September 25, 2007 /
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By Dave Gram Source: Boston Globe September 25, 2007 (through Bishop accountability.org) GUILDHALL, Vt. — Molested as a child, a 23-year-old man wept in court Monday as he confronted the former church teacher who abused him when he was 11, telling him: “Don’t you ever do it to anyone else.” John W. Thomas, 37, of…
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August 31, 2007 /
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Source: Ithacans opposed to the Twelve Tribes cult He was looking to serve God with like-minded people. He thought communal living could be spiritually lifting, a way of life rare enough to spark his interest in his quest to serve God. And members of the Twelve Tribes, with their smiles and façades of happy living,…
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August 20, 2007 /
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Original source: Interviú.es also can be found in this site: Prisionero de las 12 Tribus and the translated to English version was provided by Twelvetribes.com and can be found here Marisa Carrio-8/20/07 Cheryl – owner of Twelve Tribes –ex web site translated this article from the Spanish They prepare for the return of the…
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August 15, 2007 /
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August 15, 2007 When associates of Diebold, Walmart, Monsanto, the Mormons, the Church of Scientology and the Republican Party see something embarrassing on their Wikipedia page, they don’t worry much about the truth content of the information, or about Wikipedia’s Neutral Point of View policy, they just remove the irksome entry and often put text…
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April 29, 2007 /
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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…
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April 20, 2007 /
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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…
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April 10, 2007 /
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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…
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April 4, 2007 /
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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…
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December 31, 2006 /
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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…
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December 18, 2006 /
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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…
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