Secrecy, loyalty, discipline: Videos, texts blow lid on Brethren election conduct
New evidence has emerged revealing that high-ranking members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church coordinated a campaign during the last federal election. Videos and documents show that church leaders instructed volunteers to be evasive and aggressive, contradicting the church's claims of independence. This information has been submitted to a parliamentary inquiry investigating the church's political activities.
- ▪High-ranking church members were caught on camera coaching volunteers to be evasive and aggressive.
- ▪The evidence undermines the church's claims of acting independently during the federal election.
- ▪The church risks losing its tax-free status if its political involvement is proven.
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