AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
By Leonie Lamont, Geesche Jacobsen and AAP
June 16, 2005 - 2:55PM
Religious leader William Kamm thought it was by the "grace of God" that he could love more than one woman at once, yet allegedly warned a teenager destined to be one of his "queens" not to let his jealous wife know of the arrangement.
"You will need a snorkel to catch your breath," he wrote to the 15-year-old in one of nearly 20 love letters sent during mid-1993.
Kamm, 55, also known as The Little Pebble, lead a religious community on the south coast near Nowra. He is standing trial in the District Court on charges of aggravated indecent assault and aggravated sexual intercourse against the teenager.
Confused and frightened, the girl petitioned the Virgin Mary for help in dealing with her "mystical marriage" to Kamm, the court heard today.