September 9, 2006 /
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September 9, 2006 Amazingly, it can’t be denied, there are a few African Americans in the Twelve Tribes. I saw one with my own eyes and talked to him. They are trotted out whenever and wherever TT comes under public scrutiny, for instance at the “Merrymakers Caravan festival” on the Commons on August 12. This…
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September 3, 2006 /
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Source: childrenshealthcare.org-2015 , website: http://childrenshealthcare.org/ to download pdf click here: Children’s Health care is a duty Inc
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August 23, 2006 /
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New York Post John Doyle and Hasani Gittens August 23, 2006 The brother and sister charged with a series of bank robberies in Manhattan have a strange and troubled history, The Post has learned. Joe Kirby, 23, and his sister, Shemini, 20, told friends that they spent their formative years being psychologically abused in a…
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August 22, 2006 /
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New York Daily News Ernie Naspreto Daily News Police Bureau August 22, 2006 The family that robs together, gets caught together. A brother – and sister bank – robbery team was busted yesterday after cops staked out a West Side methadone clinic, where the male half of the team was getting treatment, police said. Joe…
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August 22, 2006 /
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Source: New York Post Perry Chiaramonte August 22, 2006 A pair of hipster-looking bank bandits – who turned out to be a brother-sister robbery team – were busted yesterday for three heists in Manhattan, sources said. Joe Kirby, 23, who is homeless and his sister Shemini, 20, who lives in the Bronx are suspected of…
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June 12, 2006 /
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Transcript – Download ABC Transcript of Interview of two ex-members of cults. The first one is a ex-member of the Twelve Tribes in Australia. The program is called “The spirit of things” and this interview was aired 12th June 2006 Rachael Kohn: It’s been said many times before, that one man’s Cult is another…
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August 5, 2004 /
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Why I left Elbert Eugene Spriggs “Twelve Tribes Communes” The reasons why a past member left the Twelve Tribes Cult. The past member that wrote this has wished to remain anonymous. Formerly known as: Northeast Kingdom Community Church, Church of God, The New Apostolic Order in Messiah, The Church in Island Pond, the Twelve Tribes…
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July 12, 2004 /
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Cheryl L ex-member experiences I first encountered “Reya” (Bill Johnson) and “Olah” (Kathy Johnson) after reading a newspaper article describing the Twelve Tribes communal group in Lakeview, N.Y. in October of 1995. Upon meeting the larger household with whom they lived, Twelve Tribes members greeted me with smiles, hugs, compliments, tea, Hebrew dancing and testimonies….
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April 4, 2004 /
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Lakeville facility gives clients the tools to readjust to society The Boston Globe April 4, 2004 Paul E. Kandarian Lakeville, Mass – Dana Birdwell thought she found the perfect life. She was in her early 20s, attending college in Savannah, Ga., and looking for spiritual fulfillment. She thought the answer was Twelve Tribes, a religious…
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October 25, 2003 /
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Read on and decide for yourself! Elbert Eugene Spriggs is the undisputed leader of the Twelve Tribes and claims to be an “Apostle” and “the prophet Elijah.” Spriggs says of himself, “I must begin by saying that the only authority I have to be called an apostle is my fruit. Of course authority comes from…
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