Nova Scotia town closes door on Vt. sect

Island Pond religious group blocked from buying property The Providence Sunday Journal July 29, 1984 Residents of a small town in Nova Scotia reportedly have banded together to keep members of a controversial communal religious sect from settling there. Members of the Northeast Kingdom Church – the group from which the police rounded up children…

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The Raid in Island Pond

In the pre-dawn hours of June 22, 1984, a swarm of police officers and social workers, with the approval of state officials all the way to the governor’s office (Governor Snelling was the governor at the time), raided the Island Pond group. They seized 112 of the group’s children and bused them to Newport with…

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Small Vermont town embroiled in controversy over religious sect

source: the Associated Press, 18 November 1983, page 4 Associated Press Island Pond, Vt. —18 November 1983 When Juan Mattatall got his 4-year-old daughter back from the Northeast Kingdom Community Church, it was one of the happiest days of his life. But for some people in this village it was an unpleasant reminder of the…

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WHERE IS LYDIA MATTATALL?

Father battles sect over custody of girl Source: Boston Globe article archived by Factnet and Xenu directory By Colin Nickerson Globe STaff ISLAND POND, Vt. – lt’s been a year now since Juan Mattatall last saw his youngest daughter, Lydia, 3 years old. He knows where she is: Europe. And he knows who she’s with:…

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Group set up to help defectors of Island Pond sect

Source: Factnet archives via Xenu directory 6 January 1983 Prompted by a controversial religious sect in Island Pond, a statewide group has been formed to provide support and assistance to people trying to flee cults that use alleged mind control techniques on their members. Spokesman Alan Bouffard of Winooski said this week the organization -…

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