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At this stage it appears it could go either way. What do you think?
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Two former students of a Seventh-day Adventist boarding school in West Virginia have decided to come forward, the Washington Post reports, filing civil lawsuits over years of horrific physical and emotional abuse. Their allegations are shocking, but in the light of similar scandals in the Catholic Church and Jehovah’s Witnesses, few observers should be surprised that heinous acts can be carried out in supposedly-“sacred” spaces.
Former Students Describe Horrors Of Miracle Meadows Christian In Lawsuit
In their new lawsuit, the two men, now adults, say a corrosive culture of “silence and secrecy” allowed physical and sexual child abuse to continue unchecked for years at Miracle Meadows Christian. While Miracle Meadows was shut down by West Virginia’s Department of Health and Human Resources in 2014, the boarding school’s legacy of terror and debasement will live on for years. Students at the school were routinely handcuffed to beds – at times until their wrists bled – and locked in so-called “quarantine rooms” for weeks.
The former students are being represented by Brian Kent, previously a criminal prosecutor in the Sex Crimes Unit for Pennsylvania’s Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. Kent has now turned his attention to private practice, sponsoring the website AbuseGuardian.com.
A partner at Philadelphia plaintiffs’ law firm Laffey, Bucci & Kent, Mr. Kent says that children at private boarding schools, especially isolated institutions with religious affiliations, may serve as the “perfect victims” for pedophiles and abusers.
Isolated Christian School Served As Breeding Ground For Abuse
Secluded on 200 acres of woodland in West Virginia, Miracle Meadows Christian resembles more a petty dictatorship than place of learning. Recent revelations have shown that Susan Gayle Clark, the school’s director and founder, was well aware of the abuse and mistreatment taking place under her watch, but turned a blind eye. Clark was convicted in 2016 on two criminal misdemeanor charges: child neglect creating risk of injury and failure to report child abuse.
Alongside Clark, Timothy Arrington stands at the center of these horrific allegations. Arrington, who served as a teacher at Miracle Meadows, is said to have shackled and choked a number of students during his tenure. While his criminal case has stalled, Arrington has been named as a defendant in the new lawsuit.
Abuse May Not Be Isolated To Miracle Meadows
Miracle Meadows was almost radically small. Since its inception in 1988, the school was home to only around 20 students at any given time. Child abuse, however, does not appear to be a “small” or isolated issue within the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Remarkably similar lawsuits have been filed in the recent past.
A 2014 complaint brought in Oregon accuses a Bend-based Adventist organization of hiring Les Bovee, a convicted sex offender, to oversee youth programs. Despite reports that Bovee had only continued to abuse children in his new position, leaders at the Oregon chapter allowed him to remain at work, eventually resolving at least three claims of sex abuse in confidential settlements. An Australian Adventist group has even apologized for “mishandling” cases of sex abuse in a Brisbane college run by the denomination.
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Des spécialistes expliquent comment l’interdiction des Témoins de Jéhovah pourrait nuire à la réputation internationale de la Russie et à la liberté de religion.
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Four of Jehovah’s Witnesses presented key arguments against the claims by the Ministry of Justice.
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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) President Thomas S. Monson, leader of the Mormon church, is alive but remains hospitalized according to the LDS church.
Rumors circulating on Twitter suggested that the man regarded as a prophet, by millions of Mormons, passed away Wednesday. A spokesman for the church responded to an inquiry from KUTV.
Monson was hospitalized Monday evening.
"President Monson was not feeling well last evening and was admitted to the hospital. He has received treatment and fluids and will hopefully be released soon," LDS church spokesman Eric Hawkins said Tuesday.
Monson addressed the world-wide conference for the church he leads, speaking twice during the weekend's five two hour blocks that feature musical numbers and church leaders speaking to crowds in the church's Conference Center and world wide by way of satellite broadcast. During his Sunday address, the leader announced five new LDS temples.
Church members are concerned for Monson who is a beloved figure for those in the faith. Members at Temple Square, near the church's world-wide headquarters in Salt Lake City said they were praying for their prophet.
“I love him and I actually met him once and he was just the happiest humblest man For him to be in the hospital is like oh no," church member Courtney Kemp said. She said her prayer for him was "That he may have peace and comfort in his situation right now."
Another member, Ashlie Haskin, had similar sentiments.
“I just hope that he is feeling comfort and peace and that his family feeling peace. He's worked hard and clearly he's given so much time and service,” Haskin said.
“I love him i really love him. He's a great man," another member, Carlos Gerez said.
Serving as the 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Monson has been in the position since Feb. 3, 2008, when he took the place of previous president Gordon B. Hinkley.
Monson was born in Salt Lake City, on August 21, 1927.
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Les Témoins de Jéhovah donnent des cours bibliques gratuits à des millions de personnes dans le monde. Mais si vous étudiez avec nous, êtes-vous obligés de devenir Témoin de Jéhovah ?
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Vasiliy Kalin, un représentant du Centre administratif des Témoins de Jéhovah de Russie, demande aux autorités de mettre un terme à la persécution injuste.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses study the Bible free of charge with millions of people around the world. But if you study with us, do you have to become one of Jehovah’s Witnesses?
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In einer gemeinsamen weltweiten Aktion laden Jehovas Zeugen die Öffentlichkeit zu bedeutenden jährlichen Anlässen ein, die mit der Feier zum Gedenken an den Tod Jesu Christi beginnen.
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Millionen entscheiden sich für einen kostenlosen Bibelkurs von Jehovas Zeugen. Muss man dann auch Zeuge Jehovas werden?
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Graphic Video of the chemical attack in Syria today:
Who is responsible for this crime against humanity that the main stream media is ignoring?
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WWIII? - US fires 50+ missiles at Syrian military base near Homs...
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Video realeased by the the US Department of Defense shows Tomahawk missiles being launched from US Navy ships in the Mediterranean Sea early Friday. The United States attacked a Syrian air base with roughly 60 cruise missiles in response to a chemical weapons attack it blames on President Bashar Assad. US officials say the Tomahawk missiles were fired from two warships, USS Ross and USS Porter stationed in the Mediterranean sea, targeting a government-controlled air base in Syria.