WCAX.com, Vermont prepared a report in July 2009, 25 years after the raid which took place in Island Pond. 112 children were taken by the State to be examined… Here are the original articles and videos linked: Article Part 1 with links to original TV report Article Part 2 with links to original TV report…
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: New York Times Published: June 19, 2000 ISLAND POND, Vt., June 18— Sixteen years after a swarm of Vermont troopers rousted 112 children from their beds in an effort to examine them for signs of abuse, some of those same children, now adults, returned today to this community to swear that they had felt…
Source: International Journal of Cultic Studies Volume 1, 2010, 27-48 Original title of essay (The Northeast Kingdom Community is short for Northeast Kingdom Community Church, name the 12 Tribes had previously): House of Judah, the Northeast Kingdom Community, and ‘the Jonestown Problem’ Downplaying Child Physical Abuses and Ignoring Serious Evidence Stephen A. Kent Department of…
Source: Cape Cod Times Amy Anthony April 26, 2014 A man recently ordered by a Vermont jury to pay $35 million in damages to a woman he was convicted of sexually assaulting years ago joined the Twelve Tribes religious community in Hyannis to avoid paying the victim, the victim’s attorney alleges. On April 18, after…
Source:The Chronicle, Vermont, 17 September 2013 by nataliehormilla In this Chronicle file photo, a Vermont state trooper carries a bundle of wooden rods out of a restaurant owned by the Island Pond community on June 22, 1984. “They’re still at it!” That’s what we said when we read the astounding news that on September…
Samantha Brosseau was raised in a strict Christian commune. At age 18, she decided to run away to escape her oppressive lifestyle and go to college – but leaving wasn’t nearly as simple as she’d hoped. Tonic, California/July 19, 2010 By Lisa DeBenedictis Samantha Brosseau twists her ring around her finger absentmindedly. It consists of…
Island Pond, Vermont – July 16, 2009 Featured Videos The Island Pond Raid: 25 Years Later, Part 2 Police lead Jeremiah Whitten out of his Island Pond home in 1984. Jeremiah Whitten – Today Island Pond, Vermont – July 16, 2009 Jeremiah Whitten remembers like it was yesterday the morning he awoke to…
Source: WCAX.com-2009-Vermont Featured Videos The Island Pond Raid: 25 Years Later, Part 1 Island Pond, Vermont – July 15, 2009 Island Pond is a small village within the town of Brighton; a quiet area where moose seem to outnumber people. But in the late 1970s, Island Pond’s population began to grow quickly when a community…