Word: herff
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...clear up mysteries like the world map with several cities marked on it that investigators found in the cult house. Officials hope to learn whether there may be surviving members of the cult in other locations. Meanwhile, Mark Applewhite, the 40-year-old son of cult leader Marshall Herff Applewhite issued a public apology to the relatives of his father's followers: "I am appalled by the things that have resulted from the actions of my father and others in that cult." He is not alone...
RANCHO SANTA FE, California: Seeking to unravel the events leading to the group suicide and to understand the reasons that the members of Heaven's Gate came together, attention has turned to the cult's leader, Marshall Herff Applewhite. The son of a Presbyterian minister, Applewhite was leading an apparently unremarkable life as a highly talented baritone, a husband, father of two, and a professor of music at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. In the early 1970's, Applewhite was granted a leave of absence from the university to deal with emotional problems. According to The Washington Post...