April 29, 2007 We just finished up our day at Washington after seeing the National Art Gallery and some of the Smithsonian, and were about to head back to Darcie’s cousins’ house for supper when we decided it would be nice to get a good photo of the Capitol. We headed down the ‘mall,’ which is…
Source: Sydney Morning Herald Tim Elliott April 20, 2007 Page 1 of 3 | Single page Quitting a cult takes determination and expert help. THE BEGINNING OF the rest of Matthew Klein’s life began one crisp morning in October 2001, on a street corner in a red light district of Winnipeg, Canada. That was the…
Erika Spaet April 10, 2007 Suzanne Watin was a Jewish dental hygienist from Union, N.J. She and her now ex-husband had their daughter late in life, moved around often and always had enough money; they lived an ordinary, upper-middle class life together. But when fate knocked on Watin’s door six years ago, she decided the…
April 4, 2007 A Baptist told me this joke: “Why do you have to take two Baptists with you when you go fishing? Because if you just take one, he’ll drink all your beer.” The subject of what distinguishes a church from a cult came up in the comments section. I ran across a proposed…
Source: Acidigital / related paper from ICSA: http://www.icsahome.com/articles/cultism–a-conference-for-scholars-policy-makers-csj-3-1 Lic. José Maria Baamonde Apesar do que normalmente a sociedade acredita, são muitos os danos causados por certos novos movimentos religiosos e não somente no âmbito das pessoas que aderem ou seus familiares mais próximos. A seguir consignaremos uma lista elaborada pela Wingspread Conference, reunida na cidade…
Original source: La sospechosa espiritualidad de las Doce Tribus also found in this site: La sospechosa espiritualidad de las Doce Tribus translation provided by twelvetribes-ex.com El Pais 12/31/2006 Mikel Ormazabal – San Sebastian Translated from the Spanish (Cheryl) This is how this group lives that emulates the first believers and does not educate their children…
Source: La Croix le 18/12/2006 à 20h45 Pour prévenir les dérives, une commission d’enquête parlementaire préconise de limiter l’enseignement à domicile. « La Croix » rapporte les témoignages de deux jeunes femmes ayant vécu, enfants, dans une secte Pour prévenir les dérives, une commission d’enquête parlementaire préconise de limiter l’enseignement à domicile. « La Croix…
Source: De espaldas al mundo-El Pais El Pais J. M. Marti Font – Paris November 24, 2006 Translated from the Spanish (Cheryl Web mistress) Authorities in France are investigating a cult which fails to educate their children. They do not cut their hair, but the men wear it in shoulder length ponytails. Elbert Eugene Spriggs…
Source:Le Parisien November 24, 2006 Jean-Marc Ducos Translated from the French (Cheryl – web mistress of Twelve Tribes-ex.com) A family of five children, who lived for five years at Tabitha’s Place community in Sus, France, filed a complaint stating the cult abused them when they were at their weakest. They lived a real ordeal before…
Le monde.fr November 22, 2006 Translated from the French (Cheryl – web mistress) ***Certain liberties were taken with the original French text in describing the Twelve Tribes and Elbert Eugene Spriggs. Several members of the Parliamentary Commission on sects visited Tabitha’s Place, a community based in Sus, near Pau (Pyrenees Atlantic) to investigate with the…