Random Children Of Famous Cult Leaders: Where Are They Now? (15 items)

(#6) Reverend Sun Myung Moon’s Son: Hyung Jin Moon

Hyung Jin Moon is the youngest of Reverend Sun Myung Moon’s surviving children and is a Harvard theology graduate. He has continued to lead his father's Unification Church, helming the World Peace and Unification Sanctuary.

In 2015, Moon addressed the allegations that his father had sex with six women, or six "Marys," in ritual sexual cleansing ceremonies. He indicates that the rituals happened, and seems to show support for his father's actions.
(#15) Anton LaVey's Daughter: Zeena LaVey

Conceived as more of a mockery of Western religion than true Satanism, Anton LaVey's Church of Satan quickly became a thriving cult of personality. Despite being hailed as one of the great modern philosophers by his followers, LaVey was always a showman first and guru second.

LaVey's daughter, Zeena, received constant death threats since the age of 13 and backed away from the spotlight as she grew older. In 2002, she founded the Sethian Liberation Movement, a religious body aimed at allowing people to freely learn magic and to offer assistance to ex-cult members.
(#8) David Berg's Daughter: Linda Berg

David Berg created the cult originally known as Children of God, which became Family International. Berg himself was a notorious womanizer who allegedly abused family members, and explicitly incorporated sex into his cult - he came up with the concept of "flirty fishing," a way for his female followers to seduce new male members into the group.

One of his many children, Linda (she was referred to as "Deborah" while in the church) left the church and wrote a tell-all book that exposed how Berg had begun to make sexual advances towards her, how he'd molested one of his other daughters, and how he faked a story about the miracle healing of Berg's mother, Virginia.
(#14) Fred Phelps' Son: Nathan Phelps

Fred Phelps began the Westboro Baptist Church, a group known for its hate speech and picketing of soldiers' funerals.

Nathan Phelps is one of Fred's many children. Rather than join his father's cause, he escaped the church in the middle of the night on his 18th birthday. Phelps frequently spoke out against the Westboro Baptist Church and worked for the Centre for Inquiry, a secular organization that advocates for secular thought.
(#1) Jim Jones’ Son: Stephan Gandhi Jones

Stephan Gandhi Jones was away at a basketball game in Georgetown when his father, Jim Jones, ordered the Peoples Temple mass suicide in 1978 at a compound in Guyana, dubbed "Jonestown." Reverend Jim Jones gave the order when California Congressman Leo Ryan came to investigate reports of abuse and false imprisonment, only to end up among more than 900 dead (a third of whom were children). Stephan Gandhi Jones was 19.

For many years, Jones struggled with the guilt of survival, his father’s grim legacy, and his own subsequent substance abuse. He sought treatment, and eventually, the father of three settled into a quiet life in California.

"I don’t care what you think of my father," Jones wrote in 2015. "I don’t care what you think of his ancestor or progeny. I am no apologist."
(#9) Aravindan Balakrishnan's Daughter: Katy Morgan-Davies

Aravindan Balakrishnan was a Maoist cult leader who threatened his followers with a supernatural force named "Jackie" that he said would wreak havoc on the world if he were disobeyed. Balakrishnan sought to mold his female followers into an army of women soldiers through sexual degradation and violence.

Balakrishnan also imprisoned his daughter for 30 years. In 2005, Katy Morgan-Davies escaped from her father but had been in captivity for so long that she didn't know how the outside world operated. When she went to the police station for help, she was returned to her father, who continued to brutally beat her for her perceived transgressions. She wasn't able to truly escape until 2013 when another woman helped her get out.