May 18, 2017 /
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Source: Winnipeg Sun Critics claim city circumvents spirit of the law with enforcement practices By David Larkins, Winnipeg Sun Thursday, May 18, 2017 [exerpts regarding the Twelve Tribes in Winnipeg are in bold] A reduced-speed school zone warning sign near Ellen Douglass School on Elgin Avenue in Winnipeg on Mon., May 15, 2017. The…
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May 21, 2016 /
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Library, News, Writings by ex-members
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…
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March 24, 2015 /
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Source: CBC Manitoba 23 March 2015 Experts warn extreme beliefs should not warrant extreme behaviour Child welfare officials are not the only ones who are monitoring the actions of a controversial religious group here in Winnipeg. One of North America’s leading experts on cults and mind control is also paying close attention to the community…
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March 24, 2015 /
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source: CBC Manitoba 18 March 2015 There are questions about child safety within the Twelve Tribes, a controversial religious group A Queens Bench Justice was so “concerned” for the “safety” of a child in a controversial religious group called the Twelve Tribes that she banned a member of the group from bringing her child to…
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March 24, 2015 /
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source: CBC Manitoba 19 March 2015 Co-founder of sexual exploitation tip line files her own report over group Related Stories Controversy over children’s safety at religious community The co-founder of a national tip line to report children at risk of sexual exploitation did what she said others should have done months ago: she reported her…
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March 19, 2015 /
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source: Ici Radio Canada – 19 March 2015 . Serious concerns over the security of children in the Winnipeg TT community earn the sect yet more criticism. The Christian sect of Twelve Tribes in Winnipeg is on the hot seat again for having hosted last year a man found guilty in 2013 of…
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October 25, 2014 /
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In 2001, Matthew Klein – an Australian – was a member of the Twelve Tribes community in Winnipeg. We reached him in Sydney, Australia.
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October 24, 2014 /
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http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/Manitoba/ID/2566536592/
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October 24, 2014 /
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CBC A Winnipeg religious group is concerned about a letter circulating in the Wolseley area alleging that they abuse children. “Whoever wrote it, they were so inconsiderate they didn’t even put their name on it,” said Maurice Welch, a member of the Winnipeg arm of Twelve Tribes, a Christian sect with communities around the world. “The allegations…
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October 22, 2014 /
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News, Newspaper Article
CBC Author goes undercover to learn about insular group I have encountered the Twelve Tribes several times over the years, usually at the booth they would set up at public events like Ciclovia, or the annual Peace and Justice Festival. On one occasion I visited their restaurant on Sherbrook Street and had an enjoyable meal there….
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