/losgatos/holy-city-father-rikers-cult-in-the-santa-cruz-mountains/ Connecting People to Places Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:49:40 +0000 hourly 1 .org/?v=7.0.2 /losgatos/holy-city-father-rikers-cult-in-the-santa-cruz-mountains/#comment-165402 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:49:40 +0000 /?p=3239#comment-165402 When I lived in Redwood Estates as a young boy, I walked to Holy City to get my haircut and had to walk past Father Rike’r’s house. Sort of scary for a boy nine years old (or younger). Had to walk through dark and scary woods to get there. My parents used to drive the Old Road to get to Seacliff Beach. They refused to take us to Santa Cruz because they were concerned that my younger brother and I would to ride the roller coaster and other rides.

]]> /losgatos/holy-city-father-rikers-cult-in-the-santa-cruz-mountains/#comment-103133 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 20:28:30 +0000 /?p=3239#comment-103133 I appreciated gaining this knowledge of the mysterious So called Holy City as I’ve lived in Santa Clara Valley for years and wondered. However I’d also appreciate it if you’d recognize the founder called HIMSELF Father and while he may have compelled others to as well, never the Catholic Church as the title typically implies. Therefore I and many others would appreciate it if you’d clear up this confusion by identifying that he was not a Catholic priest with weird ideas. Thank you sorry ch

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