Source: New York Times reposting the Associated Press, 16th November 2015 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NOV. 16, 2015, 9:16 A.M. E.S.T. BERLIN — A 54-year-old elder from a Christian sect in southern Germany has gone on trial on accusations he hit children in his care with a 1.2-meter (four-foot) switch. The “Twelve Tribes” elder, whose…
Source: Der Spiegel Die Sekte “Zwölf Stämme” ist bekannt für ihren brutalen Umgang mit Kindern. Jetzt ist erstmals eine Lehrerin der Fundamentalchristen zu einer Haftstrafe verurteilt worden. Sie soll besonders heftig geprügelt haben. Täuschende Idylle: Eingangsschild in Klosterzimmern bei Deiningen Montag, 16.11.2015 17:43 Uhr Drucken Nutzungsrechte Feedback Kommentieren In Bayern steht seit Montag ein…
Source: Wikipedia These paragraphs were written in 2015 as part of the Wikipedia entry on the Twelve Tribes. They stayed until a certain Twelve Tribes member fulfilling his role as a watchdog deleted the whole section in one go. Many are the testimonies written and verbal by ex-members and their relatives (1)(2) which can be…
Source: Modernnotion.com This article is part of a series called “A cult A day” which first page you will find here By Mark HayTuesday, November 10, 2015 Cult is an ominous word. Conjuring up images of glass-eyed devotees and ecstatic rituals, for most of us it’s a pejorative term used to describe unusual spirituality. But…
Source: A medium corporation Tracy Ratledge journalist/ singer-songwriter/ world traveler Nov 10, 2015 In broad daylight, a local sheriff is cuffing a hoodlum in a non-descript white t-shirt and pants hanging low enough to allow his forest green plaid boxers to take center stage. It’s just another Friday afternoon in Downtown Vista. Middle school mini-bikers…
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…
Source: Salmon Press Media by Edith Tucker October 14, 2015 LANCASTER — John Brosseau, a skilled carpenter and general manager of the Simon the Tanner retail store at 55 Main St. that is owned and operated by the Twelve Tribes Community, now predicts that the Yellow Deli restaurant will be open when the daffodils bloom…
October 2015 Kickshaw Today I read “Children of the Tribes” by Julia Scheeres, an article about alleged abusive practices of unpaid labor and child abuse in the Twelve Tribes cult. This paragraph from the article caught my eye: The Tribes now has communities at 12 locations around the globe, most of them in New England,…
Source: Wicked Local Plymouth Posted Oct. 2, 2015 at 11:41 AM Updated Oct 2, 2015 at 3:46 PM PLYMOUTH – A well-known member of the Twelve Tribes, Marcel Masse, or Keli Masse as he was known, died in a car crash last month. Masse, 53, of Lancaster, New Hampshire, was behind the wheel of a Jetta…
Source: christiannewswire.com Contact: Amanda Huffman, Rose Publishing, 253-266-1025, media@rose-publishing.com TORRANCE, Calif., Aug. 4 /Christian Newswire/ – When Lynn’s son Bryce went to the annual Harvest Crusade, a Christian music and evangelism event, she had no way of knowing he would be lured into a cultic group known as the Twelve Tribes. Before she knew it, Bryce abandoned his…