"Moses" David Berg founded the Children of God (now "The Family International") in California in 1968. Berg was the object of multiple allegations of child molestation, including from two granddaughters and also an adoptive son who would go on to take his own life after murdering one of his childhood caretakers in the Family.
A reclusive leader, Berg communicated with his followers mainly through some 3000 "'Mo Letters" written over time, espousing his philosophies and apocalyptic predictions. Among these was that comet Kohoutek would strike Earth in 1974; and that Armageddon would begin in the late 80s with the USSR's conquest of Israel, precipitating Jesus' Second Coming in 1993. Berg died on October 1, 1994 at the age of 75.
("Mo" was meant to refer to "Moses".)
