Cornell Daily May 3, 2003 Ithaca, New York is largely known as the site of Cornell University. But now this college town in upstate New York may be known for more than that. Elbert Spriggs is the leader of the notorious “cult” Twelve Tribes which is buying up property in Ithaca, reports the Cornell Daily. …
November 12, 2002 Cheryl Lewczyk In a large communal home members of the Twelve Tribes sect have established themselves. They see themselves as the true disciples of Yahshua (Jesus) but shockingly are true disciples of their “Apostle” and founder Elbert Eugene Spriggs. The Twelve Tribes are a Bible-based cult. Before the gathering starts where the…
Article by ex-member from USA Our households gather at the beginning and end of each day to thank and praise our creator and “Apostle” Elbert Eugene Spriggs for all that he has done for us. During the gatherings all baptized members regurgitate the teachings of our cult leader Elbert Eugene Spriggs (Yoneq). In an interview…
The Kansas City Star/August 5, 2002 By Matt Stearns Warsaw, Mo.– Here in central Missouri, members of the Twelve Tribes religious group welcome visitors with gentle smiles and quiet conversation. They break from dipping beeswax candles and baking bread to explain why they live the way they do: separately, simply, at odds with the wider…
“When there is a stubborn child you should shorten the child’s life?” Whether is a stubborn child you should shorten the child’s life. It limits the family. – Training up our children in the way they should go Yesterday I was down at the river and Yochanan (Haggai’s son) was swimming and I saw that…
Boston Herald September 11, 2001 Laurel J. Sweet At a community forum to refute allegations from former members about his religious sect’s practices in a Herald series on Twelve Tribes last week, Eugene “Yoneq” Spriggs boasted of reforming homosexuals and whacking children with wooden rods to keep them in line. “What do you think is…
Boston Herald/September 7, 2001 By Dave Wedge A former Twelve Tribes member who didn’t want his child raised in the controversial cult fled the country with the boy five years ago and is still being sought by Boston police, records show. “He was afraid that if they got into a drawn-out court battle, then the…
Boston Herald Dave Wedge September 5, 2001 A New York man, distraught over his friend’s total immersion in the Twelve Tribes, has set up an “underground railroad” to help teens flee the allegedly abusive, mind controlling cult. “When we pick these kids up, they’re afraid,” Kevin Coughlin said of the former members he has helped…
Source: Boston Herald, Sep. 5, 2001 Former hippie Joellen Griffin left her home in the Midwest in 1975 for a booze and drug addled road trip with friends, but ended up taking a 21 year detour into the bizarre and dangerous world of Elbert Eugene Spriggs and his Twelve Tribes cult, she said. “I would…
Source: Boston Herald September 5, 2001 Dave Wedge While his loyal followers toil in shops and factories or work the fields for the common good of the Twelve Tribes, the controversial cult’s elusive leader Elbert Eugene “Yoneq” Spriggs travels the globe, bedding down in palatial homes in southern France, Brazil and Cape Cod, former members…