Ruinerwold secluded family explained

Gerrit-Jan van Dorsten
Birth Place:Ruinerwold, Holland
Nationality:Dutch
Disappeared Date:After March 2009

In October 2019, 67-year-old Gerrit-Jan van Dorsten and his six adult children were discovered in Ruinerwold, a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe, where they had lived after March 2009[1] for nine years after in seclusion in a farm house where only the 58-year-old man who rented the house had been seen around.[2] [3] [4]

Details about discovery

The adult children were thought to be aged 18 to 25. The family was found after the oldest child Israel, who has also called himself Jan, 25, left the house and spoke to local people in Ruinerwold.[5] [6] [7] He had already become active on social media for a few months. His pictures show that he sometimes left the house after dark to go to the village.[8] One of the children stated that they had never been to school.[9] None of the six adult children were in official records of births and citizens.[10]

The 67-year-old man has four more children, a total of ten children as of 2019. His eldest son was never a part of the same cult and the three eldest children of the nine he had with his second wife, fled the family home in 2011. Only the six youngest children remained in seclusion until 2019.[11] The 67-year-old man has extensive Facebook pages and his own website, but does not mention his children.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] He tried to create an ecological utopia.[17]

According to a court judgment in 2021, the father had suffered a cerebrovascular accident in 2016, rendering him incapable of making coherent communication.

Aftermath

On 17 October, the father appeared at court having been arrested and charged with unlawful deprivation of liberty, harming other people's health, and money laundering.[4] In 2021, his prosecution was terminated because of his medical condition.[18] [19]

The 58-year-old man who rents the house, and was often around, but slept elsewhere, has also been arrested, initially for obstructing the police investigation, and later also suspected of complicity. They are not allowed any contact with the adult children, to avoid influencing them as witnesses and possible victims.[20]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2019-11-28 . Dutch farm mystery: Children split over charges against father . 2024-06-02 . en-GB.
  2. News: Six freed after years living in Dutch cellar 'waiting for end of time'. Henley. Jon. 2019-10-15. The Guardian. 2019-10-15. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  3. News: Family 'waiting for end of time' found in basement. 2019-10-15. BBC News. 2019-10-15. en-GB.
  4. News: Father in Dutch 'end of time' family charged for abuse and money laundering as police interview his adult children . Barbara . Miller . 18 October 2019 . . [...] the family was found in a small room, which police say was not a cellar, as initially reported, but could be locked..
  5. Web site: Son escapes, rescues 5 siblings trapped for 9 years by "end of times" father. 2019-10-15. NL Times. en. 2019-10-15.
  6. News: Politie haalt vader en vijf kinderen uit afgesloten ruimte in Drenthe. NRC. Dutch. 2019-10-15. Mirjam. Remie. Marissa. van Loon. Jelmer. Kos. Chris. Koenis. 15 October 2019.
  7. Web site: De kinderen van Ruinerwold gemist? Start met kijken op NPO Start.
  8. Web site: PICTURED: Son who was 'held captive' in Dutch farm house for nine years. Burke. Kelly. 17 October 2019. 7news.com.au. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019082552/https://7news.com.au/news/world/mystery-of-captive-dutch-basement-family-deepens-following-facebook-reveal-c-508704 . 2019-10-19 . 19 October 2019.
  9. Web site: Vader en vijf kinderen schuilen jaren in kelder in Drenthe, 'wachtend op einde der tijden'. 15 October 2019. www.ad.nl. Dutch. live. 2019-10-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20191015184834/https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/vader-en-vijf-kinderen-schuilen-jaren-in-kelder-in-drenthe-wachtend-op-einde-der-tijden~a814b97d/ . 2019-10-15 .
  10. Web site: Politie over gezin Drenthe: 'Kinderen nooit ingeschreven'. 2019-10-19. www.nu.nl. 18 October 2019. Dutch.
  11. News: Familie: drie kinderen ontvluchtten eerder het gezin in Ruinerwold, vader opgepakt. NRC. 17 October 2019 . Wassens . Rik .
  12. Web site: 2019-10-21. Vader Ruinerwold schreef online eigen evangelie, maar bereikte er vrijwel niemand mee. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191021093318/https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/vader-ruinerwold-schreef-online-eigen-evangelie-maar-bereikte-er-vrijwel-niemand-mee~a439c788/ . 2019-10-21 . 2021-01-03. Algemeen Dagblad. nl.
  13. Web site: Aanmelden bij Facebook | Facebook. .
  14. Web site: Eagle Rock Wiki. www.facebook.com.
  15. Web site: Divine Body Practice. www.facebook.com.
  16. Web site: eagle-rock.org. eagle-rock.org.
  17. Web site: Eind der tijden? Onzin, Gerrit Jan wilde ecologisch Utopia. October 21, 2019. Telegraaf.
  18. Web site: 4 March 2021. Uitspraak over vervolging hoofdverdachte Ruinerwold-zaak. live. 2021-04-20. www.rechtspraak.nl. nl-NL. https://web.archive.org/web/20210304082531/https://www.rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie-en-contact/Organisatie/Rechtbanken/Rechtbank-Noord-Nederland/Nieuws/Paginas/Uitspraak-over-vervolging-hoofdverdachte-Ruinerwold.aspx . 2021-03-04 .
  19. News: 2021-02-18. Dutch farm case: Prosecutors drop abuse charges against 'too ill' father. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-04-14.
  20. Web site: Vader Ruinerwold mag geen contact met kinderen: 'Zij zijn cruciaal in het onderzoek'. October 21, 2019. RTL Nieuws.

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