'We weren't brainwashed': Waco cult survivor claims in new memoir that Branch Davidian leader David Koresh had 19 wives and slept with girls as young as 12
- Clive Doyle has revealed new detail about cult leader David Koresh in his book 'A Journey to Waco: Autobiography of a Branch Davidian'
- Australian-born Doyle said the cult was misunderstood and no-one was held against their will
- He wrote that Koresh saw himself as the son of God, preached for 15 hours a day and made members do drills with no water
- Koresh also believed he had total control over women and took 19 wives
- 76 members were killed by government forces in a 1993 attack on the compound
In the ensuing shootout and fire, 76 people including 23 children were killed as the world’s media looked on in horror.
Details about the bizarre activities at the Branch Davidian camp have since emerged in memoirs and accounts from former cult members who have described it shocking detail,
The New Yorker reported.
Koresh literally saw himself as the son of God and lured in disaffected Seventh-Day Adventists to his bizarre regime in which he preached for 15 hours a day and forced them to get up at 5.30am for boot camp like drills with no water.
The most sinister part was the alleged abuse of underage girls, including his niece, and how he used to beat up babies until they were bloody.
Girls and boys were also beaten for minor offenses like spilling milk and were told to refer to their parents as ‘dogs’.
Koresh believed that he had total control over all women on Earth and took 19 wives, fathering at least 13 children with them.
After the massacre, in which Koresh was among the victims,
President Clinton commissioned a report by the Treasury, which oversees the ATF.
It found that the agency had made grave errors in the planning and execution of the raid.
Stephen Higgins, the director of the ATF, was fired and five other officials were suspended.
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Wow, no wonder NaziCons worship Koresh.