Kenja Communication
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Kenja Communication, or simply Kenja, is an Australia
n organisation. It was founded by the late Kenneth Emmanuel Dyers and his partner Jan Hamilton in 1982. It has gained media attention due to legal action regarding Dyers' alleged sexual assaults on young girls, events leading to Cornelia Rau's incarceration and the suicide of Dyers.
, Canberra
and Sydney
. They are the; Personal Evolvement Centre; Melbourne Centre for Effective Communication; Human Communication Centre. The Parramatta Centre for Effective Communication has closed.
Kenja describes its purpose as "to increase understanding of the spiritual nature of man and our relation to the human spirit, coupled with practical training in the basics of effective communication – time, space and energy." The site also states that Kenja Communication is "neither political nor religious".
A former Liberal Party
parliamentarian Stephen Mutch
described Kenja under Parliamentary Privilege
as "a sinister organisation designed to fill the pockets and stroke the egos" in the New South Wales Legislative Council
in 1993 and the media attention Kenja attracted (Sydney Morning Herald; The Daily Telegraph; The Monthly; The Age; The Australian) gives negative and to a lesser degree positive descriptions of them. Mr Mutch also referred to several documents, including an 'anonymous letter' (author known to Mr Mutch, not read into Hansard) which detailed significant similarities between Kenja and Scientology
including vocabulary and teaching material. Mr Mutch lost preselection and retired from politics in 1998, going on to complete a doctorate (thesis entitled "Cults, Religion and Public Policy"). Dr Mutch is the Patron of Cult Information and Family Support Inc (CIFS) http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_profile/mutch_stephen.asp. Dr Mutch made a public comment after Ken Dyers death, which was; "Ken Dyers had taken the coward's way out by taking his own life last Wednesday" http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/cult-leader-wont-face-justice/2007/07/28/1185339333767.html.
An "eminent academic in [the] area" who wished to be anonymous said in a letter to Stephen Mutch that the techniques Kenja uses such as Energy Conversion "appear to be designed to allow senior members to exert influence over other members of the organisation ... The use of the techniques appears to lead to a reduction in the reality testing by individuals, and a relatively uncritical acceptance of the instructions of the senior member. Moreover, the individuals appear to experience a sense of dissociation that involves an alteration in normal waking consciousness and a feeling of incapacity to respond negatively to undesired actions."
, an eminent Professor of Politics at La Trobe University.http://www.themonthly.com.au/excerpts/issue5_excerpt_001.html
Both Ken Dyers and Jan Hamilton use the defence that the word cult is pejorative, and is used in the context of a witch hunt when arguing against allegations of sexual misconduct and in relation to the Cornelia Rau incident. http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/cult-leader-says-sex-charges-part-of-witchhunt/2005/10/28/1130400339271.htmlhttp://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Dance-photos-reminder-of-a-troubled-trainee/2005/02/11/1108061872287.html.
Sydney Morning Herald journalist Robert Wainright referred to Dyers' War Time biography as exposing a 'Walter Mitty
Complex' in his article examining the inconsistencies between Dyers' claims and verifiable records.
member. In a list published from the 1950s onwards by Scientology, he is listed as an "SP" (a suppressive person
).
for six days before being released on bail. An appeal in 2000 failed, and in 2002 the charge was overturned in the High Court of Australia
on the grounds that the trial judge had potentially misdirected the trial, the order was as follows:
The DPP did not seek a retrial as they determined he had served his sentence.http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2658609.htm
On 28 October 2005, Dyers was charged in Sutherland
Local Court with the sexual assault
of two 12-year old girls, alleged to have taken place at the Kenja's Surry Hills
headquarters in 2001-2002. Dyers was released on bail
under the conditions that he attends Sutherland Police Station weekly and does not attend Kenja premises or events. Dyers applied for a "permanent stay" in his 2005 court case on the grounds of ill health. He also applied for and received a variance to his bail conditions to travel to a Kenja function in Melbourne. His application for a "permanent stay" was rejected, as was a further application to attend a Kenja function in Sydney. He was given a temporary stay for one year on the grounds of mental health.
Dyers denied he was guilty of the charges against him, saying that they were the result of former members trying to destroy him as part of a witch-hunt. His lawyer made the defence that 13 year old girls "know how to say no, they get educated in school" and that "there will be contrary medical evidence indicating that Mr Dyers has had erectile dysfunction for almost 15 years".
Dyers was phoned by his solicitor on 25 July and informed the NSW Police would interview him again regarding fresh allegations from another young girl.http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sydney-cult-leader-found-dead/2007/07/25/1185339070077.html
Dyers committed suicide by gunshot to the head on 25 July 2007.
Twenty Two charges of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault had been committed to trial by Magistrate Jaqueline Trad at the time of his suicide, and he had received a one year reprieve from attending court on the grounds of mental health. His solicitor had informed him of further charges from a third girl the day before his suicide.
The home page of Cornelia Rau where a detailed description of her humiliation and sexual assault are described by Cornelia.http://thecorneliarau.googlepages.com/
In 2005, a mentally ill former member, Cornelia Rau
, gained widespread media attention in Australia due to being unlawfully detained for a period of 10 months by the Australian government. Before this, she had disappeared, and later turned up in North Queensland where Aborigines alerted the police after being concerned about her behaviour. She told them she was Anna Brotmeyer (and later Anna Schmidt) from Germany. Immigration officials assumed she was an illegal immigrant, and failed to diagnose her schizophrenia, leading to her detention.
Her family accused Kenja of contributing to her declining mental health,. She had developed schizophrenia
while a member of the group.
Hamilton denied any wrongdoing, saying: "We are not responsible for Cornelia's condition ... we are not a cult. It's a witch-hunt." The sister and family of Cornelia Rau, as well as several members of Kenja present at the time formed a different opinion while observing Rau's involvement in the group. Hamilton also claimed, retrospectively, Rau was "scattered, disassociated" as a member of the group, and that she was asked to leave because she needed help and the group "couldn't help her". However, witnesses quoted in the media say she was humiliated and expelled. The claim has been made that Cornelia Rau was driven to the airport on the night of the Melbourne Eistedfod and put on an airplane to Sydney and she was told never to return to the group. Three days later she was picked up by NSW Police driving on the wrong side of the road.
Cornelia was incarcerated in the German psychiatric system following a trip on 'medication vacation' in October 2008. In February 2009 Cornelia was arrested in imprisoned in Jordan after behaving erratically and refusing to pay bills.
"The Army will contact Kenja Communications shortly to issue a notice to cease and desist using the Army's Rising Sun Badge".
A film exploring the Kenja group nominated for Best Documentary 2008 by the Australian Film Institute and Film Critics Circle Australia.
"Beyond Our Ken" was voted 3rd most popular documentary at Melbourne International Film Festival.
The international premiere of "Beyond Our Ken" at Toronto's Hot Docs Film Festival generated controversy when Kenja flew from Australia to protest at the screenings.
Compass:
The Spirit of Things:
On 26 August 2008 the young lady, formerly a member of the Kenja group successfully secured an AVO against the co-founder of the group. Jan Hamilton was ordered not to stalk, harass or intimidate the woman as part of a two-year apprehended violence order. The magistrate has forwarded details of the trial to the Attorney General requesting an investigation on criminal grounds for perverting the course of justice. Transcript of finding by Magistrate R Clisdel http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2658609.htm
Ms Hamilton (or Dyers) indicated she would appeal the decision however no appeal was made to the AVO and Ms Hamilton was ordered to pay legal costs totaling $37,500 to the victim.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n organisation. It was founded by the late Kenneth Emmanuel Dyers and his partner Jan Hamilton in 1982. It has gained media attention due to legal action regarding Dyers' alleged sexual assaults on young girls, events leading to Cornelia Rau's incarceration and the suicide of Dyers.
About Kenja Communication
The word Kenja was derived from the first letters of the names of the two founders, Ken Dyers and Jan Hamilton. They later discovered it means "wise man" (although "wise person" is probably closer) in Japanese. Kenja has offices in MelbourneMelbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
and Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. They are the; Personal Evolvement Centre; Melbourne Centre for Effective Communication; Human Communication Centre. The Parramatta Centre for Effective Communication has closed.
Kenja describes its purpose as "to increase understanding of the spiritual nature of man and our relation to the human spirit, coupled with practical training in the basics of effective communication – time, space and energy." The site also states that Kenja Communication is "neither political nor religious".
A former Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
parliamentarian Stephen Mutch
Stephen Mutch
Stephen Bruce Mutch was an Australian politician. He was educated at the University of New South Wales and became a solicitor in 1979. A member of the Liberal Party, he was a policy advisor until he became a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1988...
described Kenja under Parliamentary Privilege
Parliamentary privilege
Parliamentary privilege is a legal immunity enjoyed by members of certain legislatures, in which legislators are granted protection against civil or criminal liability for actions done or statements made related to one's duties as a legislator. It is common in countries whose constitutions are...
as "a sinister organisation designed to fill the pockets and stroke the egos" in the New South Wales Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...
in 1993 and the media attention Kenja attracted (Sydney Morning Herald; The Daily Telegraph; The Monthly; The Age; The Australian) gives negative and to a lesser degree positive descriptions of them. Mr Mutch also referred to several documents, including an 'anonymous letter' (author known to Mr Mutch, not read into Hansard) which detailed significant similarities between Kenja and Scientology
Scientology
Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...
including vocabulary and teaching material. Mr Mutch lost preselection and retired from politics in 1998, going on to complete a doctorate (thesis entitled "Cults, Religion and Public Policy"). Dr Mutch is the Patron of Cult Information and Family Support Inc (CIFS) http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_profile/mutch_stephen.asp. Dr Mutch made a public comment after Ken Dyers death, which was; "Ken Dyers had taken the coward's way out by taking his own life last Wednesday" http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/cult-leader-wont-face-justice/2007/07/28/1185339333767.html.
About Energy Conversion
The Kenja training focuses on a form of meditation called 'Energy Conversion', which is described as a way to "permanently eliminate the suppressed emotion, thought or energy that can divert us from what we want to achieve", though neither Dyers nor Hamilton are qualified and this practice is not recognised by professionals. Energy Conversion Sessions consist of two people sitting opposite each other and looking into each others' eyes for a period of time, and costs about $130.An "eminent academic in [the] area" who wished to be anonymous said in a letter to Stephen Mutch that the techniques Kenja uses such as Energy Conversion "appear to be designed to allow senior members to exert influence over other members of the organisation ... The use of the techniques appears to lead to a reduction in the reality testing by individuals, and a relatively uncritical acceptance of the instructions of the senior member. Moreover, the individuals appear to experience a sense of dissociation that involves an alteration in normal waking consciousness and a feeling of incapacity to respond negatively to undesired actions."
Classification as a cult or sect
Kenja Communications has been widely reported as a cult or a sect in the High Court of Australia, the NSW Parliament, The Fairfax and News Limited Media, and by Robert ManneRobert Manne
Robert Manne is a professor of politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.Born in Melbourne, Manne's earliest political consciousness was formed by the fact that his parents were Jewish refugees from Europe and his grandparents were victims of the Holocaust...
, an eminent Professor of Politics at La Trobe University.http://www.themonthly.com.au/excerpts/issue5_excerpt_001.html
Both Ken Dyers and Jan Hamilton use the defence that the word cult is pejorative, and is used in the context of a witch hunt when arguing against allegations of sexual misconduct and in relation to the Cornelia Rau incident. http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/cult-leader-says-sex-charges-part-of-witchhunt/2005/10/28/1130400339271.htmlhttp://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Dance-photos-reminder-of-a-troubled-trainee/2005/02/11/1108061872287.html.
Early life
Dyers was born on 14 July 1922. His father was 54 when he was born. His father, Charlie Dyers, had been a toddler on Daly Waters station in the Northern Territory where he had become lost at the age of three. He was picked up by a drover three years later at the age of six and returned to Daly Waters station. He had lived with an Aboriginal tribe in the intervening years.War Record
Dyers was born 14 July 1922. During World War II he served in the Australian Army as a Military Policeman with 9th Div Provost Coy from his arrival in the Middle East on 25 September 1941 until he embarked for Sydney on 27 January 1943; and again from 30 July 1943 until his return to Sydney 23 March 1944. His record details a chequered career and a large amount of time in field hospitals and Casualty Clearing Stations. Dyers served in the 32 Works Coy in Australia until he was discharged. He was court-martialled three times. In late 1943 he was in jail for five days awaiting trial on three charges, and eventually convicted of "conduct prejudice to the good order and military discipline". In June 1944 he went absent without leave for 16 days. In April 1945 he was fined for leaving his sentry post and in July fined again for misconduct. It also refers to an assessment of his "mental instability" which is rated at 10 per cent on the day he was demobbed in August 1946.Sydney Morning Herald journalist Robert Wainright referred to Dyers' War Time biography as exposing a 'Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty is a fictional character in James Thurber's short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", first published in the New Yorker on March 18, 1939, and in book form in My World and Welcome to It in 1942...
Complex' in his article examining the inconsistencies between Dyers' claims and verifiable records.
Scientology
Dyers was a former ScientologyScientology
Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...
member. In a list published from the 1950s onwards by Scientology, he is listed as an "SP" (a suppressive person
Suppressive Person
Suppressive Person, often abbreviated SP, is a term used in Scientology to describe the "antisocial personalities" who, according to Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard, make up about 2.5% of the population...
).
Child Sexual Assault
In 1993 Dyers was charged with 11 counts of sexual offences against four girls, three of whom were sisters, who were between the ages of 8 and 15. After several trials and appeals, which lasted almost a decade, Dyers was found not guilty of 10 of the charges. He was found guilty of one charge (tried separately) and jailed at Long Bay Correctional CentreLong Bay Correctional Centre
Long Bay Correctional Complex is located in the suburb of Malabar in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Long Bay comprises six institutions, four maximum security and two minimum security.-History:...
for six days before being released on bail. An appeal in 2000 failed, and in 2002 the charge was overturned in the High Court of Australia
High Court of Australia
The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States, and...
on the grounds that the trial judge had potentially misdirected the trial, the order was as follows:
- 9 October 2002
- S255/2001
- ORDER
- 1. Appeal allowed.
- 2. Set aside the order of the Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales made on 25 August 2000 and, in lieu thereof, order that:
- (a) the appellant's appeal to that Court be allowed;
- (b) the appellant's conviction be quashed and a new trial be had.
The DPP did not seek a retrial as they determined he had served his sentence.http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2658609.htm
On 28 October 2005, Dyers was charged in Sutherland
Sutherland, New South Wales
Sutherland is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sutherland is located 26 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Sutherland Shire....
Local Court with the sexual assault
Sexual assault
Sexual assault is an assault of a sexual nature on another person, or any sexual act committed without consent. Although sexual assaults most frequently are by a man on a woman, it may involve any combination of two or more men, women and children....
of two 12-year old girls, alleged to have taken place at the Kenja's Surry Hills
Surry Hills, New South Wales
Surry Hills is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Surry Hills is located immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney...
headquarters in 2001-2002. Dyers was released on bail
Bail
Traditionally, bail is some form of property deposited or pledged to a court to persuade it to release a suspect from jail, on the understanding that the suspect will return for trial or forfeit the bail...
under the conditions that he attends Sutherland Police Station weekly and does not attend Kenja premises or events. Dyers applied for a "permanent stay" in his 2005 court case on the grounds of ill health. He also applied for and received a variance to his bail conditions to travel to a Kenja function in Melbourne. His application for a "permanent stay" was rejected, as was a further application to attend a Kenja function in Sydney. He was given a temporary stay for one year on the grounds of mental health.
Dyers denied he was guilty of the charges against him, saying that they were the result of former members trying to destroy him as part of a witch-hunt. His lawyer made the defence that 13 year old girls "know how to say no, they get educated in school" and that "there will be contrary medical evidence indicating that Mr Dyers has had erectile dysfunction for almost 15 years".
Dyers was phoned by his solicitor on 25 July and informed the NSW Police would interview him again regarding fresh allegations from another young girl.http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sydney-cult-leader-found-dead/2007/07/25/1185339070077.html
Dyers committed suicide by gunshot to the head on 25 July 2007.
Twenty Two charges of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault had been committed to trial by Magistrate Jaqueline Trad at the time of his suicide, and he had received a one year reprieve from attending court on the grounds of mental health. His solicitor had informed him of further charges from a third girl the day before his suicide.
Cornelia Rau
The home page of Cornelia Rau where a detailed description of her humiliation and sexual assault are described by Cornelia.http://thecorneliarau.googlepages.com/
In 2005, a mentally ill former member, Cornelia Rau
Cornelia Rau
Cornelia Rau is a German citizen and Australian permanent resident who was unlawfully detained for a period of ten months in 2004 and 2005 as part of the Australian Government's mandatory detention program.- Overview :...
, gained widespread media attention in Australia due to being unlawfully detained for a period of 10 months by the Australian government. Before this, she had disappeared, and later turned up in North Queensland where Aborigines alerted the police after being concerned about her behaviour. She told them she was Anna Brotmeyer (and later Anna Schmidt) from Germany. Immigration officials assumed she was an illegal immigrant, and failed to diagnose her schizophrenia, leading to her detention.
Her family accused Kenja of contributing to her declining mental health,. She had developed schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...
while a member of the group.
Hamilton denied any wrongdoing, saying: "We are not responsible for Cornelia's condition ... we are not a cult. It's a witch-hunt." The sister and family of Cornelia Rau, as well as several members of Kenja present at the time formed a different opinion while observing Rau's involvement in the group. Hamilton also claimed, retrospectively, Rau was "scattered, disassociated" as a member of the group, and that she was asked to leave because she needed help and the group "couldn't help her". However, witnesses quoted in the media say she was humiliated and expelled. The claim has been made that Cornelia Rau was driven to the airport on the night of the Melbourne Eistedfod and put on an airplane to Sydney and she was told never to return to the group. Three days later she was picked up by NSW Police driving on the wrong side of the road.
Cornelia was incarcerated in the German psychiatric system following a trip on 'medication vacation' in October 2008. In February 2009 Cornelia was arrested in imprisoned in Jordan after behaving erratically and refusing to pay bills.
Richard Leape
In a similar case to Cornelia Rau's, a man named Richard Leape who was being treated for schizophrenia disappeared while a member of Kenja and has not been seen since around 1993. His sister, Annette, says she found him in the street "totally paranoid and irrational, saying Nazis were going to get him". She was concerned that many other people had "developed very serious mental illnesses" from time in Kenja, and said she was "appalled" to know Kenja still exists.Michael Beaver
A young man who was a Kenja member of 2 years, Michael Beaver, was also diagnosed with and hospitalised for chronic schizophrenia. He blamed Kenja, and said he had heard of four other people who had severe problems since leaving Kenja. Beaver later killed himself, writing that Kenja was "partly to blame" in his suicide note.Peter Faragher
Long term member Peter Faragher committed suicide sometime after being expelled by the group.Department of Defence
Channell Ten News has reported a Defence Department spokesperson making the following statement in relation to the yearly advertisments placed in the Fairfax Press newspapers."The Army will contact Kenja Communications shortly to issue a notice to cease and desist using the Army's Rising Sun Badge".
Returned Service League (RSL) Australia
David McLaughlin, President of the RSL, has described the use of the Rising Sun badge in the yearly advertisment as an 'insult' to the logo, or symbol.Beyond our Ken
Beyond Our Ken – directed by Luke Walker and Melissa Maclean.A film exploring the Kenja group nominated for Best Documentary 2008 by the Australian Film Institute and Film Critics Circle Australia.
"Beyond Our Ken" was voted 3rd most popular documentary at Melbourne International Film Festival.
The international premiere of "Beyond Our Ken" at Toronto's Hot Docs Film Festival generated controversy when Kenja flew from Australia to protest at the screenings.
Reviews and articles
- The Age Newspaper Jim Schembri review
- Empire Magazine review
- Inside Film article
- http://miff.meccamedialight.com.au/2007/film?film_id=8703
- http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2007/s1992310.htm
- Hot Docs critique
- "Beyond our Ken" home page
- Spirit of Things ABC Radio National: Australia
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Compass
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Media Watch:- Media Watch: Television footage 6 August 2007 http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s1998099.htm
- Media Watch: Television footage 17 August 2009 http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2658609.htm
Compass:
The Spirit of Things:
Commentators and Interviewees
- Tim Elliott: Article written: Sydney Morning Herald Fighting dirty against cult Busters http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/fighting-dirty-against-a-cultbuster-20100226-p958.html
- Bevin Hudson Interviewed on Spirit of Things http://www.abc.net.au/rn/spiritofthings/stories/2008/2417428.htm
- Annette Stevens Interviewed on Beyond our Ken
- Alex Tibbets: Sydney Morning Herald: Interview with Jan Dyers: Campaign to clear cult Leader http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/11/1186530630814.html
Alex Tibbets: Sydney Morning Herald: Interview with Jan Dyers and former executive: Abuse Case: Staff asked to Lie http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/abuse-case-staff-asked-to-lie/2008/07/25/1216492732911.html - Cornelia Rau Interviewed on Channel Nine: Sixty Minutes How Dare They http://sgp1.paddington.ninemsn.com.au/sixtyminutes/stories/2005_07_17/story_1443.asp
- Robert Manne: The Monthly: The unknown story of Cornelia Rau http://www.themonthly.com.au/monthly-essays-robert-manne-unknown-story-cornelia-rau-often-she-cried-sometimes-she-screamed-she-be
- Christine Rau: The Daily Telegraph: Cult linked to Cornelia
- Annette Leape: Interviewed by the Daily Telegraph This is the face behind a Cult;Beyond our Ken
- David Milikan Interviewed Beyond our Ken; Sydney Morning Herald: Dedicated followers left rudderless in a sceptical World http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/dedicated-followers-left-rudderless-in-a-sceptical-world/2007/08/03/1185648145751.html
- Wendy Beaver Interviewed Beyond our Ken
- Suzanne Mostyn MPs told of cult leader's sexual and mental abuse Sydney Morning Herald 27 April 1993 p. 6
- Robert Wainright:Sydney Morning Herald: Tributes and Accusations.http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/ken-dyers-tributes-and-accusations/2007/08/04/1185648160419.html?page=fullpage & interview with Jan Dyers:Dance photos reminder of a troubled Trainee http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Dance-photos-reminder-of-a-troubled-trainee/2005/02/11/1108061872287.html
- Cindy Jones Sun Herald
- Danielle Teutsch: The Age Cult leader 'wont face Justice' http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/cult-leader-wont-face-justice/2007/07/28/1185339333767.html
- Suzanne Mostyn Sydney Morning Herald
- Nick Papadopoulos Sydney Morning Herald Founder of Kenja to seek no-bill after partial acquittal on sex charges
- Brad Clifton News Limited Secrets of sect in sex Case
- Lisa Davies News Limited The humiliation of Cornelia Rau
- Cindy Jones Sun Herald Kenja group 'destructive' and 'sinister' claims MP
- Kevin Naughton Sunday Mail
- Peter Mac The Guardian
- Tamara McLean Sydney Morning Herald
- Vera Devari News Limited
- Les Kennedy Sydney Morning Herald
- Vira Goldner News Limited
- Brad Clifton News Limited
- Leonie Lamont Sydney Morning Herald
- Dianne Kopae Sydney Morning Herald
- Linda Morris Sydney Morning Herald Evil forces drove husband to Suicide - Widow
- Katrina Gligorijevic News Limited
- Byron kaye: News Limited: Womans fake beard was Bogus http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/womans-fake-beard-was-bogus/story-e6freuzi-1111116735873
- Adrian Norman Beyond our Ken
- Melissa McLean Beyond our Ken: Spirit of Things http://www.abc.net.au/rn/spiritofthings/stories/2008/2417428.htm
- Rachael Kohn Australia Broadcasting Casting Spirit of Things http://www.abc.net.au/rn/spiritofthings/stories/2008/2417428.htm
- Michael Pels Sydney Morning Herald; Beyond our Ken; ABC Media Watch http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2658609.htm
- Alison Pels Media Watch http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2658609.htm Sydney Morning Herald Cult leader warned off after 'bizarre' audition ployhttp://www.camdencourier.com.au/news/national/national/general/cult-founder-warned-off-after-bizarre-audition-ploy/1254881.aspx
- Mariannea Papadakis: St George leader Cult strikes back at Dyers Documentaryhttp://www.theleader.com.au/news/local/news/general/kenja-hits-back-at-dyers-documentary/1231795.aspx
- Peter Overton: Channel Nine: Sixty Minutes: How dare They http://sgp1.paddington.ninemsn.com.au/sixtyminutes/stories/2005_07_17/story_1443.asp
- Belinda Kontominas: Sydney Morning Herald: Cult leader warned off after bizarre audition Ploy http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/cults-bizarre-ploy-to-initimidate-nonbeliever/2008/08/26/1219516472353.html
- Joe Hildebrand: News Limited: Sex cults final Outrage http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/sex-cults-final-outrage/story-e6freuzi-1111114070893
- Monica Attard Australian Broadcasting Corporation Media Watch: Paying to clear a Name http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2658609.htm
- Jonathon Holmes Australian broadcasting Corporation: Media watch: Paying to clear a name - Again http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2658609.htm
- Jenny Hodges Beyond our Ken
- Steven Mutch: NSW State Parliament: Cult activity in NSW http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hanstrans.nsf/v3ByKey/LC19930422
- Mike Willisee Channel Nine
- Luke Walker Beyond our Ken
Apprehended Violence Orders
Two Apprehended Violence Order related court cases involving senior Kenja members have come before the courts.Wendy Tinkler
Senior members of Kenja Communication were cross-examined in a court case involving a father and his daughter who made serious charges of sexual molestation against Dyers. Wendy Tinkler's claim to have been assaulted by the father was rejected by the court and the charges against the man were dropped.Jan Hamilton: Jan Dyers
Jan Hamilton, (or Jan Dyers) was cross-examined in a court case involving an alleged attempt to threaten a young girl who had made serious sexual allegations against her husband, Kenneth Dyers, prior to him shooting himself.On 26 August 2008 the young lady, formerly a member of the Kenja group successfully secured an AVO against the co-founder of the group. Jan Hamilton was ordered not to stalk, harass or intimidate the woman as part of a two-year apprehended violence order. The magistrate has forwarded details of the trial to the Attorney General requesting an investigation on criminal grounds for perverting the course of justice. Transcript of finding by Magistrate R Clisdel http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2658609.htm
Ms Hamilton (or Dyers) indicated she would appeal the decision however no appeal was made to the AVO and Ms Hamilton was ordered to pay legal costs totaling $37,500 to the victim.