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Category Archives: Tlapak Family (Noah)

Children without parents…unbelievable

13 Monday Jul 2015

Posted by commonpurse in Controversial Issues, Court Decisions, Pingen Family, Religious Freedom, Tlapak Family (Noah)

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A life together, Child Rearing, Corruption, Love is not Abuse, welfare of the children in the background

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Concerning: Article about the Twelve Tribes: “Four children stay with the foster families” in the FLZ from 16 June 2015: Children without parents

“I do not want to be misunderstood as someone promoting beating children but the article about the children of “Twelve Tribes” did shock me. The justice refers to the law of “banning violence from child rearing” and the right of the child to a “violent-free child rearing”. Obviously for the justice it is a “violent-free” measure to destroy families. This is a pretty perverse interpretation of the term “violence”. The parents must now live without their children, according to the article.

“Worse still is that the children now have to live without their parents. For children it is probably the greatest catastrophe of their life and a traumatization that they will probably never get rid off anymore. And that for reasons of “the child’s welfare”. Unbelievable.

“At least one should consider that the famous “discipline with rods” actually is being promoted in the Bible and that not only in one place. Consequently, the Bible would have to be forbidden as a writing to incite the masses.”

Ulrich Mayr, Ansbach

(Letter to the editor from “Frankischen Landeszeitung Ansbach”)

 

For the concerned children the situation concretely looks like this:

The first child of a young couple, a one-and-a-half year old boy, was takenIMG_9930b almost two years ago from his parents even though there was no indication at all that they ever disciplined him. The court withdrew custody from the parents permanently only based on their religious conviction!

Their “Open Letter to the Judge at the Family Court of Ansbach” is translated at the post, “A Young Family in Court.”

Pingen IMG_6057Two twin girls cannot live anymore with their parents even though also with them there was no indication of an endangerment. There are only apprehensions that the parents will discipline them in the future because they believe in the Bible.

Since almost two years the children wish to return back to their parents. Both set of parents have sent in the meanwhile complaints at the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe and hope for a favorable decision.

Opinion on the Removal of the Children

14 Friday Nov 2014

Posted by commonpurse in German Raid, Periskic Family, Tlapak Family (Noah)

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Child Rearing, Common Sense, forcibly taken, Plea to go home, Raised in the Twelve Tribes, terrible experience

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Welcoming a guest at Klosterzimmern.

I have known the Faith Community of the Twelve Tribes since the spring of 2007. With my family, that is, my husband and our three children, I have often visited over the years, especially at the farm in Klosterzimmern, as well as in Wörnitz. Most of the time we stayed overnight with the Twelve Tribes.

We were in Klosterzimmern for the Hoffests of 2010 to 2012, at two weddings and even for an entire week in the summer of 2008. We were engaged in their daily lives, in the morning and the evening gatherings, in the Sabbath celebrations and meals. The children of the community members were open-minded towards us and interacted with my children. For their age they could express themselves very well verbally, usually just as well in English as in German. They took part in the meetings of the adults and spoke there with no inhibitions.

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Moedah Tlapak with our guests at one of our Farm Festivals (Hoffests).

Various articles of the children were hung up in the houses of the community so I could read them. The younger children were always with a parent, usually the mother with the youngest, a very close bond between parent and child was obvious to me. Lovingly and caringly, the parents took care of their children, and also other community members did. The relationship between the siblings was considerate and affectionate. It was characterized by the responsibility of the older ones for the younger ones. They behaved like normal children who were able to let off some steam on the large lawn in their leisure time. I watched them jumping on the trampoline, on swings, and playing in the sandbox. They were also taught, creative activities such as arts and crafts. Also, I saw the children  help their parents with household tasks. Depending on the age level of the children they also took on independent tasks; serving one another was the focus.

Judtith Stark (standing) with her son Noah (with headband) at a booth.

The children of the Twelve Tribes community made a balanced and a satisfied impression on me. Most were very mature in their development and entirely confident.

My described observations and experiences with the children, with whom I had some dealings, absolutely contradicts the assertion that they had been abused by their parents.

You do not need special psychological knowledge to determine that this is a healthy relationship between parents and children — one that is characterized by mutual love and mutual respect. A psychologist could find this out if he would evaluate the essays or drawings of children.

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To the left, the Periskic,

All the children who belonged to the community of faith, have now been away from their families for more than a year — and thus away from their main caregivers, the community, and the environment in which they grew up — totally unexpectedly and violently snatched away.

Immense suffering and emotional pain they have endured ever since. This constitutes child abuse.

Now the issue of custody for each children is being addressed in court. And now, after all this, should psychological assessments be sought? But after more than a year in children’s homes or foster families they are no longer the same children as before. Whoever wishes can see how they were. . .probably only in their essays and drawings in the hallways of their former school and homes.

I am convinced that the children I’ve met in the community of faith of the Twelve Tribes, were abused neither physically nor mentally. Therefore, I demand that all children be allowed to return to their parents again. Only then will [the state] act again for the benefit of children. Otherwise, who is willing and able to take responsibility for this immense suffering?

Dr.-Ing. Maria Cotorogea

Personal Papers

31 Friday Oct 2014

Posted by commonpurse in From the parents, Schott Family, Serrano Family, Tlapak Family (Noah)

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The Tlapak, Schott, Rodriguez Families

Noah-MoedahDownload this paper, “An Open Letter to the Judge at the Family Court of Ansbach.” It is in German with illustrations.

It is translated at the post, “A Young Family in Court.”

SerranoFamilyDownload this paper in German: “Family Gonzales-Rodriguez Serrano. . . were visiting Germany.”

A portion of this is available in English at “The Sad Fate of a Spanish Family in Germany.”

SchottFamilyDownload this paper in German: “An Open Letter from the Schott Family to the Family Court Judge in Nördlingen.” Translations (hopefully) to soon follow.

A young family in court

19 Friday Sep 2014

Posted by commonpurse in Court Decisions, From the parents, Tlapak Family (Noah)

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An open letter to the judge of the District Court of Ansbach

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Our hearts ache and there is no consolation. Our 1 ½–year-old son was swept away from us by the police and the Jugendamt (Youth Office) on September 5, 2013. What a shock… The day before everything was lovely and we had no way to expect a criminal intervention in the early morning of the next day.

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Now a year has passed and Jonathan is still not in his natural environment with us, his parents! We got married in April 2011 and in January 2012, Jonathan, our first child, was born. We are a young family and will have more children than just one. We do not understand why our family will be ruined in this way?

We love and appreciate our first child very much and have always done our best for him. This child was born to us and we believe that God has entrusted him to us parents. This natural law is also protected by the German constitution. Jonathan has the right to his family and to be educated by his parents. He does not have to grow up in foster care and state institutions yet. It is the heaviest government intervention in a family, to separate children from their parents. What are the serious reasons that they proceed against us for?

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It is so painful and devastating to separate children from their parents and it is not in the best interest of the child welfare of our son, that he is kept separate from us. My son tried to suppress the pain of separation with food and toys, but he feels hurt in his confidence. To explain to a 1 ½-year-old that a judge ruled that he had to be torn away from us is very difficult. The only thing he remembers is that he is allowed to see his father only once a week and is then swept away by the foster mother again. Every time he weeps bitterly and his confidence is increasingly disturbed. Foster parents can never replace the natural parents and the care they give — which the children love.

 That is Jonathan’s Wish — to be with his Parents! ! !

A true story…

Date: August 18, 2014, Time: 10:00 clock in the morning

          This morning I again saw Jonathan after a week and he was very happy. I had bathed him and we had a great time together. After about 2 hours I had to say goodbye again. Jonathan asked for a candy, which I had in my car. I carried him to the car and gave him a piece of candy. He was very happy and I thought that saying goodbye would go smoothly.

          He stood on the porch and I told him that I must go home again. As he ran down the stairs (only in socks) and clung to me, I picked him up and tried to distract and calm so that he can see me and his father tomorrow morning. I explained to him that he must ask the judge if he wants to be with me. But all this was unsuccessful.

          He shouted: “I want to ride after Wörnitz. Take me to Abba!” The foster mother tried to distract him and told him that she will also drive the car with him later. But Jonathan wanted to be with me. I walked slowly to the car, but Jonathan ran after me in socks and clung weeping to me.

     He cried bitterly: “Take me home to Abba! I want to go with YOU!“ I said I could drive around the block with him and drop him off at the house again. But he did not like that. “No, take me to Abba,” was his reply.

After much back and forth I brought him into the house to clean his nose and wipe his tears. Then I tried to sneak out of the house again. But Jonathan shouted: “I want to go with you!”

          The foster mother pulled him away from me and ran into the living room.

          I then drove home.

Does not the Basic Law Art. 6 GG say that the family shall enjoy the special protection of the state, and that the rights of the child and parents should be protected? Does it not command that we are to be supported in our role as parents? Even if there are concerns about our educational ability, can not these problems be addressed by milder means?

IMG_9930bWould not it be possible that the Jugendamt regularly visit our family in order to make sure of our education and the welfare of our son — as they did before taking our son away and putting him into foster care?

It’s the worst thing for a child to not grow up with his parents. We are still young and teachable. We are certainly not perfect parents and more than willing to still accept help. So why the hard measure of taking our children of taking our children away? If you really take a close look at all this, is it the principle of proportionality (required by law)?

Our son has yet to secure the right to grow up in an intact family? And even if there were concerns about the education of our first child, would there not be less restrictive means to help us? Does it have to be the hardest action for parents and child — that we need to be separated? Even before the raid, the Jugendamt (youth welfare office) approached us because of concern about our children, but there was never any concrete evidence, only general allegations and accusations against the whole community. But can you judge an entire group of people collectively? Should we not consider each individual case?

There was really never any concrete evidence of abuse or neglect about our son Jonathan before he was kidnapped on 5 September 2013. On the day when he was taken away from us, the medical officer examined him and found nothing remarkable about him. In addition, he was presented again to a doctor for examination on September 6, 2013, with the same results. Two different doctors, no neglect, no abuse — because there was none!

All the allegations of the fall-aways, who had triggered the seizure of our children, for the most part they had nothing personally to do with us. We would like to point out that the fall-aways fell away before our marriage and so also before Jonathan’s birth. So they do not know us as a family and our son and how we deal with him.

Just because we stayed at the Georg–Ehnes-Platz 2, and are part of the Community of Twelve Tribes, our little boy was taken away.

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The well-being of our son was never actually at risk and is not at risk in the future. It can not be assumed that because they grow up in the faith community the children will be damaged in their development, but quite the contrary! Take a look at ourselves and our lives. Or do you think the psychologists, who, dealing with the development of adolescents and young adults who have grown up in the Twelve Tribes communities in Klosterzimmern and Wörnitz, came to the conclusion that no lasting damage is observed (or has even been), because they “make ​​a very competent and balanced impression“.

We ask ourselves: “Why do you take our son away from us, his parents, if we love him and give him warmth and comfort? We have always loved our son from the heart and never abused him! We pray day and night that this suffering of our son and the agony of separation will soon come to an end and that we can be reunited as a family. There is no evidence against us that can be used by those who argue against a return of our son and continue to justify the government intervention in his life, taking him into their care.

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Dear Mr. Kruger,

So we ask that our Jonathan be returned to us. In doing so you will give our family a chance and we will give the warmth, affection and comfort that our son needs to be a healthy person, to be confident and to grow up healthy.

Respectfully,

Noah & Mo-Aydah Tlapak

 

Important additional material

To read more about the Tlapak family, please read the testimony of a neighbor of theirs in Wörnitz, a trained family nurse.

To read the first published cry of their heart after the Raid, read, “Why did they take away our son?“

To read about his first bitterly difficult days in captivity (state custody), read Havah’s “Diary of an Abused Girl.” There she chronicles just how difficult it was for the little boy to be parted for his parents. Obviously, he still wants to be with them!

In January of this year, the prosecutor in Ansbach announced there would no criminal charges filed against any of the parents of the Community of Wörnitz.

 

 

The Nicest Song on Earth

18 Thursday Sep 2014

Posted by commonpurse in Marriage in a Brand New Culture, Tlapak Family (Noah)

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A life together, forcibly taken, Raised in the Twelve Tribes, terrible experience

A poem written by a mother at her daughter’s marriage

When you were born your cry of life
sounded like the nicest song on earth.
As you were growing up we saw your life unfold
like the nicest flower in the field.
When we took our walks together we shared our hearts,
we saw you grow like a oak tree – strong and straight.
We thanked our God for giving you life on this earth
and filling you with a purpose and hope.
As I saw you standing in white, shining like the spring
sun,
we knew our hearts have touched
and we cherished the time we had without regret.
Then as you were running toward your king
I heard that cry of life again – you were born for him –
the nicest song on earth has just begun.

Chassidah-Moedah

Yes, her little girl grew up to be a beautiful woman! The wedding day was all that their hearts could hope for. It was springtime three and one-half years ago…the sun was shining…everything was so far and promising!

The wedding of Noah and Moedah

Many prayers went to our Abba for this special wedding to provide good weather, bring sincere guests and to even save someone through this wedding. If we are faithful to do our part, for sure He would cooperate… And He did. The weather was so nice, a summer day in the beginning of April, usually a month with sun, rain, wind and everything else in one day.

No man could do what our Abba did for Noah and Moedah. Just like Noah and Moedah’s daily life – warm, real and honest – that is how the atmosphere of the wedding was. There was outspokenness during the wedding, especially about the place of women in marriage. It was clearly communicated that we are in the process of learning to submit to man and care for them and the children.

Noah-MoedahNo fantasy, Moedah knows she will live for Noah, making sure he has what he needs as a willing servant. That is true freedom to live for the one you love and serve him with all your heart. Moedah was a true representation of us, the bride of Yahshua. We will be as radiant as Moedah on the day we are longing for – the return of our Master Yahshua.

The guests were so special. The morning after the wedding three young men expressed their hearts. They all want to come back to find out if what we presented in this day is reality in our daily life. Emanuel, another young man, is staying with us and it looks like he found his family and home. There were also very special guests. Roi and Rachel from Island Pond, Vermont, had been invited because they had a part in Noah’s life. He lived with them for close to a year when he was in New England almost ten years ago. Their care for him was as for their own son. Noah-Moedah-Roi

In due time they had a son, naming him Jonathan, wanting him to have the character of Jonathan of old, King David’s covenant friend. They wanted him to be a friend who would endure to the end. They saw that in order for their son to fulfill his name, they would have to rely on the strength of Yahweh, and not their own. They were so thankful to have their son in the Body of Messiah because their they can receive help. As they said, “It takes a community to raise a child.”

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Noah and Moedah were good friends with many of their neighbors, one of whom was deeply affected by the quality of relationships she saw in the Community, especially between parents and children.

This is an excerpt of M.W. wrote about her friends in the Communities. She wrote it after the terrifying and traumatic raid of 5 September 2013. She is a trained family nurse, as she says:

“The family of her parents was marked by a lot of understanding and affection. At the time, being a child and young teenager, this appeared to me as normal, but today I am a trained family nurse, and have worked 2 ½ years in this profession. Now, studying social work, I know that a loving family environment is not at all something to be taken for granted. In Mo-Aydah’s family and also in the other families in Klosterzimmern with whom I came in contact, I have had the privilege to experience such a loving togetherness among them.

“The kids were fearless, and as Prepubescents and Pubescents, tested the limits, the way children and teenagers just do it. When I hear now that the Twelve Tribes Community is accused of military drill of children, that is absolute nonsense and contradicts everything I have seen and experienced.”

She wrote that they were “perhaps the most creative children I have met so far in my life,” and that if she had children of her own, “and would have to go for the few days to hospital, I would give my children without hesitation into the hands of my friend and her husband.”

But of the professionals who know our children, who have known them for years, little to no account is taken. Noah and Moedah stand before judges to plead for their son’s return to live with them, his parents. What God has put together, this loving family, has been torn asunder by men. We pray with all of our hearts that officials and judges will find the courage to put an end to this injustice.

Why did they take away our son?

17 Friday Jan 2014

Posted by commonpurse in From the parents, German Raid, Jugendamt Lies, Tlapak Family (Noah)

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Our hearts ache and there is no consolation. Our 1 ½ year old son was swept away by the police and the youth office on 05.09.2013 by us. What a shock…
The day before, everything was gorgeous. We had no idea what kind of criminal action would face us the next day in the very early hours of the morning.

Now four months have passed… and sadly our son is still gone.

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Jonathan, the delightful son of Noah and Moedah. This is the Jonathan that figures prominently in the opening pages of Eva’s Diary.

We were told that our son would be taken only for a short time and we would probably get him back again the next day. We had never expected such a thing, since we had been to the Jugendamt (Youth Office) several times previously; and the representatives of the Jugendamt had received a positive impression.

So I went with my beloved son that day, with representatives of the Jugendamt (secured by the police), to the foster family. My son clung to me and would not let me go. He felt the threat of separation and would not allow it. The agreement was, that I could breastfeed him 3 times a day. The police drove me home and I had to leave my son there. I sat in the car and hoped this nightmare would end and that I would finally be able to wake up; but in shock, I realized that it was a reality and there was no way out.

Thousands of questions and fears rushed through my head. Why did they take away our son? We have not done him any harm, quite the opposite: we have only loved him and given him affection.

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Moedah, his Imma, and Jonathan

{Read M.W.’s Statement about Moedah and her family.}

All these allegations in their decision had nothing to do with us and there was no evidence. Just for the reason of living at the Georg-Ehnes-Platz 2 and being part of the community, our little son was taken away.

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Georg-Ehnes-Platz 2 — our house in Wornitz. There’s not even a fence around it!

Ten days after this cruel day we stood before the judge in Ansbach. We were invited to a hearing. I thought the judge would surely give us back our son, since there was no evidence. Even the doctor had found no traces of ill-treatment. After much debate, the judge ruled that we should not get back Jonathan. This was on the basis of the statements of witnesses, which he believed to be credible.

Although the witnesses had no evidence against us and have never lived with us as a family, the judge gave their statements about the community a lot of weight.

How can you believe such people and so base your judgment only on suppositions and accusations? As a judge would it not be better to get an impression yourself and to investigate the veracity of these allegations?

Why has the Youth Office not brought to light the truth and their positive impression of their repeated visits with us? Rather, it trusts in lies and exaggerates what ‘s not true .

After about two weeks I was told by the Jugendamt, that I had two options:
1) I can move with my son into a mother-child facility or

2) I can breastfeed him, once a day, in the morning.

Of course, we have preferred the first option, because it would be much better for the little one to have me always. Whether they lied or forgot I don’t know…

The next day Mrs. B. called me from the Jugendamt, and told me that I would have to decide if I would be satisfied to breastfeed once in the morning and if not, the Jugendamt would place my son somewhere else, because he would be a burden for the foster family.

I tried to convince Mrs B. about the first option that I can move with Jonathan together somewhere. She said there had never been this option and I should be satisfied with one breastfeeding. I finally decided for one breastfeeding, because I had no other option.

The Jugendamt can state many big words, but they do not even move a finger to care for the welfare of the child and the parents.

There is always a “fait accompli” and they are never open to our needs, but push through their plan, which consists of separating children from their parents.

They treat us like animals. The little ones are being torn from us and placed where they will get only the bare essentials for survival.

Have you ever seen a mother cow or other animal whose young were torn away? They scream so loud that you can only have pity for them.

We are “screaming” for our children, but no compassion or understanding will be shown to us, because they justify their evil actions by their suspicion of abuse.

It is so painful and devastating to be separated from your children, and to see how this evil system is trying to alienate the children and reprogram them.

My son is trying to suppress the pain of separation with food and toys, but he feels hurt in his trust. To explain to a 1 ½ -year-olds that the judge has ruled that he be torn away from us and that it is hopefully only for a short time, is very difficult. The only thing he remembers is that he is allowed to see his father once a week and is then torn away by the foster mother again.

Every time I  go home from breastfeeding, he weeps bitterly and his trust towards me becomes more and more destroyed.* The foster family tries their best, but no one can give him the warmth and security except his biological parents.

There are so many children who grow up today without affection and love. But why do you take children away from parents who are giving them this love, warmth and comfort? We have loved our son from the heart and never abused him!

The only thing that gives us as parents a bit of consolation is that we know that we and Jonathan are being carried by God. He has preserved and cared for our son.

The Jugendamt (Youth Welfare Office) is trying to play God, but it does not understand  that it has been placed in this office by God.

It should provide order in families and protect neglected children from cruelty.
Instead, it treats us as criminal offenders and gives itself a pat on the shoulder…

*    As Michele Noterdaeme says, Professor for Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, such mistreatment can have lifelong effects:

The younger the child is, the more dependent it is on the mother, the more good arguments it takes to remove him from the parents,” says the professor. “If a one and a half year old child will suddenly be separated from his mother, it means ‘a significant risk for the development.’ After the abrupt end of such a close relationship some children find it difficult to enter into new relationships. This can last into adulthood.

 

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