Another crazy Armstrongite splinter cult makes the news again. This time
The House of Yahweh, led by delusional Armstrongite Yisrayl Hawkins, is back in the news. The House of Yahweh is referred to many times as the "Sex Cult." In fact, Yisrayl Hawkins himself was arrested for
bigamy. Hawkins first wife Kay Hawkins has written a book about her life in the HOY and how Hawkins, a serial adulterer, took another wife before casting her aside. See
The House of Yahweh: My Side of the Story.
The Texas Big Country is reporting that HOY leader, Tsephanyah Hawkins, was arrested for threatening the opposing counsel and the judge in a case where another HOY cult member was arrested for child abuse.
Almost all of the HOY cult members have changed their names to end with Hawkins.
A high ranking member of the House of Yahweh in Callahan County has been
arrested for allegedly threatening the life of a Taylor County State
District Judge.
The House of Yahweh is a religious community,
that some consider a cult. The group's compound is on several acres in
Callahan county near Eula. The group was founded by Israel Hawkins, a
former Abilene Police Officer and most members change their last names
to Hawkins.
The investigation by the Texas Rangers began after a
series of 96 e-mails sent over a six hour period. According to court
documents, those e-mails were sent from Tsephanyah Hawkins to a law firm
representing them in a civil case. The case the e-mails referred to was
the Yedidiah Hawkins sexual assault case. Yedidiah Hawkins is serving a
prison sentence for molesting a 6 year old girl, and that girls family
is now suing the House of Yahweh.
In the emails, Tsephanyah
Hawkins threatened a member of the law firm that was representing the
Hawkins group in court. Hawkins also threatened opposing council in the
civil case and Judge John Weeks who is presiding over the civil dispute.
Kepha Acemont former member of the group said that this
particular civil case is what caused him to leave the group. "He is a
child molestor and I did not join that place to be apart of that," says
Kepha Arcemont. "He came there with his mother and father 20 years ago,
worked himself up the ranks, became a deacon and then an elder. He
learned alot about the legal system, so he was like the House of Yahweh,
common law attorney," Arcemont explains.
He also says those
threats should be taken seriously. "He's a dangerous guy. He's and elder
there, not to say that all elders are dangerous," explains Arcemont.
According
to court documents, the emails that were sent March 27, 2014 mentioned
shooting, stabbing or the use of explosives. Tsephanyah was charged with
3 counts of obstruction and retaliation.
See video
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