History of Abuses in Twelve Tribes...

There are a lot of things that people are not aware of the abuses inside the homes of Twelve Tribes.. People who are visiting from outside inside the houses of the community but do not know what it is like in closed door rooms that the members of community live. There are millions of things that you do not know what is going on inside the community.. There are a lot of secrets that I believe I should share... In June 22, 1984 state of Vermont sent police, social workers and others to go to 12 households in Island Pond, Vermont to seize the children from the community and parents. They came to the houses at 5 am and ordered the children to get dressed and get in school buses. The parents were not willing to let go of their own children. The Parents and children together walked to the school buses to the town, calls "Newport, Vermont" where there is a court building and we all stayed in the gym next to the court awaiting for the judges or social workers to interview or talk to the children or parents. It has been all day long in that gym. I was 6 years old when the police came to my house, Branch House and I was told that I led the police around the house like a little innoncent boy do not know what is happening with the community. I guess I was not shy of the police at all. It is funny thou. My Dad was in the block building teaching in the morning and Mom and I, my sister and my baby brother were at home when the police came to the house. Dad later met us and joined with us somewhere I do not remember either leave the House or meet in gym. Mom was so afraid and did not know what to do, but she took me, Magdalene and Adam all ready and walked us to the school bus and waited with Mom and rode on the way to Newport. There were the 110 children seized from the community include all the parents. For the years after that happened, I started to come to understand more and more about why the state of Vermont had raided on the community upon te abuses that the children were getting and how the state got reports/complaints from the residents of town of how the children were getting beating, and using of the rods/paddles to discipline the children. The children do not go to public school and concerning over the lack of education on the children. All kind of issues. The community had won the judge's heart to return all children back to the parents and homes. I was like why the hell that I had gone through like this and I did wished that the state could do something more on the children in the community, like forcing the community that the children must go to public schools or be provided of their curriculum programs to educate the children within like one-room schoolhouse. There are pretty so much damages that go beyond between the community and the State Government of Vermont. The community did a lot of things to hide from the state over what they were doing with education and children. I have grew up seeing so much hypricote within the community with dishonesty, hiding and defend themselves from the government in Vermont. I would think of accusing the state of Vermont for not doing enough and lack of "watchdog" over the community in Island Pond, and several other communities in some towns in Vermont. The community are continue their celebrations of June 22, 1984 to remember how the judge has release the case and dismissed the state of Vermont for violating the constitution and freedom of religion. There are positive and negative perspectives that I see about the Twelve Tribes vs. State of Vermont. Positive of State of Vermont is to protect the interest of the Children, Interest of the education for the community, Interest of the Families Welfare, Health, and environments. Negative of community, they avoid the State of Vermont to involve, reject of accepting their responsible to follow the laws, failing to provide the best of education for the children. There are 70% children who were born and raised in the community do not get education, just forced child labors, getting married and have their own families. They do not write or do math well. The community do not provide the children high school levels of education, only up to 8th grade.
There are children who work involved chainsaws, woodshops with the machines, farms, farm machine equipments, bakery with machine equipments, restaurant with machine equipments, candle shop with 300F HOT POT to melt the wax for making candles, the chemical and heat are dangerous for the children to work around, soap shop using the same heat pots, chemicals, rarely wear the mask or protections. carried the heavy over 100 pounds of boxes, supplies from streets to streets during school hours. It is very dangerous how the community forced the children to do child labors within around the machines. I could not or hate to do these. I did not want to cut my fingers or hands from working around the machines. I do not believe that my own future children should experience that I have experienced in the community. I want my children to get education, have good time, playing sports and social with their friends and have a good time with family. That is what I strongly believe in this instead of child labors and no childhood fun experiences like I have missed for most of my life in the community. The children do not deserve this kind that I and other children have went through. It is not safe! I believe in safety for the children.