A lapsed Catholic friar and his fellow neo-nazi leaders were in possession of a book that has inspired bombings and terrorist acts around the world, a court has heard.
A book in the possession of the state’s alleged neo-nazi leaders – one of whom is a lapsed Catholic friar – has inspired fatal acts of terrorism around the world, a court has heard.
On Monday, former novice Capuchin friar Duncan Robert Cromb faced the Adelaide Magistrates Court charged with multiple terrorism offences.
Prosecutors allege he, Cameron Brodie-Hall and Jackson Trevor Pay turned their share-house into the central headquarters for South Australia’s far-right extremists.
They further allege the group subscribed to, and owned a copy of, the works of infamous US domestic terrorist and white supremacist David Eden Lane.
Lane’s racist, conspiracy-minded writings inspired both the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and the 2019 Christchurch mosque mass shooting.
Prosecutors allege Mr Cromb, Mr Brodie-Hall and Mr Pay kept a printed copy of Lane’s work on a bookshelf behind a Nazi flag.
They further allege Mr Pay carried a digital copy with him on his phone.
Mr Cromb, 37, of Modbury, has yet to plead to multiple counts of possessing a document or record of information to commit a terrorist act.
He, Mr Brodie-Hall and Mr Pay were arrested at their share-house during anti-extremism police raids around the state in April 2021.
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