Mr White saying "that guy was abusing kids, but otherwise he was such a great guy," is the worst thing I have heard yet. Like it was just a tiny lapse in judgment to molest 60+ kids over several years?!?! Resign, Mr White!

Any Parent who sends their kid to this camp after the convictions is negligent and irresponsible

I love how they call pedophilia "inappropriate" and "immature" ,a lot of sick action gets so lovely adjectives.

Taking advantage of children during a bible study session is another level of evil. Makes me feel so sick when I think about it. And anyone who try's to cover up or make excuses for the abusers are JUST AS BAD as the predators. Sorry to everyone who suffered - no one should have to experience this stuff in life. It really hurts hearing that these things can happen. I can't imagine how the victims feel. Try stay strong everyone.

The fact that the camp company has the *nerve* to sue a family who’s child was sexually abused due to *their* negligence is beyond me

I’m a male survivor. I’m 23 year olds and 10 months sober from 7 years of opiate and benzo addiction. My abuse is the single most important thing to happen to me and affects me to this day. Their is no hell deep enough for these pigsx

When I was at Kanakuk I had panic attacks every night due to massive headaches. The camp would not allow me to call home. Eventually they took me to the hospital and I got an MRI. I was diagnosed with a concussion. So there I am at a freaking HOSPITAL only with camp counselors and someone who I assumed was part of camp leadership, and they still WOULD NOT let me call home. When Kanakuk called my mom to let her know her daughter was in the hospital with a concussion, my mom requested to talk to me and Kanakuk refused to let her talk to her daughter in the hospital! WTF??! It was such a creepy, controlling environment and I have no doubt they would shame victims of abuse under the guise of the abused having a "lack of faith." Joe White is a creep. He spoke to me 1:1 after I returned from the hospital and all he wanted to talk about was how worried he was for my faith. It was cringe-y and I remember feeling so uncomfortable having to sit and talk alone with this rich old dude who I had no relationship with about my spiritual health. Something seemed so off about the leadership. My camp counselors were great but they were just a few years older than me. You could tell something just wasn't right. This camp is a dangerous breeding ground for abuse. Just ask the question.. Why wouldn't they condemn the situation immediately and fire this person? There's a reason they kept this creep around.

This is so disturbing on so many levels. Any type of sexual assault is a perpetual sentence for the victims, affecting every relationship the victim will have. I'm so sorry for the victims.

That camp and organization needs to be shut down immediately. Predatory.

Lot of respect for Ashton to be able to speak about what happened

I was abused at a child and no matter what it sticks in my mind. I sometimes wish I could have amnesia or anything to forget my past. I feel for these victims and I’m so glad they are coming out and fighting for justice.

My heart stopped when I read this title in my feed. I'm a survivor of sexual abuse at a Christian summer retreat, however it was by my own youth pastor. I was being abused in the mornings, missing the morning devotionals and when I did attend the woman who held the class treated me as delinquent I assume for poor attendance. No one bothered to ask me what was going on. I spoke up while on the trip and I faced a backlash immediately from leaders of my own church and the camp. Luckily, law enforcement back in my home state of Florida was open to listening to me and took action. Justice was served as the man who assaulted me and other friends of mine who were members of the church was imprisoned for life. I never took civil action which I regret because these adults were liable for allowing this to happen and calling me a liar when I came forward. But after hearing this had i taken settlement money I wouldn't be able to use my voice to speak out against this horror.

major major props to the families fighting this. esp the mom and dad that refuse to sign the NDA. They're doing so much for so many other families by refusing to stay silent about what their son went through. these are some genuinely good people. i really hope this camp gets shut down

Sorry your kid was abused but next years free....wtf

I worked at a YMCA run summer camp when I was 17/18 and we had such strict rules in order to prevent stuff like this and to recognize signs of sexual abuse. We were not allowed to be alone with a camper ever. One time one of my campers ran off from the group during a large meeting and I went after her and had to spend a decent amount of time trying to convince her to come back to the group. Afterwards I got in major trouble and was yelled at because I was alone with her. It's crazy that what happened at that camp was allowed for so long.

I am a survivor of a former hs teacher who was finally arrested a year ago. Investigation and civil suits still pending and dragging on. My mother blames me for the abuse from my father and from this teacher who sexually abused me and many others that have still not come forward. 😔

I’m devastated that they’re still operating. Worse even, other Christian publications rank them as one of the best camps. They take kids as young as 5 🤬

I can't believe that molesting children can be overlooked bc of an "outstanding character" and "role-modelship"

This camp was hellacious. I thought all the rules were normal and dealt with shame. I had asked why the guys could run around in swim trunks but we had to be covered head to toe. I was shamed for my sexual assault and told it was my fault. You aren’t alone

I looked this place up bc I live in Missouri and went to church camp as a kid (not here, thankfully). They REALLY love the letter "K". To the point where they refer to "Kounselors" and "Kampers." It only gets more suspicious when you see that they were founded in 1926. The Yelp reviews are f-----g terrifying. Several people talk about the "cult-like" atmosphere. And the Kamp motto that says to put others before yourself (not necessarily bad, but dangerous without boundaries as well). The bullying. The secret luggage searches. Then there's this: "[T]he nudity was just weird. They made us boys walk naked from our tee pee to the showers and we all were crammed in the showers together, the counselors would shower naked with us too, very inappropriate. My counselor would even walk around the tee pee naked, for no reason." Sounds like pedophile heaven.

People with perversions seep into any jobs where children are vulnerable and trusting of authority. Churches, schools, boy scouts, medical field, police etc. When you have children, no matter how they are related to you, you must always be alert and listen to what they tell you...and what they don't ☮️❤️

I was at the camp at the time this happened and I was one of the victims, and during the trial he did not see guilty at all and on the counslers overheard the owner trying to cover up the situation. It was all extremely uncomfortable and very aggressive there and Pete was evil to his core. Thank you for making this video this provides a voice for those that feel like they couldn't say anything.

I went to this camp for 12 different summers growing up, me and my sister have a picture with Pete Newman, I remember him speaking and how much of a positive influence he has had on people, I was never abused thankfully, I was so crushed to hear what Pete did when he got arrested years ago, and how poorly kanakuk handled all of this. This video was so hard to watch for me but I’m glad I did. Thoughts and prayers for all victims

I went to Kanakuk. 1 summer, 1 term. I hated it. I was going into 10th grade, and most of the “kampers” had been coming there since age 6 or 7, so very cliquish. I remember shower time-2 cabins in the communal shower, standing around naked, could not start the shower until a “shower counselor” came in to “supervise shower time”. I was never assaulted, but I hated the atmosphere.

People think just because it’s their religion nothing like that can happen. It is everywhere. Absolutely everywhere, every religion, every group, every community.

When I was a little girl I wanted to go to sleep away camp . My mom never let me and as a kid I was pissed I wanted to be a camper so bad. Now that I’m an adult I now know my mom was protecting me. THANK GOD MY MOM NEVER SENT ME!

This is so disgusting and my heart goes out to the victims. That excuse that the abuse was a drop in the bucket of good is SICK!!!

This gentleman is so brave for speaking out about what happened to him. So few men speak out when they are victims of sexual abuse/assault, domestic abuse, or child sex abuse, because of our society’s unfair expectations of men. It isn’t weak to speak out about your abuse. It’s extremely brave and courageous, and can help protect more children. I hope he’s doing well

My college invited Joe White to speak and interact with students. I met him and told him my story as a survivor. Now I find out about his negligence. Shame on him and shame on my college, as this was happening when they invited him.

The camp knew it because everybody in town knew about it. I was in highschool in 99 and we knew that was a horrible place.

NEVER leave your child in the hands of complete strangers!

I'm a survivor too. I have notes around that say positive affirmations, "you are strong, you are beautiful, you are more than what you've survived." Keep em on stickies onmy phone. In the past I had a lot of self hate, I've made a lot of self destructive decisions. It's so hard to reach a point of any semblance of healing. To anyone reading this, read whats in my quotes out to yourself, even if you dont believe it. This can never define you, because you are strong.

I’ve worked at a Christian based summer camp, and you just can’t be too careful in hiring staff. We once had a counselor who made a few “off” comments during orientation week, so that the directors spoke with him privately. They decided to let him stay, but had two other staff to always keep an eye on him. The second day it was noticed that he positioned himself right behind the boys as they came to the sink to brush their teeth, he’d lean over them and take their hand and say, “Here, let me show you the right way,” and he’d lean up against them. He did this twice. The other counselor called him over and sent him to the supply building for a broom, just to get him out. The directors were summoned immediately, another left in charge of the cabin while the counselor told what he’d seen. There was then no question. The directors called the police and the pervert was told what he’d been seen doing, and to explain himself. He denied it, of course, but was told he was fired, and that he’d be escorted to the cabin to retrieve his belongings while the campers were at their first activity. The police arrived then, and took evidence from the counselor. They then called the two boys individually, to ask if anything had bothered them while tidying up after breakfast, washing up, brushing teeth, making your bunk, etc. One boy obviously had no idea what they were talking about. The other, however, somewhat reluctantly said that he wanted to move cabins because one of the counselors “is creepy, always looking at me and putting his arm around me.” I’m not sure what happened after that except that the counselor left with the cops, in handcuffs. I remember seeing his stuff in a big pile in the lean-to near the mailboxes, which was odd. When I passed by maybe an hour later, it was gone. A select number of older or very mature staff were called to a 9:30 PM meeting in the “Bear’s Den” where we learned what had happened. Of course, we told the matter confidential. Any talk or behavior was to be reported immediately. It was really rather shocking as there had never, to anyone’s knowledge, been such a problem. It was eventually discovered the man had been arrested one other time while a junior in high school for fondling a much younger boy in the school bus. It had never occurred to anyone that it was necessary to check with the police before hiring a teen counselor. After that summer, the hiring and training became much stricter. This was way back in 1977.

It seems to me the judge that ruled that the camp can't be held liable is in someone's pocket.

So far I'm only like 3 and a half minutes in, but let me say this ASHTON, idk if you know what you have done here sweet boy, by coming forward, but you have opened the gates for more young men to come forward... And women... But because of you, you are opening the door to de-stigmatize SA in both men and women. And historically it's been even harder for young men to come forward. I am so grateful for you, being a warrior in this fight. Coming forward and being public with your story! I admire you! Thank you for speaking up, for being a voice. For sharing your story! You are amazing.

I went to Kanakuk (male)/Kanakomo (female) for 5 years between the ages of 8 & 13 (skipped a summer) for the month long session each time, and it was always amazing. This video deeply saddens me and hurts my heart. One thing I hate about getting older (in my mid 40s) is the absolute shattering of all the illusions of human decency I held true for so long. People can be absolutely disgusting and disgraceful. I will remember my time at Kanakomo fondly. I loved my summers spent there; however, now those memories will be tainted by this new knowledge. Heartbreaking! Release the victims from their nda's. It's the right thing to do

I remember when the news came out in 2010 and some of the boys on the Branson High School basketball team were victims of Newman. Kids in the stands of an opposing team wore home made tshirts with hot tubs on it and Kanakuk logos. Literally one of the worst feelings I’ve ever felt seeing the boys on the court seeing the other schools shirts and chants, absolutely heartbreaking.

I believe this, I worked in a psych hospital for 11 years. Where I’m from there is a huge Christian university (huge) every year they have a summer retreat, after the retreat we would get several of those campers suffering from psychotic episodes, catatonic, suicidal, etc EVERY YEAR!!

I went to this camp multiple times, including during this time frame. Though I wasn’t a victim to anything sexual, there are many suspicious and culty things I dealt with and saw go on.

That place is clearly crawling with monsters, from the CEO all the way down. The fact that they covered for him & even lied knowing they were putting kids at risk shows that they are ok with the abuse & feel there isnt anything wrong with it.

Seriously? People actually sit in a " church " and watch a man prance around with a CROSS on his shoulders? The mockery and self righteousness. That alone should send up red flags.

I’ll never understand the sexual attraction some adults have towards young boys, sick AF 🤮.

If his bosses let him get away with this S.A. it makes you wonder what type of people themselves are maybe they also engage in this type of behavior.I am glad this pervert was finally put in jail.I hope all the victims have been able to heal.

Every single leader was complicit in the abuse and should be held criminally liable. My heart is so grieved for the victims and thier experience of people who grossly misuse the tremendous power and responsibility entrusted to them. What's worse, to abuse at all, and the most vulnerable at that, in the name of God, is just utterly sickening.

How can you force a child sign a NDA? That's crazy! I would argue that becuse of he/she was so young the NDA is not applicable

One of the reasons I quit going to church was when I realized that many were sinners and we're going to continue to be, but the church life gave them good cover.

“Hot-tub Bible Study” Oh my word. A sick world.

imagine your child was sexually abused, and you have to pay 40 thousand dollars just to defend yourself from the organisation where it happened

I'm starting to realize that anything with a religious affiliation acts as a safe haven for predators by providing the presumption that the type of people working and running them would have high values, morals and beliefs yet it can be quite the opposite.

The worst part about this, is that question. "Where was God when this happen to me?"

Just hearing about this is enough to make me sick. I can’t imagine what the victims are going through. This is horrible!

I can't believe how they described Newman's actions as "immature behavior" and tried to downplay it! They were talking about his nude four-wheeling and nude basketball playing with children!

as someone who went to this camp for three summers i can fully say it’s a fucking cult. the homophobia, racism, and sexism i encountered was astronomical. lindsay rother (the k-west women’s director) gaslit me after i came out to my councilor, and i was encouraged to not tell anyone. crying in a bunk because you think you are going to hell while the rest of your cabin painted their nails is not something an 11 year old should go through. i know what i went through is so minute to what so many other people experienced but i think we could all agree that kanakuk needs to be permanently closed.

This sort of thing happened to my brother. He was attacked in the bathroom. Whoever did it knew what he was doing. He threatened my brother to make sure he didn’t turn around to see him, made sure it was at a time of day when there wasn’t going to be someone nearby, etc…. That camp has had a lot of allegations as well, to the point where they basically have a liability waiver for attendees.

The young man is so strong telling his story. Brought me to tears,

Immature decision making?!?!? How about not put adults that make “immature decisions” in charge of children. How mature does one have to be to know that adults shouldn’t be teaching kids to play naked games..seriously the most stupid response I’ve ever heard and he knew it because he could even answer with a straight face..he smirked serval times at how incredibly stupid his answer was.

As a member of the community with close contact with Pete Newman; as he not only was involved in Kanakuk but Youth Life… and knowing so many of the victims because they were friends… I’m so glad this is being brought to light !

My abuser is also a pastor. This just breaks my heart.

I grew up going to Kanakuk, during the time period this was happening at Kanakuk. I will not send my children to Kanakuk for any reason. My heart hurts for the victims. They deserve to speak out.

Breaks my heart learning about this. I hope this "evil" place closes.

This guy wasn’t even a boss. I understand how difficult it is when the offender is like the owner or ceo or something but this… They could’ve just fired this guy immediately. There was no reason not to. That’s how much they value the children at their camp. They don’t even consider this a problem.

"sorry about the molestation, here's a fruit basket"

A Christian man made me fearful of older men. I didn't say anything because I wasn't a part of their church, so i didn't know what to do or who to go to. When I mentioned it to a mental health professional, she helped me contact the right authorities. Thanks to that man, his family and their church, I have not been able to move on for years. Every time I am left alone with an older man, or any man that I don't know, I get panicky.

I worked at a camp last summer and one of my coworkers sexually assaulted me and it is a hard thing to speak up about. I’ve written the email a few times but deleted it out of fear that my former employer would scrutinize me. Close to a year later and I still haven’t told the owners but I did tell some directors.

Thank you for covering this, Vice. I went there as a kid, and I feel like I’ve been going mad seeing the world pretend like this didn’t happen. The camp just got to go on like nothing happened and keep their reputation. But I was there, I know it happened. We can’t let them go on like they didn’t allow this to happen. This horrible place needs to be shut down.

People don't realize that the creepiest subculture in America are Christian organizations in Missouri: not only here, but the appalling child abuse in girls schools in Missouri, as well as baby theft that used to take place only 20 years ago for unwed teenagers. It's also a state with one of the highest rates of child marriage in the country. And what's worse is the State of Missouri pretty much protects them legally from liability. If the State ever gets involved, it's because the abuses there are 10x worse than everywhere else. How evil!

As a SA survivor, I’m only 18 and was 6yrs substance abuse free but broke that this year and tried to take my life right after… to this day I’m haunted with what happened to me, after finding out most of my family knew and tried to sweep it under the rug. It’s definitely something that holds weight on my chest, I’m too young for the things I’ve been thru… god bless aha

Thank you for revealing this camp. The world needs to know and kids need to be protected. Camp is part of a child’s life. They should be able to have fun, safe, memorable camp experiences. Growing up I have nice memories of going to camp, kids should be able to create fun memories, today. Sex offenders should not have access to kids. Long term Counseling would be helpful to victims.

I went to this camp one year and remember multiple kids getting sent home after "problems w the counselors" its crazy seeing this 8 years later

I went to this camp. One of my strongest memories was questioning why girls had to wear a T-shirt over their swimsuit (even while swimming!) but boys could go shirtless anytime they wanted. They told me it was for modesty. I really hated going there, the kids were bullies and I was never into the god thing, my parents made me go every year from 2000-2005ish. I still remember most of the camp songs.

I went to this camp 2 years in early teenage years… it was honestly traumatizing for me for many reasons but to know THIS was happening there at the same time I was there makes me SICK. a lot of the boys there acted strange & (besides just teenage awkwardness of course) it makes a lot of sense. this place needs to be shut down. I had a very bad feeling around Joe White too, ever since I was 13 years old.

Someone I know was molested by their pastor. The rest of the church closed ranks and basically shamed the family out of the church. Because it was a small town nothing was done. Eventually his family moved to the city and never looked back.

When religion comes in, it's hard to speak out... :'(

This is my hometown and I’m so proud of those who’ve spoken out about abuse and lies done in the name of “Christianity”.

I went to this camp. I begged to go and my parents sent me for one session. Guess what? One of the leaders groped me. This was in the 1980s; it's been going on for YEARS. This camp should be shut down.

to anybody who read my last comment, sorry for the long winded rant. But, I whent through a couple of past expirences in my life, and I had to get it out. My heart goes out to Ashton and his entire family. To Ashton, Keep fighting and speaking out against this buddy, you're not alone. They can't sue you or do anything to you and your family. May the Lord protect and watch out for you, and keep you guys safe throughout these rough waters. I know what its like to go to a Christian camp, and then have it not be at all what they say it is. I've never gone through anything like you have, however, they called it a Christian blind camp. However, you know what? I myself as a physical blind person and learning disability proclame, based on my past expirence at that camp say that it was anything but. First off, if they call it a blind camp, there should've been Braille signs through out every cabbon, and rest room. Guess what? There was no Braille. Plus, when I tried to ask for help getting back to the cabbon, one of the nurses refused to physically guide me back. And all she said to me was, "Feel the rope Dave? I would say to her, "Yes." Then she replied back to me, "There's the rope there Dave, Follow the rope". It was not a good camp expirence when I whent there back in 2009, or for one of my other blind friends either. We never whent back. If you ever need to talk, you can email me. djenne0923@hotmail.com. Stay strong my friend.

Ashton is really brave for speaking up. I’m sure his story will help so many.

Imagine sending your kids to this camp knowing the history of it

Your first call upon hearing a complaint is *not* to call the place where abuse has occurred. Instead you call the authorities, a counselor, then media to keep the police hounded for answers. You do not call the place where the abuse occurred, you have your lawyer contact them! PERIOD

Damn man you feel so bad for the victims especially at the end of video.Very emotional.My heart poured out.Chomos absolutely ruin innocent kids minds.They will NEVER be the same after such horrific traumatizing abuse.So confusing and angering that there's people that do this kind of stuff. I know it's a form of mental illness because not everybody is like that naturally in fact most/marjority of people arent wired that way but still that kind of thing should at least be managed and dealt with properly somehow throughout their lives if they want to stay out of some mental institution!

Why call the damn camp? Call the cops!!

Nothing like victimizing the victim over and over again. It's absolutely deplorable that the camp it's staff and legal counsel swept all instances of child abuse under the rug several times and required non-disclosure contracts. At the end of the day all of this comes down to money. The camp hides all instances of abuse so they can continue to profit. I guess they were absent from bible study the day greed was studied. I can't imagine the pain the victims and Ashton felt when dealing with all the variations of what they could and couldn't share. It's infuriating to say the least.

I grew up in Overland Park and attended Holy Spirit catholic school. From 2011-2012 I was emotionally abused by the principal, Michele Watson and the Nun, Sister Petra. I had undiagnosed Adhd and would get overwhelmed by complex directions and info. My working memory would time out and I'd have to try to remember what I heard and then that would time out. I'd get bored, restless, frustrated, and angry and drew to ease the anxiety. But when I couldn't stop drawing, they called the principal, Mrs. Watson. She would put her face up to mine and scream, "ISABELLE MYZER! LOOK AT ME. DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!" and then she'd smirk when she made me cry and sometimes tried to make me mad in front of people, so I'd look bad. One day after I was done drawing, and actually o task, she showed up an hour later and put her mouth up to my ear and said, "I know what you did..." She also took my picture when I was mad just to harrase me and when I confronted her and asked why she did it, she said, "because I'm the principal and I'm allowed." she pretended to be nice one day. I was talking about butterflies with her, and she was being so friendly. But later that week she banned me from a field trip because she thought I'd look for caterpillars and she made my teacher be the one to tell my mom WITHOUT mentioning it was her decision. She used and bullied at least a quarter of the people at the school whether it be students or teachers. She and sister petra were cruel to someone I was very close with as well. Mrs. Watson spread rumors about the resource teacher and turned all the teachers against her. Sister petra would block her doorway so she couldn't go to lunch and verbally abuse her. As for what sister Petra did to me, it almost got physical. I was arguing over taking a longer drink break with my para and Sister Petra came charging up to me and screamed, "YOU'RE SO FULL OF HATE!" a friendly teacher thankfully came to my aid and said, "Come on isabelle, this doesn't look like a good situation." Sister Petra has physically abused students, so I kknow she would have hurt me. During lunch one day, she had called jr.high students for seconds and thirds and said, "No running" and when they didn't listen, she screamed, "I SAID NO RUNNING!" and then they continued to run and she screamed, "DON'T YOU DARE RUN OR I'M GONNA TRIP YOU!" and lunged forward, tripping two 7th graders. my friend's mom went to the priest about the abuse, and he did nothing. The archbishop never listened either. Plenty of teachers, community members, parents and students minimized everything that happened and tried to side with her or cover for her. Almost no one stood up to them due to blackmail and intimidation. Sister Petra got away with it. She had a stroke a few years ago and got moved to a convent for sick nuns. Mrs. Watson got fired last year because the new Priest was concerned about the low enrollment, which had been a problem for a while. People still blame me, minimize what happened and some don't believe me. It's stupid how blind people choose to be. You want to be blind, and then it happens to you and then you just can't be.

If parents keep sending their kids to this place they are putting their kids at risk! Why isn’t this getting more National attention!!!!

When you google the camp, the first thing that pops up pretty much is the abuse from the staff. I hope this video helps shut this place down or helps some kids out.

Any time someone tells me they are "Christian", in a pointed way, alarm bells go off in my mind. Too many people use it as shorthand for supposed morals or ethics. Evangelicals, in particular, are suspect. But Americans love simplicity, and shallow thinking, and these orgs have figured that out.

There needs to be laws that make NDA's in cases like this illegal

His smile at 8:35 shows everything. Sinister

If a teenage girl ended up pregnant, these very same christians would judge her, for her supposed sexual sin. They have a very real sexual sinner in their mist, and they protect him. It's hypocritical, disgusting and unbelievable. I just don't get why a group that spends so much time telling teenagers that any sex out side of marriage is a sin, spends so much time and money defending an actual sexual sin.

I went to a summer camp where I live and had life saving medication withheld for no reason whatsoever.The amount of neglect I felt was horrific, I still remember the panic of not having my medication when I needed it. I’ve gone years thinking no one else has gone through trauma/neglect or abuse at summer camp, everyone always had such amazing experiences and talked fondly of their time.I felt like it was just me being a sensitive little girl. Finding this video in a way is healing. Im sorry for anyone who felt or was unsafe in an environment made to feel safe.

Whenever something like this happens, it's obviously a heinous and atrocious act. But when the rest of the staff and people in the organization try to deny it, or play it off like it's no big deal, it just makes it so much worse. Just own up to it.

Thank you for letting everyone know what happened to you. You are brave and deserve justice. Keep going, the USAG gymnasts had their day to speak and all of you deserve the same.

Would never let a religious conservative watch any children. This seems par for the course

This is totally appalling. Not only is White out of touch he seems complicit. I hope the children and families get healing and compensation. Incredibly negligent and duplicit actions by this "kamp". Hope they are forced to close. Thanks for bringing us this information. Lvya

Powerfully done . Important journalism.

The way some ‘Christians’ choose to protect each other is nothing short of disgraceful and sickening.

That response from the camp that the NDA’s were for the victims is horrendous. It shows the camp has not really learnt and progressed from these abuses as well as their victim blaming culture.

Canadian tribal natives, more commonly known as "first nations" have been telling their stories for many years for the abuse from the catholic priests and nuns as far back as the 19th century in the residential school system, of which to this day they are still fighting for justice, not to mention the very recent discovery of unmarked graves of native children found on these now abandoned residential school grounds who were most likely beaten to death decades ago. and right now some native leaders are trying to set up an audience with the pope to ask for an apology for the abuse to them, which for years now they have been referring to as Cultural genocide.........

WE AS PPL NEED TO BACK THIS FAMILY WHEN THE GOVERNMENT WON'T HELP...GOD BLESS THIS FAMILY... YOUR SO STRONG KEEP FIGHTIN👊✊️✌️

I feel your pain guys! I was 5 when my asexual abuse started, it went on for years. With theghts on my life, and of my family's too! My heart goes out to all of you, Please seek help ! UNLIKE me nearing 62 yoa. And an Alcoholic, still haunted.All my love!