Editing David Berg (section)

==Sexual abuse, antisemitism, and apocalyptic predictions==
Berg has been accused of leading a group which promoted assaults on children and sexual abuse of women and children for decades. Former members have told their stories in widely disseminated media reports,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/children-of-god-survivors-1.3481788|title=Sex cult survivors come out of the shadows|website=cbc.ca|access-date=February 1, 2018}}</ref> though official inquiries at the time found no evidence of child abuse.<ref name="Odd Gods">{{cite book |last1=Bromley |first1=David G. |last2=Newton |first2=Sidney H. |editor-last=Lewis |editor-first=James R. |title=Odd Gods: New Religions and the Cult Controversy |publisher=Prometheus Books |date=2001 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781573928427/page/160 160–164] |chapter=The Family (Children of God) |isbn=1-57392-842-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781573928427/page/160 }}</ref>

In a child custody case in the United Kingdom, Berg's granddaughter, Merry Berg, testified that Berg sexually molested her when she was a young teenager.<ref name="grooming">{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335674010|title=The grooming of children for sexual abuse in religious settings: Unique characteristics and select case studies|journal=[[Aggression and Violent Behavior]]|last1=Raine|first1=Susan|last2=Kent|first2=Stephen A.|issue=48|page=187|date=September 6, 2019|access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>

The allegations of Berg's institutionalization of [[pedophilia]] and sexual abuse were also described in ''[[Not Without My Sister]]'', an autobiographical recount of the sexual abuse of three sisters who eventually escaped The Family.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Berg's Jewish ancestry notwithstanding — in 1745, one of his mother's forebears, Jewish by birth but a Christian convert, moved to the [[Thirteen Colonies|American colonies]] and lived as a [[Mennonite]]<ref name="Odd Gods"/>—David Berg was outspokenly [[antisemitism|antisemitic]], believing that the Jews were [[Jewish deicide|responsible for the death of Jesus]], as well as all [[persecution of Christians]] in the world. In support of his views of an [[international Jewish conspiracy]], he cited the forged ''[[Protocols of the Elders of Zion]]'', but disclaimed the label "antisemitic."<ref name="Odd Gods"/>

Berg predicted that the state of California would be subject to a massive earthquake in 1969.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Niebuhr |first=Gustav |date=1993-06-02 |title='The Family' and the Final Harvest |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/06/02/the-family-and-the-final-harvest/2dab1727-d409-4fcf-bb8a-c04bd4aab752/ |access-date=2022-10-15 }}</ref>