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Re: "Why did Leadbeater invariably sleep with a young boy in his bed?"

Jul 24, 2007 07:33 AM
by pecorellageraldine


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "danielhcaldwell" 
<danielhcaldwell@...> wrote:
>
> Gregory Tillett wrote in THE ELDER BROTHER:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> ...In her statement Mrs. Martyn recalled:
> 
> "I saw Oscar [Kollerstrom, an adolescent] in a state of nudity
> in the bed with Mr. Leadbeater and Heyting also naked. He
> walked out of the room naked to his bed which was on the
> verandah...and I saw Mr. Leadbeater getting into bed where
> Oscar was and the light extinguished...."(p. 198)
> 
> .....Why did Leadbeater invariably sleep with a young boy in his 
bed? 
> And why did he invariably have a boy in the bath with him? It has 
> been argued that his weak heart necessitated such companionship for 
> fear he might have some sort of attack whilst alone; but does
> companionship require mutual nakedness in close proximity? And
> why did Leadbeater insist on communal bathing for his pupils at
> the Manor, with all of them in the bathroom, naked, at the same
> time? He was given an enema every morning by one or other of
> his pupils, in the presence of the others while they bathed.
> This, said the close associate of Leadbeater's who told of the
> morning ritual, may have given rise to misinterpretations. One
> could understand why."(p. 280)
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>Misinturpation,now a days we call that pedophilia,no I'am not 
homophobic I just know a old fool when I hear about his baths and 
enemas because of fear,how about him being a lechter.





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