Clive Doyle
Clive Joseph Doyle (24 February 1941 – 8 June 2022)[1] was an Australian leader in the Branch Davidian movement after the Waco siege in 1993.
[11][4] Doyle quit his job as an apprentice in a cabinet shop in 1958 and moved with his mother to Tasmania to spread Houteff's teachings.
Doyle argued, for example, that the Apostle Paul's "unknown God" in Acts 17 was known to over a billion people but the feminine Holy Spirit was known to a select few.
[13] In the 1980s, when David Koresh and George Roden were conflicting over the ownership of the Mount Carmel Center, he temporarily left the group.
When the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) arrived at the Center on 28 February, Doyle returned to his room on the first floor near the cafeteria.
In his book, he recalled an episode where he was promised a message from his daughter, Karen, who was in California, but instead got an FBI agent telling him "She just wanted to know how you are doing".
[20] At around 6:00 am local time on 19 April 1993, the FBI administered CS gas throughout the building to drive out the Branch Davidians.
[23] Doyle was sent to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, immediately after surviving the conflagration, suffering from second- and third-degree burns to his hands.
[9][23][27][28][29] In 1998, Doyle and other Branch Davidian survivors attempted to erect a museum on the siege's site but encountered trouble with Amo Bishop Roden and the Christ the World of Truth.
[35] Additionally, Doyle expressed fear and concern about the fixation of the far-right and white supremacist groups on the Waco siege to the New York Times in 2015.
[36] Doyle spoke out against Charles Pace and his claim to represent the Branch Davidian church after returning to Mount Carmel in 1994.
[40][41] In 1998, New York Times reported that Doyle worked at a store called Waco Natural Foods where he managed the herb displays.
[25] Doyle remained faithful to David Koresh, the Branch Davidian's leader who died in the 19 April fire, even after his death.
