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Missouri boarding school under investigation will shut down
1 year, 11 months ago

Missouri boarding school under investigation will shut down

Associated Press  

A Christian boarding school in Missouri that’s been under intense scrutiny over abuse allegations announced Wednesday that it will close later this month due to financial hardship. Agape Boarding School in Stockton has been the subject of state and location investigations and several lawsuits from former students. Clemensen said the decision to close “is voluntary and solely due to the …

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Missouri House speaker urges feds to shut down Agape school
2 years, 2 months ago

Missouri House speaker urges feds to shut down Agape school

Associated Press  

The speaker of the Missouri House is urging the U.S. attorney in Kansas City to shut down Agape Boarding School, accusing the Christian school of “what amounts to organized crime against children.” Republican House Speaker Rob Vescovo sent a letter Wednesday to U.S. Attorney Teresa Moore that was made available to reporters on Monday. The new petition said Agape’s director …

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Indictment: Boy forcibly taken to Missouri boarding school
2 years, 3 months ago

Indictment: Boy forcibly taken to Missouri boarding school

Associated Press  

The mother of a California teenager conspired with a former Missouri boarding school dean on a plan that resulted in the boy being forced into a car, handcuffed for more than 24 hours and driven to a Missouri school for troubled youths, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Fresno said Sandoval is founder of an agency that …

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5 Missouri boarding school employees charged with abuse
3 years, 2 months ago

5 Missouri boarding school employees charged with abuse

Associated Press  

— A southwest Missouri prosecutor said Tuesday he has charged five employees of a private Christian boarding school with abusing students — far fewer than the number of charges recommended by state investigators. The five employees of the Agape Boarding School near Stockton were charged with a total of 13 third-degree felony assault counts, Cedar County Prosecuting Attorney Ty Gaither …

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Texas teen with autism sues Missouri boarding school
3 years, 4 months ago

Texas teen with autism sues Missouri boarding school

Associated Press  

— A Christian boarding school in southwest Missouri has been sued three times this month over allegations that students were abused. The latest of the lawsuits was filed Tuesday in Cedar County Circuit Court on behalf of a Texas teen with autism and bipolar disorder. It accuses Agape Baptist Church, which operates Agape Boarding School, of negligence, infliction of emotional …

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