Vermont raid had similar conclusion to Texas case

Source: SentinelSource Posted: Saturday, June 7, 2008 12:00 am By WILSON RING MONTPELIER, Vt. — Before dawn on June 22, 1984, 90 Vermont State Police troopers and 50 social workers descended on the Island Pond homes of about 400 people belonging to the Northeast Kingdom Community Church to investigate allegations of child abuse. Authorities had…

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12 Tribes France TV Doc 2007 English Subtitles

This documentary was aired on French TV in 2007. The original title, translated reads: Children under cults mind control. It is in total more than 1 hour long with the first section on the 12 Tribes being in total 32 mns and the rest being dedicated to investigate the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization.  The whole documentary…

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The great escape

Source: Sydney Morning Herald Tim Elliott April 20, 2007 Page 1 of 3 | Single page Quitting a cult takes determination and expert help. THE BEGINNING OF the rest of Matthew Klein’s life began one crisp morning in October 2001, on a street corner in a red light district of Winnipeg, Canada. That was the…

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Juice for Jesus

Erika Spaet April 10, 2007 Suzanne Watin was a Jewish dental hygienist from Union, N.J.  She and her now ex-husband had their daughter late in life, moved around often and always had enough money; they lived an ordinary, upper-middle class life together.  But when fate knocked on Watin’s door six years ago, she decided the…

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Danos causados por algumas seitas e NMR (ref. as Doze Tribos)

Source: Acidigital    /  related paper from ICSA: http://www.icsahome.com/articles/cultism–a-conference-for-scholars-policy-makers-csj-3-1 Lic. José Maria Baamonde Apesar do que normalmente a sociedade acredita, são muitos os danos causados por certos novos movimentos religiosos e não somente no âmbito das pessoas que aderem ou seus familiares mais próximos. A seguir consignaremos uma lista elaborada pela Wingspread Conference, reunida na cidade…

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Backs to the world

Source: De espaldas al mundo-El Pais El Pais J. M. Marti Font – Paris November 24, 2006 Translated from the Spanish (Cheryl Web mistress) Authorities in France are investigating a cult which fails to educate their children.  They do not cut their hair, but the men wear it in shoulder length ponytails.  Elbert Eugene Spriggs…

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Authorities have discovered in the Pyrenees-Atlantic a community where the children and its members are “cut off from society.”

Le monde.fr November 22, 2006 Translated from the French (Cheryl – web mistress) ***Certain liberties were taken with the original French text in describing the Twelve Tribes and Elbert Eugene Spriggs. Several members of the Parliamentary Commission on sects visited Tabitha’s Place, a community based in Sus, near Pau (Pyrenees Atlantic) to investigate with the…

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“Cult” child abuse cases often bungled (inc. 12t.)

Source: Cult News ,30 October 2002 An excellent editorial appeared in the Edmonton Journal written by Paula Simons regarding the background history of a Canadian “cult” child abuse case. Lucille Poulin, the leader of the “Four Winds Commune” was convicted on five counts of assault for beating children within her group. Her defense was essentially…

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Women, Elderly, and Children In Religious Cults (incl.12 Tribes)

Source: Icsa article Marcia Rudin Abstract Although most reports concerning cults suggest that the majority of converts are young adults, there is growing documentation attesting to the negative impact of cults on elderly and children. In addition, special abuses of women in cults have become a cause of concern. This paper discusses reports on the…

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