A woman who was born into a sex cult and given up as a wife to the leader when she was only three years old has opened up about the horrifying acts she witnessed. Serena Kelley, now 40, was a poster child when she was just a toddler for 'the Children of God', a religious organisation founded by David Berg that has widely been denounced as a cult.
The group, which at one point had bases across the globe including the Philippines and Japan, encouraged promiscuity between members and believed children become adults at the mere age of 12. Serena was handed over as a wife to David Berg, who was known as Father David by her mother Sara, who was a leading member of the organisation.
From there on, she was raised by strangers and was given the cult name of Mary Dear. Comics were made by the organisation about her childhood and Serena became a celebrity figure among the followers of the Children of God.
