Sources allege police have found remains of an infant or infants at rural property Police have been searching headquarters of the Twelve Tribes religious sect The searches come after claims of stillbirths and burials inside sect Source: The Daily Mail By Adam Mccleery and Charlotte Karp For Daily Mail Australia Published: 15:36 AEDT, 8 March 2020…

Source: The Daily Telegraph For the past week, NSW Police have been digging for human remains at two properties owned by the controversial Sydney Christian sect, the Twelve Tribes. The results have been grim. Cydonee Mardon and Gillian McNally, The Sunday Telegraph Exclusive: The remains of at least one baby have been found on a…

Source: A current affair By Alison Piotrowski|15 hours ago The headquarters of the Sydney-based arm of the Twelve Tribes cult was raided today by detectives as a part of Strike Force Nanegai. A Current Affair can reveal that police have been investigating the cult known for its strict disciplining of children and lack of medical…

Source: A current affair, Channel 9, 14 January 2020 The Twelve Tribes are a cult accused of heavy disciplining of children, restricting access to medical care, and tearing families apart. Now for the first time a former leader has gone on the record. Chen Czarnecki (formerly Scott Czarnecki) is still hesitant to call them a…

Source: Channel 9 News Children ‘spanked 30 times a day’ in secretive sect, ex-member says By Alison Piotrowski 7:48pm Oct 29, 2019 Eighteen years on from his time inside the Twelve Tribes religious sect, Matthew Klein is still scarred. “They not only control your medical care, they control your food, when you get to see…

Source: Daily Mail Or Mathias claims he was subjected to years of physical and psychological abuse Mr Mathias said his 18 years in the sect have left him permanently traumatised The now 26-year-old alleges child abuse is rampant within the communities Original member Andrew McLeod previously said there is no child abuse present By Brittany Chain…

Source: Daily Telegraph Gillian McNally, The Sunday Telegraph September 7, 2019 9:00pm From the outside, they look like hippies selling wholesome food, preaching peace, communal living and an old-fashioned way of life. But inside, former members of the Twelve Tribes say it’s a work camp that takes advantage of members’ volunteer labour while claiming religious…

Source: Daily Telegraph It was only the second email Twelve Tribes sect member Rose Cruzado sent in her life. But with just four words she found the courage she had spent years searching for. It took two years for Matthew Klein to escape — but it too came at a cost. Gillian McNally, The Sunday…

… INTERACTIVE: INSIDE THE SECT Source: Daily Telegraph Sect accused of using ‘slave labour’ to run cafes ‘I’m not coming back’: Mum’s brave escape Or Mathias’s earliest memory of growing up in the Twelve Tribes is being beaten 15 times on the buttocks with a bamboo stick. He wasn’t allowed to be comforted by his…