William Kamm, also known as "The Little Pebble" (born 1950 in Cologne, West Germany), is the founder and leader of a religious group in Australia called the "Order of St Charbel" (or sometimes referred to as "The Community") named after the Maronite saint Charbel Makhlouf.[1] The Order of St Charbel is considered as a Christian sect and a fringe religious grouping.[2] His religious order claims to be part of the Roman Catholic Church, but the Maronite Church and the Holy See do not regard the group as being part of Roman Catholicism.[3] He was released from prison after serving 9 years of a 10-year prison sentence/term for the rape and assault of a teenager.[4][5]
- ^ Di Luaro, F; Through a Glass Darkly: Collected Research, Sydney University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1-920898-54-0 p296
- ^ The Daily Telegraph, Australia: Sects in Australia: Fringe religious groups that have left their mark on the nation
- ^ Excommunicated "mystic" on trial over new abuse charges; B. Doherty, “Mourning the Death of Our Faith”: The Little Pebble and The Marian Work of Atonement 1950-1984, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society 36 (2015) Archived 15 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, 231-273.
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