Pebbles and Popes Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rape and assault

William Kamm was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1950 and calls himself "The Little Pebble". He led a quasi Catholic commune, mostly comprised of Pacific Islanders, in the Nowra area of New South Wales, Australia, which he preyed upon to serve his lust for sex, power and money.

Although he was involved in encouraging massive welfare scamming, the crime for which he was initially convicted involved the rape and assault of a 15 year old girl - one of the 84 "wives" he believed he was ordained to have - and later his sentence was extended to cover the aggravated sexual assault of another 15 year old girl.

He was due to be released on parole on 13 April 2013, but parole was refused by New South Wales parole officials on the basis that he has not changed his behaviour.

He cannot be imprisoned beyond his sentence, so we will probably hear a lot more about him in time to come.

Answer: The Bible

Although William Kamm is a diminutive man - and the "little" suits him - the "pebble" came from the Bible. In Matthew verses 16-18 Jesus says to Peter: "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it". The New Testament was written in Greek, not English, and the Greek word for Peter is petros, which means "a pebble" or a small stone. William Kamm is convinced that he will one day become Pope Peter II.

Answer: Order of St Charbel

William Kamm's cult, the Order of St Charbel, claims to be part of the Roman Catholic Church but the Holy See denies that it was approved by the hierarchy. In view of the fact that in the early 1980s William Kamm had first founded a religious community called the "Marian Work of Atonement" which later evolved into the Order of Saint Charbel, it is difficult to imagine that the Roman Catholic Church was unaware of his existence. That the Church did nothing to disassociate itself with the cult leader, or prevent him from using its "brand" to lure women into the commune, speaks volumes.

Answer: Malcolm Broussard

There is much confusion and many allegations about Malcolm Broussard. Apparently he was "suspended" from the Roman Catholic Church in 1989 for abandoning his priestly assignment, yet being a priest "not in good standing" he was then allegedly consecrated a bishop in Bavaria in 2003 and in the same year allegedly ordained William Kamm.

In fact, Broussard allegedly ordained many men into the priesthood without requiring them to take the traditional oath of celibacy. It appears that these ordinations were not authorised by the Roman Catholic Church and Malcolm Broussard has now been officially excommunicated.

However, William Kamm's Order of St Charbel is under Malcolm Broussard's sacramental care.

Answer: Celibacy

The issue of celibacy in the Catholic Church dates back to the year 306 when the Council of Elvira issued a written regulation, Canon 33, whereby "Bishops, presbyters, deacons, and others with a position in the ministry are to abstain completely from sexual intercourse with their wives and from the procreation of children. If anyone disobeys, he shall be removed from the clerical office." Before that time, popes and priests enjoyed normal sexual relations, in fact some of them were quite debauched, and it is not known whether this Canon was intended to give the Catholic Church a moral compass or to enrich itself (by ruling out familial inheritance).

Answer: Near Nowra, New South Wales

William Kamm's quasi Catholic Order of St Charbel, formerly called the "Marian Work of Atonement" was located near Nowra, New South Wales. The commune was mostly comprised of Pacific Islanders, many of whom were single mothers living on welfare payments (a situation which William Kamm encouraged). It was in this commune that Kamm's sexual assaults on girls took place.

Answer: The Blessed Virgin Mary

Kamm had a bizarre belief that he had been "chosen" to father a new human race and would have 84 wives (12 queens and 72 princesses) to achieve that purpose. He claimed that the Blessed Virgin Mary herself had advised him to choose the girls who were victims of his sexual assaults.

Answer: Abraham

William Kamm believed that he had been chosen by the Blessed Virgin Mary as the "new Abraham" who would father a new and improved tribe to take charge of the world after it had been cleansed by a ball of fire (which he believed would happen with another world war). Unlike Abraham, though, Kamm would not have two wives, but 84 of them (12 queens and 72 princesses) and all of these marriages, it seems, were to be consummated by rape rather than reciprocal love.

Answer: Pope Peter II

There is a very good reason why no pope has ever taken the name of Peter II and that William Kamm has declared an intention to name himself after the Apostle, the founder of the Catholic Church in Rome, when he assumes his "rightful" place as head of the Catholic Church is evidence either of insanity or gross hubris. Apparently, he has not been declared insane, so the man really does have a grossly inflated sense of his own importance completely out of touch with his "little pebble" appellation.

Answer: He will rise from the dead

William Kamm made many bizarre prophecies, none of which eventuated, but that didn't stop him from twisting facts to suit himself. When Pope John Paul II did not consecrate Kamm as a bishop and appoint him as his successor before he died (as prophesied by Kamm), the "Little Pebble" announced that there had been a change of plans in "heaven" and that Pope John Paul II will now rise from the dead and reappear on Earth to carry out his prophecy.