A former member recounts his experiences of violence in the Twelve Tribes cult

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…

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Twelve Tribes bible-based cult mistreats their children

“They live separated from the world with their children.” Spiegel Online September 20, 2013 Anna Kistner Translated from the German Shovels and buckets are scattered in the sandbox. Two empty swings dangle in the wind. A volleyball net is set up in the front yard. A “robbery squad” (the police), took their children on Thursday,…

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God drilled into will-less young ones

source: Suddeutsche Zeitung – 31 October 2014 Robert Pleyer was a member of the faith community “Twelve Tribes”. In a book the ex-member describes how children are ill-treated. It also concerns his own daughter. When Robert Pleyer’s daughter Asarah is eight months old, he ill-treats her for the first time. She sits on his lap,…

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Child abuse and unpaid work in the Bible -based Twelve Tribes cult

Note: Some liberties were taken with the text.  For example – where the original author calls the Twelve Tribes “a community of faith,” I call it a Bible -based cult.  That’s really what they are!  The German/English translator (Cheryl) Von Philipp/earthlink August 11, 2014 Translated from the German In September 2013 RTL -Reporter Wolfram Kuhnigk…

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Children are systematically beaten – sect still speaks of “movie filled with cheap lies.”

Express.DE August 5, 2014 Translated from the German The parents and “teachers” of the Bible-based Twelve Tribes cult regularly beat their children in the name of religion. This is systematic child abuse in the Bavarian countryside. RTL- Reporter Wolfram Kuhnigk made recordings last year with a hidden camera of the Twelve Tribes sect in Klosterzimmern….

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I had no childhood. I have toiled.

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…

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Twelve Tribes members suspected in Tirol

DerStandard Patrick Guyton and Julia Hernböck June 14, 2014 Translated from the German A former member tells of his experiences of violence in the Bible-based Twelve Tribes cult. Bible-based cult Twelve Tribes was drawn along with their children a few weeks ago to Austria to avoid German compulsory education. Klosterzimmern/Vienna – Once, recalls Christian Reip,…

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