This is great stuff Emma. Congratulations for sharing the light!
What I don't understand is, how the Lord Mayor of Melbourne managed to dodge all the unfavourable press the the cult is getting in Oz. Its not like he is mayor of Oodnawoopwoop, where they only get a mail truck once a year. Doesn't he read the papers?? It sounds a bit like he was studiously ignoring the adverse press - a bit like a $cnist!! Is he involved in the cult perchance? Did you get any feeling that he was an aspiring oatee?