The Twelve Tribes religious sect burst into the news in Colorado in January, when authorities confirmed they were investigating the possibility that the deadly Marshall fire, the most destructive wildfire in state history, might have started on the group’s compound off Eldorado Springs Drive in Boulder County. I just feel like, the Twelve Tribes, they are evil.” “And finally he didn’t say anything and he walked away.” “I finally said to my father, ‘Look, please, accept this is my decision,’” Post, 43, said. Was something going to happen to me? I didn’t know,” Post, who is deaf, said in an interview through an interpreter.Īs he walked the mile into town, his father followed, imploring him to stay. “My heart was just pounding and pounding. They prayed and warned there would be consequences if he walked out of God’s protection. When he finally stood up to leave the Vermont compound, some 15 cult members blocked his path outside, forming a wall. He planned to walk into town and call a friend for help. He’d been taught his whole life that anyone who left the Twelve Tribes would die. Post packed up his birth certificate, Social Security card, state identification, favorite blanket and pictures of his family and prepared to leave the religious cult into which he’d been born and raised. On a fall day in 1999, 19-year-old John I. By Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post Sect spotlighted by Marshall fire abuses children, exploits followers and teaches racism, former members say
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