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Australia illegally. Warwick Harrison, another Cornerstone affiliate and student at Cornerstone, mortgaged his family property whilst a number of other Cornerstone students and employees invested thousands of dollars. McIntosh visited Mr Foo in the Villawood Detention Centre whilst he was awaiting deportation. It is unclear if those associated with Cornerstone knew that Foo was living in Australia illegally.
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Cornerstone communities called people to commit to a "shared life... wherever
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