Juliana Buhring

Kristina Jones

Celeste Jones

Kristina, Celeste, and Juliana were all born into the Children of God cult, and from as early as three years old were mistreated and used as sexual beings. They were denied access to formal schooling, forced to wander the streets begging for money, and were mercilessly beaten for "crimes" as harmless as reading an encyclopedia. After being separated from each other and their mothers and forced to live in various missions with multiple foster parents, the sisters eventually managed to escape. In this startling exposé, they have come together to reveal in horrific detail the group that has destroyed the lives of so many. Their intertwining stories reveal a community spread throughout the world whose legacy of anorexia, depression, drug abuse, suicide, and even murder are impossible to erase. Together, the sisters found a strength that finally enabled them to uncover and free themselves from the shadows of their past.

Not Without My Sister

The bestselling, devastating account of three sisters torn apart, abused and exploited at the hands of a community that robbed them of their childhood. It reveals three lives, separate but entwined, that have experienced unspeakable horror, unrelenting loyalty and unforgettable courage.

Not Without My Sister: The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed by Those They Trusted

Celeste, Kristina et leur demi-soeur Juliana ont grandi toutes trois au sein de la secte des Enfants de Dieu. Kristina s'est enfuie avec sa mère quand elle avait douze ans, tandis que Celeste et Juliana n'ont pu s'échapper que longtemps après. Séparées très jeunes, les soeurs témoignent ici à trois voix de leur vie au coeur de cette organisation internationale qui, au nom de la "Loi d'amour", encourageait la pédophilie et la violence. Victimes dès l'âge de trois ans de tortures mentales et physiques, forcées à la mendicité et à la prostitution, violées par les membres de la secte, conduites de pays en pays sous de fausses identités, elles livrent ici le témoignage bouleversant de leur jeunesse sacrifiée et de leur difficile combat pour se reconstruire.

Jamais sans mes soeurs

Kristinas, Celestes und Julianas Familie ist die Sekte "Kinder Gottes", in der sie den Misshandlungen und dem Missbrauch durch erwachsene Sektenmitglieder hilflos ausgesetzt sind. Die Schwestern werden schon früh voneinander getrennt und leben in verschiedenen Missionsstationen der Gemeinschaft. Sie träumen von einem Wiedersehen, fürchten aber den Zorn Gottes, wenn sie sich dem Willen der "Familie" widersetzen. Schonunglos offen erzählen die Schwestern von den seelischen Grausamkeiten und der Gewalt unter dem Deckmantel des Glaubens. Ihre Geschichte ist voller schmerzlicher Erinnerungen, aber auch das Zeugnis einer mutigen Befreiung, die den Weg in eine neues Leben eröffnet.

Gefangen und missbraucht in einer Sekte - unsere wahre Geschichte

Nicht ohne meine Schwestern

Corki Dzieci Boga

De oskuldsfulla

The true story of three girls violated and betrayed.

The True Story of Three Sisters Violated and Betrayed by Those They Trusted

A journey from pain to empowerment, related by the first woman to circumnavigate the globe by bike.

Sometimes It Takes Losing Everything to Find Yourself

This Road I Ride

"This Road I Ride is the remarkable story of one woman's solo journey around the world by bicycle, "--Amazon.com.

My Incredible Journey from Novice to Fastest Woman to Cycle the Globe

Kristinas, Celestes und Julianas Familie ist die Sekte "Kinder Gottes", in der sie den Misshandlungen und dem Missbrauch durch erwachsene Sektenmitglieder hilflos ausgesetzt sind. Die Schwestern werden schon früh voneinander getrennt und leben in verschiedenen Missionsstationen der Gemeinschaft. Sie träumen von einem Wiedersehen, fürchten aber den Zorn Gottes, wenn sie sich dem Willen der "Familie" widersetzen. Schonungslos offen erzählen die Schwestern von den seelischen Grausamkeiten und der Gewalt unter dem Deckmantel des Glaubens. Ihre Geschichte ist voller schmerzlicher Erinnerungen, aber auch das Zeugnis einer mutigen Befreiung und der Weg in ein neues Leben.

Natacha Tormey

The bestselling “Not Without My Sister”, detailing the incredible story of three siblings battling to escape the infamous Children of God cult, is for the first time combined with “Born Into The Children of God”, the shocking but inspiring account of Natacha Tormey, who underwent similar horrors.

Escaping the Cult: One cult, two stories of survival

The bestselling, devastating account of three sisters torn apart, abused and exploited at the hands of a community that robbed them of their childhood. It reveals three lives, separate but entwined, that have experienced unspeakable horror, unrelenting loyalty and unforgettable courage. From as early as three years old, Juliana, Celeste and Kristina were treated as sexual beings by their 'guardians' in the infamous religious cult known as the Children of God. They were made to watch and mimic orgies, received love letters and sexual advances from men old enough to be their grandfather, and were forced into abusive relationships. They were denied access to formal schooling, had to wander the streets begging for money, and were mercilessly beaten for 'crimes' as unpredictable as reading an encyclopaedia. Finally, unable to live with the guilt of what had happened to her children, their mother escaped with Kristina, cutting herself off from her remaining children in a bid to save at least one child. Desperate to save her sisters, Kristina eventually returned to the place of her torture to free Celeste. Years later, Juliana found the courage to escape, knowing that the child she was carrying would be subjected to the same fate if she did not. Now the three sisters have finally come together to reveal in full and horrific detail their existence within the Children of God cult. Their stories reveal a community spread throughout the world and its legacy of anorexia, depression, drug abuse, suicide and even murder. Lives are ripped apart and painstakingly mended with a shared strength that finally enabled the sisters to free themselves from the shadows of their past.

Juliana Buhring

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