Source: Boston Magazine The person behind recent posts calling slavery ‘necessary’ claims to be a former employee, hoping to draw attention to a sect of fundamentalist Christians. By Kyle Scott Clauss | Boston Daily | July 10, 2016, 7:53 p.m Blue Blinds Bakery is a quaint cafe serving up organic fare in downtown Plymouth. “Blue…
Source: ABC The news station June 27, 2016, by Kristina Papa Ebed Delozier was sentenced to 4 to 23 months in prison. His wife Christine Delozier received 16 months on probation. Both pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter back in April. The couple’s sentencing was painful for family and friends who watched as a grieving mother…
Source:The Twelve Tribes blog- 2016 By Ashley Brilla Billy Lovell outside the Savannah, Georgia Twelve Tribes cafe. Photo courtesy of Billy Lovell Billy Lovell was the picture of a broken man. He was sitting in a drug treatment center with no one there to visit him. A disciple for the Twelve Tribes happened to be…
Source: Project Literacy-March 2016 by Kirstin Kelley 15 March 2016 This story is part of an ongoing campaign called the Alphabet of Illiteracy. By using letters themselves—the foundation of reading and writing—Project Literacy examines the ways illiteracy underpins some of the greatest challenges facing the world today. Below, we explore the letter R for “radicalization.” For many of us, cults are…
Source: Reddit.com From Vagabond, posted on 25 of January 2016 So mainly in the northeast but also in Tennessee, Georgia, and even Europe there’s this group they call themselves the 12 tribes. They are really really (like freakishly) nice to travelers, and recruit them for the communities. Basically they invited you back to the compound,…
Source: The wickedlocalplymouth.com The sign went up, the store closed and the work has begun. A new two-story café, another store, a private theater and a connecting courtyard are what’s coming for 53-57 and 59-61 Main St. By Emily Clark eclark@wickedlocal.com Posted Jan. 21, 2016 at 10:00 AM PLYMOUTH – The sign went up,…
Source: Appalachiantrails.com Cynthia Stewart August 3, 2015 I docked my canoe at Watermelon Campground at last. I had just paddled about 150 miles on the Shenandoah River, which flows parallel to the Appalachian Trail in the Shenandoah Mountains of Virginia. Hikers call this aqua-blazing, as opposed to following the white blazes that mark the Appalachian…
Source: Cult Help and Information Original article from Syracuse Herald American, Sunday, April 13, 1997. After eight years on the run, her sons are home again. Reclaiming kids from cult took Scriba woman across America. By Janet Gramza and Todd Lighty When the phone call finally came, Laurie Johnson’s heart soared. After an eight-year search…
Source: Dorchester Reporter May 4 2011 By Bill Forry May. 4, 2011 When Common Ground, the unique café and restaurant in Lower Mills, closed its doors two months ago, customers and fellow merchants were not too alarmed. The Twelve Tribes religious community that has operated the Dot Ave. business for the last 17 years passed…
Francie Diep Oct 23, 2015 A recent case of violence in a small, closed church highlights the role of religious exemptions in the American legal system… …The case brings fresh attention to the operations of small, radical churches in the United States, which are often protected by special religious exemption laws. In the September/October issue…