional on one matter – that his wife Ann, accompanied him. There was a specific reason for this request –
1. The women (sisters) amongst the EB’s are always kept in the shadows, and have no say nor defence in any of the administrative matters. They just accept unchristian judgements while being subject to their husbands.
2. The women are not guilty for the human atrocities committed by their husbands.
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To be entirely accurate, Clive Petrie was a member of the Exclusive Brethren right up until accusations surfaced of past sexual misconduct. Petrie was then immediately shut up (shunned) by the Exclusive Brethren and was subsequently withdrawn-from (excommunicated).
The Exclusive Brethren sent their then current PR Spokesman, Anthony ‘Tony’ McCorkell to attempt to diffuse the growing scandal in New Zealand. McCorkell failed rather dismally and returned to his Australian employer, Exclusive Brethren leader, Bruce D. Hales. McCorkell’s efforts on behalf of the Exclusive Brethren attracted the attention of some investigative journalists and shortly thereafter he also faded from view.
So the Exclusive Brethren washed their hands of the man who had grown up within them, expelled him and left him to the courts. The law took its course …
Former Brethren jailed for sex crimes
The Nelson Mail
Dec 8th, 2009An elderly former Exclusive Brethren member has been jailed for 2½ years for sexual crimes against four young girls and will pay them a total of $20,000 in reparations.
Clive Allen Petrie, 74, of Enner Glynn, was sentenced in the Nelson District Court this morning.
He had been found guilty by a Nelson jury in September of nine charges of indecently assaulting girls and one charge of inducing a girl under 12 to do an indecent act on him.
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