Twelve Tribes defends use of sticks to discipline children

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…

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Help! A Cult Stole My Wife

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,…

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The great escape

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…

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Cultists protest raid

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…

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In good faith?

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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