Source: PrinceGeorge Citizen newspaper Peter JAMES / Staff writer July 3, 2013 01:00 AM In a case Crown prosecutor Geoffrey McDonald called “comical” and defence lawyer Keith Jones termed “bizarre,” a former Prince George resident was handed a 45-day jail sentence Tuesday for possessing child pornography. Ross Haynes Sandwell, 42, pled guilty to one charge…
Bible-based cult wants to teach its children May 16, 2013 Translated from the German After the only state recognized teacher left, the state of Bavaria removed their teaching license from the Twelve Tribes cult. However, the private school of the Bible-based cult of Klosterzimmern wants to continue with a pseudo-exodus abroad. “We had to act,”…
Translated from the German Süddeutsche May 22, 2012 Von Stefan Mayr In the middle of Bavaria in a state-approved school racists educate children and young people. Several former members accuse the Twelve Tribes sect of just that. In addition, infants were chastised with safety pins and willow sticks. The Augsburg prosecutor now checks whether…
Island Pond, Vermont – July 16, 2009 Featured Videos The Island Pond Raid: 25 Years Later, Part 2 Police lead Jeremiah Whitten out of his Island Pond home in 1984. Jeremiah Whitten – Today Island Pond, Vermont – July 16, 2009 Jeremiah Whitten remembers like it was yesterday the morning he awoke to…
Source: WCAX.com-2009-Vermont Featured Videos The Island Pond Raid: 25 Years Later, Part 1 Island Pond, Vermont – July 15, 2009 Island Pond is a small village within the town of Brighton; a quiet area where moose seem to outnumber people. But in the late 1970s, Island Pond’s population began to grow quickly when a community…
Source: Bol Noticias Juan Diego Quesada 18/03/2009 Eles não mandam os filhos à escola, admitem o castigo físico como uma forma de educá-los, segundo ex-membros, e em muitos casos rejeitam os tratamentos médicos. A comunidade das Doze Tribos, que tenta viver como os cristãos primitivos, se assentou em várias regiões da Espanha “Eles o manipulam…
Promoting a boycott of the Mate Factor restaurant on the Ithaca Commons and raising awareness about the beliefs and practices of the Twelve Tribes religious cult. March 6, 2009 John Sullivan In Ithaca many people consider the consequences of how and where they spend their money. My wife and I have friends who can tell…
Source: Sydney Morning Herald March 24, 2008 Harsh discipline of children is a central tenet of a religious sect operating in Picton, writes Tim Elliott. In 1999 Matthew Klein had a revelation. Fed up with mainstream Christianity, the then 30-year-old industrial chemist, his wife and two young children went to live on a nine-hectare…
Source: Sydney Morning Herald Tim Elliott March 24, 2008 AMONG the fairy floss and fun rides at this year’s Royal Easter Show, one of the most popular attractions is the Common Ground cafe, a wholefood outlet that specialises in organic breads and barramundi burgers. The show’s website touts the cafe’s “unique flavours and energy”, calling…
source: the ferret Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Brisbane – Sydney, Australia — A bizarre bible cult, which advocates beating children before they are old enough to walk, is recruiting in Queensland and New South Wales.Sources say its set up camp in Maleny on the Sunshine Coast (Qld) also Picton Galston and Katoomba in (NSW). Twelve…