As social services launches an investigation, a mother’s shocking testimony lifts the lid on the mysterious commune squatting on a farm ‘Vicki’ has lifted the lid on the commune she escaped from in 2005 Then a vulnerable, single mother, she was ordered to beat her son The commune is linked to the controversial US…
June 17, 2014 Patrick Guyton Tagesspiegel Translated from the German Life after the Twelve Tribes cult There are approximately 15 large houses here, and sheds, utility rooms, greenhouses and lots of farm land. His parents were members of the Bible-based “Twelve Tribes” cult. For years, Christian Reip and his siblings were abused and beaten. Now…
Source: North Devon Journal Published 30 May 2014 AN investigation into the possibility that children were beaten with canes at a religious community has ended due to “insufficient evidence”. Police officers and Devon County Council began a “thorough review” of information received about the about the Twelve Tribes community, which runs the Common Loaf Bakery…
Source: Spiegel Online / Schulspiegel Original title: Leben nach der Sekte: “Ich habe keine Wurzeln und keine Kraft zu fliegen” Published: Monday 27 January 2014 Link: http://www.spiegel.de/schulspiegel/leben/zwoelf-staemme-wie-eine-aussteigerin-versucht-ins-leben-zu-finden-a-944962.html Pdf: No roots and no wings to fly After leaving the sect: no roots and no wings to fly She was born into a sect and whipped…
-one Sydney couple’s journey through the Twelve Tribes religious cult. Source: Sydney Morning Herald Sydney couple Rosemary Ilich aka Rose Ilich and Mark Ilich who spent 14 years with the Twelve Tribes religious cult. Photo: Tim Bauer watch the accompanying video interview One Saturday in October 1996, Mark Ilich and his wife Rosemary did something…
Source: The Sun: Twelve Tribes.. Inside the cult that canes kids Sun report on the sect mired in controversy Festival … Apple Day at Stentwood Farm EXCLUSIVE By RACHEL HALLIWELL Pictures by ADAM GRAY Published: 15th October 2013 On a small stage in a converted barn in rural Devon, 11 children perform a play for…
Pro Medienmagazin October 10, 2013 Translated from the German Certain liberties were taken with the original German text in order to better describe Elbert Eugene Spriggs and the Twelve Tribes. Today nightmares and paralysis torment his life as the darkness is difficult to bear because the memories return just as fresh like the day it…
Pro Medienmagazin October 10, 2013 Translated from the German. Today nightmares and paralysis torment his life as the darkness is difficult to bear because the memories return just as fresh like the day it happened. The newspapers portrayed in its latest issues two former Twelve Tribes members who recounted a large part of their childhood…
Von Anika Taiber Translated from the German An RTL report shows that the Twelve Tribes uses flogging as an education method. The reporter (Wolfram Kuhnigk) documented the punishment with concealed cameras. The little girl with blue pants is crying loudly. The pain is hard to miss, but the woman with the baby on her arm…
Mid Devon Gazette October 4, 2013 There is more to Stentwood Farm than fresh bread and smiles. Some people still smack their children, and I’m sure many more are tempted to do so, but would anyone want to hit them regularly with a balloon stick? The days when children were frequently pelted are thankfully gone,…