I was born in 1969. I earned a degree in Applied Science (Chemistry), Graduate Diploma in Education, and was 4 years into a part time Masters of Polymer Chemistry when I met the group known as the Twelve Tribes. I married Tysha Coyne in September 1994 and together we produced three children, Tessa born January…
Source:The Twelve Tribes blog- 2016 By Ashley Brilla Billy Lovell outside the Savannah, Georgia Twelve Tribes cafe. Photo courtesy of Billy Lovell Billy Lovell was the picture of a broken man. He was sitting in a drug treatment center with no one there to visit him. A disciple for the Twelve Tribes happened to be…
Source: Project Literacy-March 2016 by Kirstin Kelley 15 March 2016 This story is part of an ongoing campaign called the Alphabet of Illiteracy. By using letters themselves—the foundation of reading and writing—Project Literacy examines the ways illiteracy underpins some of the greatest challenges facing the world today. Below, we explore the letter R for “radicalization.” For many of us, cults are…
Source: Cult Help and Information Original article from Syracuse Herald American, Sunday, April 13, 1997. After eight years on the run, her sons are home again. Reclaiming kids from cult took Scriba woman across America. By Janet Gramza and Todd Lighty When the phone call finally came, Laurie Johnson’s heart soared. After an eight-year search…
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: Sud-Ouest: Au cœur du Béarn- 18 juin 2015 Publié le 18/06/2015 à 03h44 , modifié le 18/06/2015 à 08h27 par Romain Bely Les enquêteurs se basent sur les témoignages d’anciens adeptes de la communauté pour relancer les investigations Le château de Sus est occupé par la communauté Tabitha’s Place depuis 1982. PHOTO DAVID LE DEODIC/« SUD OUEST »…
Source: Le Figaro- Dans le Sud-Ouest une secte suspectee de violences sur mineurs Par Clémentine Maligorne Mis à jour le 17/06/2015 à 16:27 Publié le 16/06/2015 à 23:35 VIDÉOS – Dix responsables de la communauté «Tabitha’s Place» étaient en garde à vue mardi soir près de Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) dans le château où vivent les membres de cette…
Source: Le Bearn Bleu 17 Juin 2015 Article et radio interview exclu par Daniel Corsand, France Bleu Béarn Mercredi 17 juin 2015 à 15h26 Né au château de Sus, cet ancien adepte de la communauté, y a vécu jusqu’à sa majorité. Le jeune homme raconte son enfance, son adolescence, les sévices et aussi les raisons…