Village police arrested a 48 year old Coxsackie man Saturday night and charged him with assault after allegedly attacking a member of the Twelve Tribes group with a baseball bat. David W. Ziegler was reportedly distraught that his wife, Suzy, had begun living with the group some time ago. On Saturday, Ziegler allegedly entered the…
Boy Came Forward To Church Elders In 1997 TheChamplainChannel.com/February 11, 2005 Island Pond, Vt. — Police charged a former member of the Twelve Tribes Church in Island Pond with molesting a young boy. John Thomas, 32, is accused of sexually abusing at least one of the children at the church in the Northeast Kingdom. Church…
Source: The Caledonian-Record/February 10, 2005 By James Jardine St. Johnsbury Vermont — John W. Thomas of Savoy, Mass., is scheduled to be arraigned in Caledonia District Court on one count of sexual assault on a minor and three counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child. The state alleges Thomas sexually abused four children,…
Source: Broward Palm Beach, New Times, 3rd June 2004 Jeff Leonard, looking good in stripes by Eric Alan Barton 3 June 2004 On a spring morning two years ago, Kimberly Peck saw something shocking in the hut where her daughters were sleeping. Peck, then a member of the Twelve Tribes religious cult, lived with her…
Brattleboro Reformer/April 17, 2004 By Mike Kalil Brattleboro — The husband of a woman arrested this week on a 16-year-old charge of keeping her daughter away from her biological father said Friday he was surprised by his wife’s arrest. And so was the former Windham County Sheriff’s Department chief deputy, who headed the investigation back…
Source:Sydney Morning Herald-14 April 2004 Pistol Pete plays with fire while Whip King steals the Show By Justin Norrie April 14, 2004 Print this article Email to a friend They have racy nicknames such as The Whip King and Pistol Pete and they pose in “shocking” and “insane” manoeuvres for a show suggestively titled Xtreme Korruption. But as thousands of…
Lakeville facility gives clients the tools to readjust to society The Boston Globe April 4, 2004 Paul E. Kandarian Lakeville, Mass – Dana Birdwell thought she found the perfect life. She was in her early 20s, attending college in Savannah, Ga., and looking for spiritual fulfillment. She thought the answer was Twelve Tribes, a religious…
Source: Cult news A news report posted yesterday about the so-called “Twelve Tribes” contained misinformation. According to Vermont’s WVNY TV report the group was cleared of child abuse charges after a raid in 1984. However, this conclusion is incorrect. Contrary to the report “evidence of abuse” was found within the “cult” compound. Police collected piles…
Cornell Daily May 3, 2003 Ithaca, New York is largely known as the site of Cornell University. But now this college town in upstate New York may be known for more than that. Elbert Spriggs is the leader of the notorious “cult” Twelve Tribes which is buying up property in Ithaca, reports the Cornell Daily. …
November 12, 2002 Cheryl Lewczyk In a large communal home members of the Twelve Tribes sect have established themselves. They see themselves as the true disciples of Yahshua (Jesus) but shockingly are true disciples of their “Apostle” and founder Elbert Eugene Spriggs. The Twelve Tribes are a Bible-based cult. Before the gathering starts where the…