Ever heard of THE FAMILY or CHILDREN OF GOD

I was at the mall today with my kids and I was near the entrance/exit getting ready to leave. I was sitting on a bench and putting Peter's & Kiersten's jackets on them when this mother and son (and little baby) approached me. They had a religious booklet to give and were 'accepting donations.' I don't like that type of approach...if you are raising money, let it be known. Anyway, I told them I didn't have any cash and the mother gave me this little piece of paper and told me to read it since it was a letter from Jesus (I am religious). I gave them their booklet back because you could tell they wanted it back (I wasn't planning on keepin it).

I noticed that the organization was called THE FAMILY and I knew I've heard of them, but not of good things. Either ABC's 20/20 or NBC's Primetime broadcasted it, but it was about this group who 'encouraged sexual contact' with young children and it was 'written' in their books? One of the wives of the founder (David Berg) had a son who eventually killed one of the women who molested him and killed himself before he could get to his mother to kill her. His mother, I believe, is now the leader of this group. This group seemed to be half hippie/half cult like.

I understand they have changed a lot and from their website seem to do a lot of good work. I just thought it was crazy to actually get literature from a group that I saw on TV.