Okay just thinking about this has made me sick so I got to tell the truth and get it out there because I can’t stand these lies any longer so here it is … absorb it.

First things first my name is Andre Lavigne and I was born in the Family on August, 11, 1990. I am greatly disturbed by all the lies and crude comments made about the Family! I have not seen any acts of abuse while growing up neither have I heard of any! All I’ve seen are acts of love and kindness, we are taught to tell people about Jesus and if you guys out there think it’s wrong well I quote the Bible verse “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake” [ Mat. 5:11 ].

Listen you guys there is nothing wrong with the Family and all the comments made by our apostates are false! I can’t see how Ricky Rodriguez could have done some thing so horrible as to murder an innocent person like Angela Smith, seeing he had such a good up bringing. We teens and kids in the Family are taught not to be violent. We don’t watch overly violent movies or play overly violent computer games, we simply tell the world about Jesus and if you don’t like it well … BRING IT ON!

Andre Lavigne (14) is a second generation member of the Family International, currently residing in the United States with his parents.