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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"