The following quotes were taken from Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited, Narcissus Publications, Prague and Skopje, 2003, written by Sam Vaknin, PhD. In the original quotes Narcissist, Narcissism or some facsimile appeared. However, Dr. Vaknin gave permission to change these to read “cult”, “cult leader” or the like. From our perspective of working twenty years…
JAMIE PRATER grew up in the community-church of Jesus People USA, Chicago. After leaving he embarked on a journey to reconstruct himself and his own past. And as he started contact with former members a much greater and darker picture emerged, revealing the extensive enabling and cover up of child sexual abuse by the leadership…
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: Metafilter“I was robbed of my childhood” September 2, 2015 6:33 PM Children are defenseless against abuse. They don’t vote. They don’t organize. They don’t have money to hire lobbyists or spin media campaigns to protect their interests. They don’t have a voice. They rely on adults for protection—and sometimes it’s those same adults who…
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…
Source: https://prezi.com/u0-j8vpfkqbj/the-twelve-tribes/#
Source: psmag.com 26 aug 2015 Despite media exposés over the years, members who have left the controversial religious sect known as the Twelve Tribes claim that the group continues to beat children, exploit them as free workers, and deny them access to education and modern medicine. When do religious protections protect too much? Pacific Standard…
EL tells the story of her involvement with the Twelve Tribes into which she followed her husband from Togo to Canada. I am an African woman and I grew up in a 7th day Adventist family. I have survived my experience with the 12 tribes and I married a Canadian man in Africa in 2010….
Fuente: Telecinco-2009 14.01.09 | 13:50h. DAVID FIERRO / CARLOS AGUADO Se presentan como los descendientes directos de la primera Iglesia, tienen un carácter afable y educado y prometen ayudar al más necesitado. Pero tras sus promesas de felicidad y salvación se esconde una secta considerada destructiva y peligrosa por los expertos. Las Doce Tribus tienen…