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…
Source: Dangerous minds blog-09/10/2013 Have you heard about the Twelve Tribes group of “Amish-style” hippies—the men have beards, headbands, and ponytails and the women dress like Old West extras on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman—who have been following Bob Dylan’s tour around in a bus handing out a freaky 24-page ‘zine (“Dylan: What Are You Thinking?”)…
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…
Focus Online Marianna Deinyan September 10, 2013 Translated from the German RTL reporter Wolfram Kuhnigk has smuggled a hidden camera onto the Twelve Tribes property. Wolfram says he witnessed the systematic corporal punishment of children. In an interview with Focus Online, he spoke about “spanking rooms.” And he also says that tribes members break 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…
Source: The Huffington Post UK Posted: 30/09/2013 12:03 BST Updated: 30/09/2013 12:13 BST Child abuse experts are investigating a Christian school after it was alleged children are regularly beaten with a cane. The NSPCC have asked Devon County Council and Devon and Cornwall Police to investigate Twelve Tribes, a Christian sect based at Stentwood farm….
Source:RTLNext.de September 9, 2013 Translated from the German “I was stunned that everything came to light.” Fear, isolation and spanking – RTL – Reporter Wolfram Kuhnigk revealed the martyrdom of the Twelve Tribes children. Thanks to him they were released to the police. They live seemingly idyllic lives in a monastery in the Bavarian village…
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…
Augsburger Allgemeine September 8, 2013 Von Anika Taiber Translated from the German Wolfram Kuhnigk has secretly infiltrated the Bible-based cult “Twelve Tribes” and has transferred his records to the Youth Welfare Office. In this interview he talks about his experiences in the cult. Wolfram Kuhnigk, a freelance journalist, has smuggled himself secretly into the Twelve…
A few days ago, the police removed 40 children from the Bible-based Twelve Tribes cult because of child abuse. It is not known if Wolfram Kuhnigk (RTL-Reporter) provided the other reporters with covert research notes. If they drive through town, they look so friendly. A little spun perhaps, the men with long beards, women with…