Twelve Tribes Germany update 8 / 2013 November 29

I’ve received tips of more news on the Twelve Tribes recently. In the last week, a child has returned to their parents and has not yet been found by child protective services. There was another court hearing, complete with demonstration; and the Bavarian Parliament has said they wish to have clarification on the state of affairs with the Twelve Tribes cases.Here is the news so that you can read it for yourself. Remember, it can be run through Google Translate if you do not speak German. It won’t be perfect, but it should give you just enough to work out what is being said.

…three siblings who were born in 2005, 2007 and 2009. A decision was made that the children should not be returned to their parents… a family psychological report needs to be created…
BR.de – Drei Geschwister bleiben bei Pflegefamilie

The District Office Donau-Ries has informed us that a foster mother had found on Wednesday… her foster child was missing…
..By 8 o’clock on Thursday, the child protective officers from Nördlingen found that the child was in the custody of her biological parents on the Twelve Tribes commune…
Augsburger Allgemeine – Kind flüchtet zu den leiblichen Eltern 

…The twelve year old was seen in the area of Illertissen…
Süddeutsche Zeitung – Kind flüchtet vor Pflegeeltern

…the child had been in contact with her parents. The biological parents brought their daughter back in the afternoon. The child then spent the rest of the night with the parents…
BR.de – Vermisstes Mädchen wieder zurück

…Eva, 17 years old…was allowed to return to her birth parents, who live together with other “twelve tribes”-members. The permission to return has been made in consideration of Eva’s age; according to Helmut Beyschlag, the director of the district court in Nördlingen. … “This age allows one self determination and has a higher weight than in younger children,” said Beyschlag… Ex-members, however, doubt that the children have a will of their own…
Spiegel Online -  Christen-Sekte “Zwölf Stämme”: 17-Jährige kehrt zu ihren Eltern zurück

Parents of the “Twelve Tribes” faith community have demonstrated in front of the district office in Donauwörth. The cult members raise allegations against the authorities…
Augsburger Allgemeine – Demonstration vor dem Landratsamt: Eltern wollen ihre Kinder zurück

The Bavarian State Parliament… calls for clarification of the state government about possible failures of the authorities in dealing with the sect of the “Twelve Tribes”.
… the first committee meeting will be held in the new year, on the 23rd of January…
Nordbayern.de – Landtag will Aufklärung über Umgang mit “Zwölf Stämmen”

I do not understand how the seventeen year old is not being assisted to deprogram rather than being sent back to her abusive parents. Yes, I agree they are caught up in this as well, but while they are in the abuse dynamic, they will be no help to her and that community is not a safe place.