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…
This excellent, well researched article was published by Pacific Standard, a National Magazine, Award-winning, bimonthly based out of California. The whole article can be seen on Pacific Standard’s online magazine: here The following are the first paragraphs: Shuah Jones, 15, stuffed clothes under her bed blankets in the shape of a body, grabbed her diary…
Source: psmag.com 26 aug 2015 Despite media exposés over the years, members who have left the controversial religious sect known as the Twelve Tribes claim that the group continues to beat children, exploit them as free workers, and deny them access to education and modern medicine. When do religious protections protect too much? Pacific Standard…
EL tells the story of her involvement with the Twelve Tribes into which she followed her husband from Togo to Canada. I am an African woman and I grew up in a 7th day Adventist family. I have survived my experience with the 12 tribes and I married a Canadian man in Africa in 2010….
Fuente: Telecinco-2009 14.01.09 | 13:50h. DAVID FIERRO / CARLOS AGUADO Se presentan como los descendientes directos de la primera Iglesia, tienen un carácter afable y educado y prometen ayudar al más necesitado. Pero tras sus promesas de felicidad y salvación se esconde una secta considerada destructiva y peligrosa por los expertos. Las Doce Tribus tienen…
Source: ValerieTarico.com Valerie Tarico, AlterNet 18 Aug 2015 at 23:57 ET On the surface, valuing embryonic life and abusing children are at odds, but with a biblical view of childhood, these positions can go hand in hand. Why do the same people who fight against abortion argue that parents should have the right to hit their…
Source: The Daily Telegraph – 5th August 2015 OSCAR-WINNER Cate Blanchett‘s debut as director will tell the story of a woman who flees a cult only to fall into a nightmare of imprisonment and government detention. Screen Australia says the actor will direct Stateless, a television series based on the story of German-Australian woman and…
Source: Defeating the beast The closest to living like the early church in the book of Acts is the Twelve Tribes. I’ve lived and worked with them on two occasions – for a month and a half on each occasion – and believe them to be serious believers blessed with God’s Holy Spirit. They’re working…
Source: Sudouest – 9 July 2015 Just over two weeks after the impressive gendarmerie raid on the sectarian community an open house was held on Sunday. The community of the Twelve Tribes, otherwise known as Tabitha’s Place, organized its open house last Sunday, a little over two weeks after the impressive police operation which led…
Source: Sudouest 19 novembre 2013 Download PDF: Tabitha’s Place investigated It focuses on suspicions of undeclared employment and breaches to schooling obligations for children living in the chateau rented by the community. Monday about 10 officers from the Oloron police and work inspectors intervened in Sus, at the residence quarters of the community of Tabitha’s…