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Lust and Lunacy in the House of God
By
ANDREW COTTLE
(Formerly of Dargaville, North Island, New Zealand)
PREQUEL
It was cold. A grey, sombre day – 22nd June 1953. A brisk southerly swirled around the country area near the Waihue Settlers Hall, some 15 minutes travelling time north of Dargaville
15 minutes walking time west of the hall on the gravel road that led through the ‘cutting’ to KaiIwiLakes and beyond, my mother roamed through the native bush she loved so much in an advanced stage of pregnancy
The rambling did a world of good – just what we both needed. Later on that evening in the Te Kopuru Maternity Hospital my arrival was heralded by much joy; as newborn infants are welcomed the world over
Alas, it was not a normal world or a normal family that I had been born into – my parents were members of that religious cult known as The Exclusive Brethren – a lifetime of pressure, stress, family division and religious conflict was to follow
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CHAPTER 3 – ‘THERE’S POWER IN A BUSINESS MEETING’
CHAPTER 4 – ‘SEX, BOOZE & ROCK and ROLL’
CHAPTER 6 – MENTAL EMOTIONAL & PHYSICAL BREAKDOWN
CHAPTER 8-THE HONEYMOON IS OVER
CHAPTER 9 – SHUT UP FOR 24 MONTHS
CHAPTER 10-I AM WITHDRAWN FROM
All there is for now. WP
