Source: Burlington Free Press Friday October 13, 2006 ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that a former Vermont woman must pay child support despite her religious beliefs. In a split decision, the court said the state can revoke the driver’s license of Joyce Stanzione, a member of Twelve Tribes Messianic…
New York Post John Doyle and Hasani Gittens August 23, 2006 The brother and sister charged with a series of bank robberies in Manhattan have a strange and troubled history, The Post has learned. Joe Kirby, 23, and his sister, Shemini, 20, told friends that they spent their formative years being psychologically abused in a…
New York Daily News Ernie Naspreto Daily News Police Bureau August 22, 2006 The family that robs together, gets caught together. A brother – and sister bank – robbery team was busted yesterday after cops staked out a West Side methadone clinic, where the male half of the team was getting treatment, police said. Joe…
Source: New York Post Perry Chiaramonte August 22, 2006 A pair of hipster-looking bank bandits – who turned out to be a brother-sister robbery team – were busted yesterday for three heists in Manhattan, sources said. Joe Kirby, 23, who is homeless and his sister Shemini, 20, who lives in the Bronx are suspected of…
Source: Religious news blog Sunday July 23, 2006 A festival of peace PLYMOUTH — The imposing cedar-shingled house, set on a steep hill overlooking Plymouth Bay, has been a source of curiosity for many who have passed 33 Warren Ave. since the Twelve Tribes bought the former nursing home seven years ago. What is the…
Transcript – Download ABC Transcript of Interview of two ex-members of cults. The first one is a ex-member of the Twelve Tribes in Australia. The program is called “The spirit of things” and this interview was aired 12th June 2006 Rachael Kohn: It’s been said many times before, that one man’s Cult is another…
Source: The Chattanoogan.com Thursday, June 1, 2006 My name is Karen Draper. I live in Utah now but lived in Chattanooga and stayed with the “Yellow Deli” people for several weeks before making my “escape.” I just found this website after hearing from one of my friends in Chickamauga, Ga., that “they were back.” Ironically,…
Cornell Daily Sun/May 3, 2006 By Ross Anderson “I’m really thankful,” said a man who identified himself as Lev. “I was lost and alone, and then God revealed himself to me.” Five years ago, Lev joined the Twelve Tribes, The Common Wealth of Israel, a religious group that began a community in Ithaca two years…
Source: The Boston Globe By Christopher Dreher | October 23, 2005 Massachusetts has long been fertile ground for religious sects like Twelve Tribes. The group has already settled in Plymouth, Dorchester, Hyannis, and Athol. Newton, Wellesley, and Harvard Square may be next for a group that requires members to give up their possessions, follow the…
Source: www.coldtype.net Published: October 20, 2005 Links: www.coldtype.net/Assets.05/Niman/Niman.24.05.pdf http://mediastudy.com/articles/av10-20-05.html Pdf: 20051020 coldtype.net The food co-op and the hate group It certainly seems wholesome enough, looking at the shelves of fresh locally baked organic whole grain bread lined up at my local food co-op in Buffalo. Each neatly bagged loaf bears the homey label of the Common Ground…