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Diane McMillan, from Johannesburg, has married the 58-year-old American cult leader - who calls himself
"Amadon" - in Oregon, and vowed never to return home.
Her parents, Karene and Ian McMillan, say she met the man, who styled himself as a new age guru, when she turned
to the Internet for comfort. She was 15 at the time and was drawn to his website.
Almost instantly, Diane fell under the influence of "Amadon" - the cult leader. Also involved in the "cult" was
Amadon's ex-wife, Sara Schorske, who has numerous aliases, the latest being Sara Donna.
'My family was devastated'
Amadon and Sara Donna confirmed the details of their backgrounds in an email to Ian McMillan after Diane arrived
in the US.
The Oregonian newspaper in Oregon has previously described Amadon as a "foul-mouthed zealot who
psychologically controlled his workers" and who had been successfully sued for sexual harassment by two former
employees in Santa Rosa, California, in 1996.
The employees said in their suit that employees were encouraged to touch one another and to allow themselves to be
touched. They said Amadon would walk through the office daily to evaluate the spiritual and psychological state of
the employees' minds. He would frequently touch them and ask them about their sex lives.
"We, as parents, only became aware of Diane's unhealthy liaison about a year ago," said Mr McMillan, who is the
head of the trauma unit at a Krugersdorp private hospital.
"At that time, Amadon had proposed marriage to our then 17-year-old daughter. The matter was investigated by the
Child Protection Unit in Pretoria and a forensic audit of our home computer was done. We tried all we could to
dissuade our daughter from these ideas, which began when she was a devout Christian and during a time of great
health crisis in her mother."
'I want you to know that I am safe'
But on the last day of the school term last month, the McMillans' worst nightmare came true.
"After school, Diane told us she was staying over with a friend. But we later discovered that she had absconded to
the US via Canada on a return-ticket funded secretly by Amadon. Sadly, it did not end there. Within a day of
arriving in the state of Oregon she secretly married Amadon - a sham marriage to get US citizenship - and declared
that she is never returning home. My family was devastated."
On Easter Monday the family received "a typical cult-like letter" from Diane, cutting off ties with them - unless they
complied with certain conditions.
In the letter, which has been seen by the Saturday Star, sister paper of the Weekend Argus, Diane wrote: "I want you
to know that I am safe. Amadon is everything I always thought he was. Now that I have left home and am a married
woman I am no longer under your control. This is my choice and it is the life I want to lead. If you choose to
express your disapproval about this I will not communicate with you.
"This thing is final. And you will have to accept it. If you can't and if you reject my husband and these people, then
you have rejected me. I don't think that under those circumstances, it's possible for us to have any workable
relationship."
After Ian was informed of the marriage proposal last year, he contacted the US embassy in Pretoria and explained
the situation. Although he had refused to give Diane her passport, he said he was sure she "would try and get
another one".
"I asked the embassy to block her from getting a visa and I received an email saying the request had been forwarded
to the consulate."
When the Saturday Star contacted the embassy, spokesperson Daniel Stewart said the request "probably had been
sent to the consulate", but that he could not discuss individual applications for visas.
"(Diane) is 18 years old. She is an adult and she has a right to apply for a visa. I know that US immigration laws
CONFIDENTIAL ---- Pandemic - Pedo & CP Report – April 17, 2005 - page 107 of 216