Source: International Journal of Cultic Studies Volume 1, 2010, 27-48 Original title of essay (The Northeast Kingdom Community is short for Northeast Kingdom Community Church, name the 12 Tribes had previously): House of Judah, the Northeast Kingdom Community, and ‘the Jonestown Problem’ Downplaying Child Physical Abuses and Ignoring Serious Evidence Stephen A. Kent Department of…
source: CBC Manitoba 24 March 2015 Fear the mind abuse, not the physical abuse, says former leader with religious group A former leader in the Twelve Tribes religious group said it wasn’t the threat of beatings that kept him in his place. It was the threat of death if he didn’t. And it’s that kind…
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Tagblatt.de Patrick Guyton June 14, 2014 Translated from the German The controversial Bible-based Twelve Tribes cult made headlines this past year because of beating allegations. Once, Christian Reip remembers he stole and ate a bit of sugar. The adults discovered his offense. The baptized adults admonished Reip’s father to discipline his child. His father then…
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: 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…
Source: The Independent UK- 10 Sept. 2013 Download PDF:In Germany A documentary revealed the torture inflicted by a religious community on its young TONY PATERSON BERLIN Tuesday 10 September 2013 The little blond-haired boy is about four years old. He simpers as a middle aged woman drags him downstairs into a dimly-lit cellar and orders…
Convene Magazine Barbara Palmer December 2012 In Samie Brosseau’s successful application for the 2011 Don Lawrence Memorial Scholarship, recently presented to her by PCMA’s New England Chapter, she summed up years of questioning and struggle in one short sentence: “At the young age of 18, I left home against my parents’ wishes, and pursued a…
Samantha Brosseau was raised in a strict Christian commune. At age 18, she decided to run away to escape her oppressive lifestyle and go to college – but leaving wasn’t nearly as simple as she’d hoped. Tonic, California/July 19, 2010 By Lisa DeBenedictis Samantha Brosseau twists her ring around her finger absentmindedly. It consists of…