We weren't duped: 72-year-old Clive Doyle still lives in Waco, where some 80 members of the Branch Davidian religious group died during an F.B.I. siege of their compound. His daughter was one of leader David Koresh’s many underaged ‘spiritual wives.' Still, Doyle’s new autobiography 'A Journey to Waco' reveals the Mount Carmel group believed Koresh was really the 'Lamb' of God. BY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 2:43 PM A A A 35
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Clive Doyle was born into a Seventh Day Adventist family in Australia. He moved to Mount Carmel and joined the Branch Davidian religious group. © REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER / REUTER/REUTERS Clive Doyle moved from Australia to Waco, Texas, to join the Branch Davidians. His new autobiography, ‘A Journey to Waco,’ talks about the 1993 FBI siege that killed 80 of his fellow group members. More than twenty years after the shootout and fiery siege that took the lives of over 80 Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, survivor Clive Doyle still believes.
The 72-year-old is claiming that he and other members of the Mount Carmel compound were never duped by their religious leader David Koresh. In his new autobiography, Doyle says the Branch Davidians sincerely believed they were experiencing end times — a fact he claims outsiders never understood and which caused the FBI to bungle negotiations from the very beginning.
“If people read this account, they will at least gain a different perspective on who David Koresh was, where he was coming from, who we were, and why we believe the way we do,” Doyle writes in ‘A Journey to Waco.’ “Most people think ‘cult’ about us and think we are people who were brainwashed and deceived. They think our church members don’t know what they’re doing or where they’re going. Hopefully, my story can open their eyes.”
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided the hilltop community for suspected illegal firearms in 1993. The raid erupted in a shootout and ended in 10 deaths — four A.T.F. agents and six Davidians.
The F.B.I. soon descended on the town, setting into motion the largest military force ever used against a civilian suspect in America. About 900 law enforcement officials surrounded the compound for 51 days. Tensions erupted April 19, 1993. The F.B.I.’s tanks ripped into the compound’s walls and launched flammable gas cannisters into the building. Police reports about the incident blame the Davidians for the ensuing fire and 72 tragic deaths — including the deaths of 25 children.
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