Families Against Intimidation and Terror (FAIT) was a group that campaigned against paramilitary violence during

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. Formed in 1990 by Nancy Gracey and others following the shooting of her son by a paramilitary organisation, it was funded by, among others, the British Government, having a budget of about £30,000. In addition to Gracey its public spokespersons were its director Sam Cushnahan and development officer Vincent McKenna.

Clifford Peeples Clifford Peeples (sometimes spelled Clifford Peoples; born circa 1970) is a self-styled pastor in Northern Ireland who has been associated with Ulster loyalist activity. Peeples has been a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the Loyalist V ...

was also a prominent member.Self-styled loyalist pastor jailed

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McKenna, who claimed to have been a member of the

Provisional Irish Republican Army The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reun ...

in 1980-91 and was especially vociferous in campaigning against the IRA, appeared on a United Kingdom Unionist Party platform and accused named individuals of responsibility for the

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. Cushnahan then resigned, and in 1999 McKenna abandoned FAIT and campaigned as the Northern Ireland Human Rights Bureau, while FAIT disappeared from view. In 2000 McKenna was convicted of 31 counts of child sexual abuse.{{Cite web , url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/charlatan-who-duped-ulsters-ruling-classes-621828.html , title=Beatrix Campbell, profile of McKenna, The Independent, 2000 , website=

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