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Branson’s Kanakuk sports camp is facing another civil lawsuit, this time from a plaintiff who alleges he was sexually abused when he attended Kanakuk as a kid — and says the camp committed fraud by concealing the actions of a predatory counselor.
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Boyd Householder died Tuesday, according to reporting by the Kansas City Star citing multiple sources.
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In recent days, a Christian boarding school for boys based in southwest Missouri became the target of a new lawsuit with severe child abuse allegations. Defendants include the local county sheriff.
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In Springfield on Tuesday, three women who say they survived severe child abuse at religious boarding schools in Missouri staged a small demonstration. Along with an advocate with Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, they hope to raise awareness about boarding school abuse in the Ozarks and around the state.
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The vice-president of youth development for the local YMCA says one in 10 children in the U.S. will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday.
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David Clohessy of St. Louis is past national director of SNAP — Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.
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Ozarks Public Radio has learned that a man once linked to the former Agape Boarding School in Cedar County was booked into the Polk County Jail Wednesday night on suspicion of second-degree sodomy, kidnapping, and three counts of sexual misconduct.
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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. According to Springfield’s Community Focus Reports, child abuse and neglect have been red flagged multiple times over the past decade.
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Agape Boarding School in Cedar County has been at the center of many lawsuits over allegations of child abuse.
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Recently, Agape Boarding School in Cedar County announced it would close. The news came after years of allegations of severe child abuse at the Christian reform school.