Current The Twelve Tribes

[Kurve]

Police are searching properties south-west of Sydney and in the Southern Tablelands as part of a strike force investigation into dead babies stillbirths, allegedly within a religious sect.

The properties at Picton and Bigga are linked to the Twelve Tribes, which has its roots in Tennessee in the 1970s before it spread around the world.

NSW Police confirmed in a statement the planned operation was ongoing and being undertaken by officers from the Blue Mountains local area command.

• Police are using hand tools to dig at properties in Picton and Bigga linked to the Twelve Tribes
• The religious movement is being investigated over alleged deaths of babies
• The Twelve Tribes has faced controversy in the past over the disciplining of children

Police dig up religious sect's headquarters as part of dead babies probe

Police are conducting digs at two properties south-west of Sydney as part of an investigation into stillbirths, allegedly within the Twelve Tribes religious sect.

www.abc.net.au

 

[GreyCrow]

What would the charges be ?

Concealing a death?

Not registering birth/death?

Illegal disposal of remains?

Cant be a murder charge if they are alleging stillbirth deaths?

 

[Kurve]

What would the charges be ?

Concealing a death?

Not registering birth/death?

Illegal disposal of remains?

Cant be a murder charge if they are alleging stillbirth deaths?

Good questions. Maybe all the above and interfering with a corpse?

 

[Kurve]

They've been accused in the past of denying medical care, that might come into it as well.

 

[Kurve]

Their leader's in the wind and police say they've uncovered potential grave sites, excavators are going in tomorrow.