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Tuesday, 30 December 2008 03:51 |
It's Christmas time in Haringey, and that usually means you can't move for UCKGers shaking a bucket at you. It's not enough that they tap their own members for cash (10% tithes, before tax, and even if you're claiming benefits), but in December they see fit to empty the pockets of cash-strapped passers by as well.
This year they went a step further and found themselves a prime position, at Sainsbury's checkouts - a collecting position too far for some local residents, who complained to the store manager and to their customer care line.
Initially the complaints were rebuffed, the supermarket bosses claiming it wasn't their problem. But a few more calls and incensed emails, and UCKG were sent packing. Apparently the Wood Green store manager "was not fully aware of the organisation's background".
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 15:26 |
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Following a protest by a library user in the summer 2008, the Head of Haringey Libraries banned the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God fundamentalist sect from usage of any library premises. 'Rescue of Dignity' (a front organisation for UCKG) had been using Wood Green Library on a regular base on Friday afternoons. Their leaflet: 'Support for prisoners and their families' failed to mention that they are front organisation for the UCKG. UCKG were the sect to which Victoria Climbie - a young child in Haringey - was taken by her aunt, Kouao in 2000. Victoria died after being starved to death to 'cure her' of being 'possessed by demons'. Kouao and her boyfriend, Carl Manning, were jailed for life in January 2001 for the murder.
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