New Mexico Religious Sect: Bond Set For 2 'Generals'

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Two 'generals' of a military-style New Mexico paramilitary Christian sect were ordered jailed while they face child sex abuse charges.

A Cibola County magistrate court judge set bond Tuesday for Deborah Green and Peter Green following a Sunday raid of the armed compound of the Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps in remote Fence Lake, New Mexico.

Sect co-leader Deborah Green was arrested on charges including failure to report a birth, child abuse and sexual penetration of a minor. She was jailed on a $500,000 secured bond. (For more information on the Green's case and other New Mexico stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Peter Green, also known as Mike Brandon, faces 100 counts of criminal sexual penetration of a child on suspicion of raping a girl from the time she was 7. He was held on a $5 million secured bond.

The group, founded in California, says the allegations are "totally false."

The Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps describes itself as a group that is "aggressive and revolutionary for Jesus" and provides a free spiritual "ammo pack" to anyone who writes. Photos of members show them in military-style clothing and on missions in Africa.

Its website is laced with anti-Semitic language and anti-gay tirades about same sex marriage.

The Southern Poverty Law Center lists the Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps as a hate group.

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS, Associated Press

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