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Sexual Abuse in the Name of God: New Bethany Home for Girls
Mack Ford As many of you know, I have long been an advocate for those abused at Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) teen group homes. These homes, some of which are still in existence, routinely...
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Teen Group Homes: Dear IFB Pastor, It’s Time for You to Atone for Your Sin
Lester Roloff In the 1970s, Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) preacher Lester Roloff began what later would be called the IFB teen home industry. In 1958, Roloff started The Lighthouse for...
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Bossier Doe Identified as Carol Ann Cole
Bossier Doe and Carol Ann Cole In you are not familiar with the Bossier Doe murder case, please read Is 34 Year Old Murder Case Connected to New Bethany Home for Girls and New Bethany Home for Girls:...
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What Should We Do When Religious Freedom Leads to Child Abuse?
Gerald Harris, pastor Crossroads Baptist Church, Sellersburg, Indiana The fracas in Kentucky over Kim Davis’s refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples has brought to the forefront the...
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My Life in an ACE School Part One
A guest post series by Ian. Introduction I am writing a several part series on my ACE school experience. I attended three different ACE schools and was associated with a fourth, so I feel I have had a...
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My Life in an ACE School Part Two
A guest post series by Ian. Please see Part One in this series for an explanation of ACE schools. I attended my first ACE school in the second grade, way back in 1979-1980. The pastor of our church...
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My Life in an ACE School Part Three
A guest post series by Ian. Please see Part One in this series for an explanation of ACE schools. I attended Grace Baptist Academy from 1980-1983, 3rd through most of 5th grade. This was a school that...
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My Life in an ACE School Part Four
A guest post series by Ian. Please see Part One in this series for an explanation of ACE schools. Manna Baptist Academy was a ministry of Manna Baptist Church, one of the IFB churches we associated...
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Black Collar Crime: Restoration Youth Academy’s Sadistic Abuse of Children...
Isolation rooms at Restoration Youth Academy What follows is an excerpt from a Newsweek article by Art Levine titled, The Harrowing Story of Life Inside Alabama’s Most Sadistic Christian Bootcamp. I...
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Quote of the Day: VICE Feature Story Investigates Independent Fundamentalist...
Lester Roloff, the man responsible for countless pain, suffering, heartache, and abuse Kimi Cook was 15 years old when she arrived at Lester Roloff’s Rebekah Home for Girls in Corpus Christi, Texas....
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