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Tucked away in suburban Melbourne is a nondescript home. From the outside, you wouldn’t know that it’s the headquarters of a church referred to widely as The Kidney Cult. The secretive group, otherwise known as the Jesus Christians, is led by David McKay. Formed in 1981, the group has established small congregations in Australia and other parts of the world, including Canada, the US, Mexico and Kenya. But with only a few hundred followers worldwide, they’re a fringe group by anyone’s standards.
Almost two decades ago, McKay and his followers hosted a whipping of their own members in a public display of supposed atonement for the sins of others. Other scandals followed. But the group is best known for being referred to as The Kidney Cult, with devout followers encouraged to donate a kidney to complete strangers as an act of kindness.
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