Editing Creativity (religion) (section)

==={{anchor|Creativity Alliance (Church of Creativity)}}Creativity Alliance===

Australian man Cailen Cambeul, formerly known as Colin Campbell, was the co-founder of the Creativity Alliance in 2003.<ref name=campbell/>

In 2017 Joseph Esposito was appointed the Pontifex Maximus (Elect) of the Creativity Alliance (Church of Creativity [[Oregon]]). For a short period of time, the Creativity Alliance was known as the White Crusaders of the Rahowa (WCOTR), which was founded by former World Church of the Creator Members after Hale's arrest in 2003.<ref>{{Citation | publisher = SPLC | newspaper = Intelligence Report | url = http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/winter/from-the-ashes-neo-nazi-group-now-cal | title = From the ashes neo–Nazi group now cal… |date=Winter 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | publisher = SPL center | quote = In January 2007, a spin-off which calls itself the Creativity Alliance was formed. It is composed of individuals who are former members of Klassen and Hale’s groups and it also has new members, but it has no affiliation with the Creativity Movement | url = http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/the-creativity-movement-0 | title = Get informed | contribution = The creativity movement | access-date = November 13, 2011 | archive-date = May 8, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150508010542/http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/the-creativity-movement-0 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | publisher = Creativity Alliance | type = Policy | url = http://creativityalliance.com/about.htm |title=About the Creativity Alliance}}</ref> Esposito in Oregon (but formerly of Florida), and another former Klassen supporter, George Loeb in Florida, are each serving extended prison sentences.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

According to a [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] report, in 2015, the Creativity Alliance had groups in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[South Carolina]], [[Utah]] and [[Vermont]].<ref name="SPLC2016">{{cite web|title=Active hate groups in the United States in 2015|date=February 17, 2016 |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2016/active-hate-groups-united-states-2015|publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center|access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref> Creativity Alliance web pages and published books stress that they make no attempt to assume or supersede the registered trademark "Church of the Creator", owned by the TE-TA-MA Truth Foundation.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://creativityalliance.com/downloads.htm | quote = The Creativity Alliance makes no attempt to assume or supersede trademark | title = Legal disclaimer | publisher = Creativity Alliance}}</ref>

Randolph Dilloway, former Hasta Primus (Secretary, or second in command) of the Creativity Alliance<ref>{{cite web |url=http://creativityalliance.com/newsletter/RacialLoyalty101-2010-02.pdf |title=The Alliance: Issue Iii |website=Creativityalliance.com |access-date=2016-05-25 |archive-date=March 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328035355/http://creativityalliance.com/newsletter/RacialLoyalty101-2010-02.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and founder of the defunct Smoky Mountains Church of Creativity,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smokymountaincreator.org/ |title=Smoky Mountain Church of Creativity |date=2009-11-23 |access-date=2016-05-25 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123014746/http://smokymountaincreator.org/ |archive-date=November 23, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rahowadirectory.com/ |title=The Creativity Directory: Creativity is a Religion for White People, by White People |date=2009-09-25 |access-date=2016-05-25 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925170740/http://www.rahowadirectory.com/ |archive-date=September 25, 2009 }}</ref> was an accountant<ref>{{cite web|first=Heidi|last=Beirich |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/05/21/new-report-details-allegations-massive-financial-improprieties-neo-nazi-national-alliance |title=New Report Details Allegations of Massive Financial Improprieties in the neo-Nazi National Alliance &#124; Southern Poverty Law Center |website=Splcenter.org |date=2015-05-20 |access-date=2016-05-25}}</ref> for the revived [[National Alliance (United States)|National Alliance]] (an unaffiliated neo-Nazi group which was formerly led by [[William Luther Pierce]], the author of ''[[The Turner Diaries]]'') who assessed the financial damage which was done to that organization by its past leadership. Claiming to fear for his life after he discovered (and discussed) the errors, Dilloway contacted police and the SPLC and he also furnished them with documents in which he alleged that members of the National Alliance committed [[fraud]] and [[embezzlement]].{{when|date=April 2021}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/05/21/chaos-compound |title=Chaos at the Compound &#124; Southern Poverty Law Center |website=Splcenter.org |date=2015-05-20 |access-date=2016-05-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/05/27/national-alliance-implodes-racist-leaders-reject-na-chairman-will-williams-excuses-while |title="National Alliance Implodes:" Racist Leaders Reject NA Chairman Will Williams' Excuses while Questioning His Judgment and Temperament &#124; Southern Poverty Law Center |website=Splcenter.org |date=2015-05-26 |access-date=2016-05-25}}</ref>

In 2017, the Creativity Alliance was found to be responsible for the distribution of flyers throughout [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2017/09/05/Neo-Nazi-white-supremacist-Pittsburgh-Jewish-Squirrel-Hill-Church-Creativity-southern-Poverty-law-center-hate-group/stories/201709050165 | title=Neo-Nazi stickers, business cards in Squirrel Hill attract FBI's attention| newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/racist-business-cards-appear-in-squirrel-hill-mailboxes-1/603752201 |title=Racist business cards appear in Squirrel Hill mailboxes |access-date=October 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016071540/http://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/racist-business-cards-appear-in-squirrel-hill-mailboxes-1/603752201 |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/09/06/racist-business-cards-squirrel-hill |title = Neo-Nazi Propaganda Found in Jewish Section of Pittsburgh|date = September 6, 2017}}</ref>
US members who have been arrested include a man from the Church of Creativity Georgia who was arrested for attempting to make [[ricin]] poison<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/234422246-story |title=Fox5 Atlanta News |access-date=October 16, 2017 |archive-date=February 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228170135/http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/234422246-story |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sheriff-georgia-mans-car-tests-positive-ricin-45353977 |title=Sheriff: Georgia Man's Car Tests Positive for Ricin |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=October 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211181720/http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sheriff-georgia-mans-car-tests-positive-ricin-45353977 |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (the charge was later dropped),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebrunswicknews.com/judge-rules-georgia-mans-ricin-possession-didnt-break-law/article_1e6eea5d-d71e-58a2-9caf-a17f1423d269.html|title=Judge rules Georgia man's ricin possession didn't break law|first=ASSOCIATED|last=PRESS|date=October 3, 2018|website=The Brunswick News}}</ref> and Hardy Lloyd, a member from [[Pennsylvania]], was arrested for violating his probation by distributing racist flyers, hoarding weapons, and participating in white supremacist web forums.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/09/15/white-supremacist-charged-squirrel-hill-flier-distribution |title = White Supremacist Charged with Distributing Racist Fliers|date = September 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2017/09/15/antiSemitic-fliers-Squirrel-Hill-white-supremacist-Hardy-Lloyd-arrested-Tim-Murphy/stories/201709150149 | title=White supremacist arrested in connection with anti-Semitic fliers in Squirrel Hill}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/local-self-proclaimed-white-supremacist-ex-felon-arrested/610097494 |title=Local self-proclaimed white supremacist, ex-felon arrested |access-date=October 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016071438/http://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/local-self-proclaimed-white-supremacist-ex-felon-arrested/610097494 |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Australia====
Cailen Cambeul co-founded the Creativity Alliance in 2003, several years after he joined the World Church of the Creator, and he served as the Creativity Alliance's first "Pontifex Maximus" (meaning "highest priest") from 2009 until 2016. He has led the Creativity Alliance in one capacity or another since 2003, and has stated that he intends to hand over leadership of the group when Pontifex Maximus (Elect) Joseph Esposito is free to take control. He was the fifth overall Pontifex Maximus of Creativity as a religion (B. Klassen, M. Wilson, R. McCarty, M. Hale, C. Cambeul) he was also the first leader of Creativity who was resident outside the United States. His current position and title is Church Administrator. His chapter of the group is named the Church of Creativity [[South Australia]]. Born in [[Adelaide]], South Australia, Campbell describes himself as a "former [[outlaw motorcycle gang|outlaw biker]] and a former soldier in the [[Australian Army]]." He claims that he had a daughter who was "kidnapped" by the state, and he sees the church as an outlet for his "natural aggression".<ref name=campbell>{{cite web | last=Cambeul | first=Cailen | title=2. Rev. Cailen Cambeul | website=The Creativity Alliance – Incorporating Your Church of Creativity | date=17 April 2012 | url=https://creativityalliance.com/articles/awakenings/awakenings-cailen-cambeul/ | access-date=3 April 2021 | archive-date=April 11, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411215105/https://creativityalliance.com/articles/awakenings/awakenings-cailen-cambeul/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=casa>{{cite web | last=Cambeul | first=Cailen | title=Modern White Racial Loyalists have Moved on from Fascism | website=The Creativity Alliance – Incorporating Your Church of Creativity | date=1 December 2017| url=https://creativityalliance.com/modern-white-racial-loyalists-have-moved-on-from-fascism/ | access-date=3 April 2021|quote=Updated: 18 September 2018.}}</ref>

Creativity Alliance members are known to regularly distribute flyers; particularly in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{Citation | last = Hamwi | first = Omar | title = White Supremacists Target Penrith | work = Where I Live | type = editorial | publisher = Penrith Press | place = [[Australia|AU]] | date = 29 March 2010 |access-date=October 26, 2011 |url = http://penrith-press.whereilive.com.au/news/story/white-supremacists-target-penrith}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = NZ posters call for race riots |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/nz-posters-call-for-race-riots/2005/12/15/1134500941776.html |newspaper=The age |date=December 15, 2005 |location=Melbourne, AU}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Wellington posters call for race riots |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10360064 |newspaper=Herald |place=[[New Zealand|NZ]] | date=December 15, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{citation | publisher = Australia/Israel Jewish Affairs Council | title = Victory in Cronulla | place = AU | url = http://aijac.org.au/news/article/victory-in-cronulla| date = January 2006 }}</ref>

The [[Attorney-General of South Australia]] and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs have made a number of attempts to close the website of the South Australian representative and Pontifex Maximus of the Creativity Alliance and outlaw the organization.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1559149.htm | title=SA Attorney-General wants racist website shut down | publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC Australia]] | date= 2006-01-31 | access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-01-31/race-hate-website-referred-to-police/788854 |title=Race hate website referred to police |date=January 31, 2006 |work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=July 19, 2013}}</ref> Cambeul filed a complaint with the [[Australian Press Council]] that describing the Creativity Alliance as a white-supremacist organization (rather than a religion) and characterizing its members as "a few loners looking for something to do with all their hate" was unfair. His complaint was dismissed on the basis that the journalist's assessment was not a news article but an opinion piece.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/press-council-dismisses-complaint-against-the-punch/ | newspaper = The punch | place = AU | title = Press council dismisses complaint against The punch}}</ref>

====United Kingdom====
In 2015, the CA distributed flyers in [[Inverbervie]] ([[Scotland]]) and [[Liverpool]].<ref>{{citation | publisher = Liverpool Echo | title = Police say controversial leaflet claiming 'white race is nature's finest' is not illegal | place = UK | url = http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/police-say-controversial-leaflet-claiming-8925728| date = March 26, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="McCann">{{cite news|last1=McCann|first1=Lee|title=Inverbervie targeted by racist group|url=http://www.kincardineshireobserver.co.uk/news/local-headlines/inverbervie-targeted-by-racist-group-1-3723031|access-date=29 March 2016|publisher=Kincardineshire Observer|date=19 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807170537/https://www.kincardineshireobserver.co.uk/news/inverbervie-targeted-by-racist-group-1-3723031|archive-date=7 August 2019}}</ref> A reverend speaking on behalf of the Church of Creativity Britain said in a [[letter to the editor]] that the leaflets were legal and called for racial separation, not supremacy.