CBC Child and Family Services says it’s looking into allegations children might be abused A Winnipeg religious group called Twelve Tribes is defending the way it physically disciplines children, using a type of stick. Manitoba’s child welfare authorities said they are looking into the group after CBC’s story earlier this week. Twelve Tribes, a Christian…
Source: Henry Mackow.com September 5, 2014 (left, Crusading chiropractor, Joe Hawkins) While society mostly has turned a blind eye to the Twelve Tribes cult, Joe Hawkins, a Winnipeg chiropractor, doesn’t have this option. Last November, his common law wife left him to join this group and took their two-year-old son. While Joe has joint custody,…
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…
Cultists protest raid The Winnipeg Sun Mike McIntyre April 11, 1996 Police search for kids actually ‘witch-hunt’ Angry members of a local religious cult say there were ulterior motives behind raids more than 70 police officers conducted yesterday in a search for two kidnapped kids. Cops hit four homes and two businesses just before 6…
Winnipeg Sun Donna Carreiro April 4, 1993 Kris Servante is making an anguished plea to the daughter she hasn’t seen in 10 years. “If you’ve read this, Karen, we want you to come and see us,” Servante said yesterday, from her Neepawa home. “We love you, and we will not cause you or your church…
Winnipeg Sun/April 1, 1993 By Donna Carreiro A controversial religious cult alleged to be involved in systematic abuse arrived in Winnipeg to set up a chapter yesterday. The first two members of the Northeast Kingdom community church [now known as Twelve Tribes] began moving into a North end home yesterday, said Gord Gillespie, Manitoba Cult…
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