Twelve Tribes/Messianic Communities

and Elbert Eugene Spriggs aka Yoneq, the Community at Island Pond, VT

 

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Damascus restaurant causes "cult" concerns with debate on social media

Cult in new true crime doc has Hyannis ties. What to know about Twelve Tribes.

Inside the Twelve Tribes Religious Group Accused of Exposing Young Children to Severe Corporal Punishment

Christian sect wants to open Devon tea room

Hudson Valley Deli Run by Sect Accused of Being a Dangerous Cult

A former Twelve Tribes member finds her voice through TikTok

Czech police probe Christian sect with history of alleged child kidnapping and abuse

South Shore cult elder guilty of child rape to serve at least 30 years in prison

What is the Twelve Tribes Experts share insights

The Yellow Deli Local Restaurant Owned by White Supremacist Cult Accepts Cornell City Bucks

Satan never sleeps: My Life in Twelve Tribes by Robert Pleyer and Axel Wolfsgruber

Three years of darkness with Yonek an interview with an exmember of the Twelve Tribes sect

Ithaca College community questions Yellow Deli and Twelve Tribes presence

Twelve Tribes sect in $6 million property sell-off in Picton

Aussie father lured into a notorious sect which beat and brainwashed his children before they were torn apart reveals how he finally escaped while his exwife remains in its clutches

Former Florida coach found working for cult after being on the run for 15 years for sex crimes deputies say

FBI Records: Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse at Twelve Tribes

Twelve Tribes: A Black father's struggle to pull his child from the racist cult

Long days, no pay: Twelve Tribes cult exploits followers for free labor, ex-members say

"Real horror underneath": Ex-members describe child abuse, control inside Twelve Tribes religious cult

Inside the sinister Twelve Tribes cult accused of sparking huge Colorado wildfire: Reclusive Christian sect with a dark history of child abuse and racism says it is preparing for Second Coming with 'an army of 144,000 virginal males'

Everything we know about Twelve Tribes ‘cult’ living on land where Colorado fires allegedly began

I-Team: Former Member Of Twelve Tribes Religious Group Alleges Emotional Abuse

Childhood in a cult was unusual, but there’s 'more of us than I ever imagined'

Twelve Tribes leader Eugene Spriggs death certificate January 11, 2021

Death of Twelve Tribes founder leaves future uncertain for international Christian movement founded in Chattanooga
Religious sect Twelve Tribes under police investigation after dig for remains
Boy, 17, is charged with the murder of the former leader of secretive 'Twelve Tribes' religious sect after he died in a raging house fire
Grim discovery as police digging up headquarters of Twelve Tribes religious sect 'find the remains of at least one baby in a coffin-like box'
Headquarters of secretive religious sect 'Twelve Tribes' is raided by police as investigators dig for the bodies of stillborn babies at two of its properties
Children 'spanked 30 times a day' in secretive sect, ex-member says
Inside the controversial 'Twelve Tribes' commune: Man who spent 18 years trapped in a 'surrendered' state opens up about how he escaped the secretive religious sect
Inside the cult cafe: How secretive religious sect 'Twelve Tribes' is running a popular restaurant just outside Sydney - using delicious food and friendly service to recruit new members
Their beliefs have attracted attention from authorities globally. On this cold night, we went inside the home of the controversial sect.
'I was brainwashed': former member of Australia's mysterious Twelve Tribes Cult says she became obsessed with Satan after joining the sect in the Blue Mountains where they run a cafe
How Inside Edition Producer Went Undercover to Expose Suspected Child Labor at New York Commune
New York Officials Launch Investigation After Inside Edition Exposed Child Labor in Commune
The Idyllic Restaurant Chain Owned by a Homophobic, Racist, Child-Beating Cult
EU Court Backs Kids’ Removal From Religious Communes
A religious cult makes Kingston its home
Twelve Tribes: The Church Preached Child Abuse & Slavery
Religious Sect Elder Convicted in Germany of Hitting Child
Elder of religious sect goes on trial in Germany on allegations he hit children with switch
Children of the Tribes
D.A. declines to file charges in religious group 'brainwashing' case
Twelve Tribes Cult Raided In France
We were trying to rescue our loved one from a cult, family tells cops
Controversial religious group Twelve Tribes reported to Cybertip
Controversy over children's safety at religious community

Twelve Tribes plans new cafe, theatre, retail for Main Street location

Twelve Tribes defends use of sticks to discipline children
My six weeks with Winnipeg's Twelve Tribes community
Twelve Tribes religious group targeted by child abuse allegations

Fire strikes Twelve Tribes sect farmhouse in Westminster
Secrets of the family
The Devon cult that canes tiny children to 'cleanse their sins': As social services launches an investigation, a mother's shocking testimony lifts the lid on the mysterious commune squatting on a farm
Twelve Tribes 'child caning punishment' claims
'It is our right to use the willow cane': Inside the Twelve Tribes Christian fundamentalist sect at centre of childcare controversy
In Germany's Twelve Tribes sect, cameras catch 'cold and systematic' child-beating
Religious Sect Raided in Germany on Abuse Fears
Cops remove 40 kids from Christian sect
Dylan Has the Answers

 A Cult Is Trying to Recruit Bob Dylan Fans
 Beyond Cult Controversy: The Mate Peddlers of the Twelve Tribes
 Friendly Cult Looking For Recruits at Occupy Wall Street!
 Now open: Yellow Deli
 From Commune to College: One Young Woman's Road to Independence
 North County group disputes 'cult' depiction
 "These people are pure evil and hide behind the religious banner..."
 Twelve Tribes Christian community lives as an example of its faith
 Unwavering faith
 Peacemaker ship crewed by religious sect seeking to live simple lives
 Man claims his son has been kidnapped by Nerja cult
 Oona's renovations: Two years is too long
 Chattanooga: Yellow Deli draws interest, worries some
 Controversy continues to brew over sect cafe
 Truth In Advertising At Yellow Deli
 Twelve Tribes eyeing eatery
 Yellow Deli opens marks trip to the past
 Note From A Former Yellow Deli Member
 Yellow Deli Is Spinning Its Web Again
 Renovations to former Oona's building could take years
 Sect subject to scrutiny
 Sect woos recruits among the fairy floss at Easter Show
 Spare the rod and spoil the
 The path of righteousness
 Neighborliness Grows on Them
 Members of religious sect want to open cafe, market in Hillsboro
 Religious 'Factor' Stirs Local Emotions
 Twelve Tribes members buy building in Oneonta
 Twelve Tribes to open café 
 Twelve Tribes members defend sect
 Twelve Tribes opening coffee shop in Cambridge to meet neighbors
 The Doomsday Prophets on Main Street
 Unusual child support case goes before High Court
 Twelve Tribes considering other properties
 Twelve Tribes renews plan
 Healing Buildings and Healing Souls in the Catskills
 Police Probing Hate Crime Against Girl, 14
 Mass. Man Cited For Sex Abuse Had Links To Church
 Church Member Arrested For Abuse -- 5 Years Later
 On The Seventh Day He Violated Me
 Protect the Abuser
 Cult hoping expansion plans may flower with Plymouth café
 Religious sect set to expand business
 BF woman arrested in 1988 custody dispute
 Twelve Tribes cafe causes controversy
 12 Tribes Hosts Forum
 Four questions on 'Twelve Tribes'
 Ex-Member Describes Twelve Tribes
 Religious community lives quietly in central Missouri town
 Religious group's plans, investment go up in smoke
 Anti-Jewish cult sets up cafe at Woodford
 One bite, I'm hooked
 "Now I can see through their hoax"
 Upstate 'Soap' Cult Fined for Child Labor
 Ex-cult member wanted on parental kidnapping charge
 Inspectors to probe allegations cult runs Hub rooming house
 N.Y. man helps teens flee group: Effort similar to 'underground railroad'
 Woman 'wasted' 21 years of life
 Cult leader travels the world in style - Part 2
 The cult next door: Teen shares chilling tale of alleged abuse inside the Twelve Tribes sect - Part 1
 Twelve Tribes sect denies charges of child labor abuse
 Cultists Insist Kids 'are not oppressed'
 State Takes Close Look at Cult Kids in Factories
 Child labor haunts Redford; Myers over the line
 Sect Children are Used to Abuse
 State Probes Cult in Child-Labor Scandal
 Redford Catalog Sold Cult's Goods
 Estee Lauder's latest tangle
 'Cult' set to serve Olympic masses
 Sect Banned By Rock Festival
 Racist sect digs in at rock festivals
 Suffer The Little Children
 Quotes From The "apostle"
 Scholastic Scope
 Waiting for a family
 Tabitha's Place
 Parents investigated regarding dead child
 Grip of 'Community' Worries Some
 Some Locations of The Communities
 Mother rejoices after abducted son is found in California
 Reunited
 FBI arrests father for taking his son
 Mother Pleads To Child
 Three cult members wanted in abductions
 In good faith?
 Defender of the faith
 Arrest warrant issued for dad missing with son
 New chapter in custody battle
 Mom seeks to save kids from cold hands of cult
 Vermont village accepts church once under fire
 Children and the Cult
 Cult Defector Helps Bring Another's Child Back Home
 The Kingdom at Island Pond
 Elder: "We have no money"
 Relative of member saw truth
 Church to sell Yellow Delis, other properties and relocate
 Vine elders concede church has authoritarian character
 Court Puts 6 in Family at Bonny Oaks


2006 Eugene Spriggs
and wife Marsha
live in Asheville, NC


Old photo of Spriggs
AKA "prophet Yoneq"
and "super apostle"

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