Die Welt January 24, 2014 Translated from the German The Twelve Tribes can no longer operate their own private school. They are a Bible-based sect who follows the teachings of their “Apostle” – Elbert Eugene Spriggs. The Twelve Tribes lost the chance to operate their private school because of unqualified “teachers.” The Bavarian Ministry of…
Translated from the German Spiegel Online January 24, 2014 The controversial sect of “Twelve tribes” can no longer operate a school because the sect lost a corresponding process before the Administrative Court of Augsburg. The sect had operated since 2006 a so-called supplementary school. As early as last November, the Swabian government of Bavaria…
Pro Medienmagazin October 10, 2013 Translated from the German Certain liberties were taken with the original German text in order to better describe Elbert Eugene Spriggs and the Twelve Tribes. Today nightmares and paralysis torment his life as the darkness is difficult to bear because the memories return just as fresh like the day it…
Pro Medienmagazin October 10, 2013 Translated from the German. Today nightmares and paralysis torment his life as the darkness is difficult to bear because the memories return just as fresh like the day it happened. The newspapers portrayed in its latest issues two former Twelve Tribes members who recounted a large part of their childhood…
An investigative journalist infiltrates the group and finds evidence of child abuse. This will lead to the raid early September 2013 where 40 children were taken into state custody.
Focus Online September 17, 2013 Translated from the German (Cheryl – web mistress) The devil lurks in a distracted mind If a child behaves foolishly he/she receives punishment. Whoever daydreams in the classroom or who does not stand still during the one-hour prayer gatherings then the adult thrashes them. Their parents remove misbehaving children to…
Source: The Independent UK- 10 Sept. 2013 Download PDF:In Germany A documentary revealed the torture inflicted by a religious community on its young TONY PATERSON BERLIN Tuesday 10 September 2013 The little blond-haired boy is about four years old. He simpers as a middle aged woman drags him downstairs into a dimly-lit cellar and orders…
Süddeutsche.de September 10, 2013 Translated from the German “I have received 84 lashes in just two days.” A TV reporter has secretly filmed the Twelve Tribes Bible-based cult. The authorities are shocked because they announced inspections but they did nothing for months. Von Stefan Mayr The woman sits on a chair and says to the…
Süddeutsche.de September 10, 2013 Translated from the German It’s possible that the beatings continued despite the knowledge and supervision of the authorities. “We tried,” says District Rössle. But the children have said during interviews without their parents present that they were not beaten. He speaks of a “sinister influence” from the parents. The children have…
Süddeutsche Zeitung September 9, 2013 Stefan Mayr Translated from the German This is so cruel that we cannot show everything that was filmed with a hidden camera. Twelve Tribes children were beaten for trifling matters in the Bible-based cult with the rod on the bare skin. RTL journalist Wolfram Kuhnigk recorded the beating of six…