Sheppard, Henry G.

Henry G. Sheppard was born in Melbourne in 1954, the second of eight children, to a schoolteacher of Irish descent and a Polish/ Russian refugee. His father abandoned the family when he was nine. After completing high school in rural Victoria, he itinerated around Australia before settling in Adelaide. In 1996 he was sued for defamation by the National Executive of the Assemblies of God in Australia over his account of the AOG Insurance Agency scandal. The legal action failed to intimidate him and was discontinued by the AOG six months later. Today he lives with his wife Rainee, and divides hi...