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…
Bayerischer Rundfunk September 1, 2015 Translated from the German (Cheryl) The controversial Bible-based cult Twelve Tribes will definitely leave their property in Klosterzimmern in the district of Donau-Ries and turn their backs on Germany said the spokesman Martin Muller. The sect announced their decision at a press conference. The community feels its rights to freedom…
Source: http://www.rozhlas.cz/radiowave/hergot/_zprava/dvanact-kmenu-sekta-nebo-alternativni-zivotni-styl–1488375 Hosté Hergot!u Aleš Heuler a Štefan Klein z farmy Uchované semínko, která je komunitní usedlostí Dvanácti kmenů v České republiceFoto: Dominik Čejka Pokud jste už slyšeli o společenství Dvanáct kmenů, je pravděpodobné, že jste na jeho název narazili v souvislosti s kontroverzním policejním zásahem, který proběhl před dvěma lety v Německu. Policie tehdy odebrala…
Source: Escondido Grapevine Posted By: dweisman September 11, 2015 The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced recently no charges would be filed against three people accused of kidnapping a relative from the Twelve Tribes Community Church compound in Vista. A spokesman said kidnapping charges couldn’t “be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.” The relative was…
Source: http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/schule/sekte-zwoelf-staemme-verlassen-deutschland-a-1051506.html Mitglieder der Sekte “Zwölf Stämme” verlassen Deutschland nach 20 Jahren. Nach Prügelvorwürfen hatten Jugendamt und Polizei Dutzende Kinder aus der Glaubensgemeinschaft herausgeholt. Klosterzimmern in Bayern: Hier wollen die “Zwölf Stämme” nicht bleiben Freitag, 04.09.2015 17:44 Uhr Drucken Nutzungsrechte Feedback Kommentieren Die “Zwölf Stämme” wollen nicht länger in Deutschland leben und lösen ihre…
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…