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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee and Nino Bucci

God and guns: the strict religious upbringing of the Wieambilla shooters

People who knew Ronald Train during his days living in Toowoomba joked that “no church would accept him, so he had to make his own”.

Train believed – and would later write in a book – that Freemasons “give their allegiance to Lucifer” and were “a cancer”. The constitution of his Christian Independent Fellowship (started after his physical church in Toowoomba closed and he moved interstate) says appointing women to leadership positions “will never be entertained”.

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