"It goes to show that the kids that you abuse today, those are the ones that are going to kick you down tomorrow. We were abused by Agape but we weren’t scared.” @RobertBucklin8
Updates in 🧵
Ty @Batmanda4ever @ColtonSchrag @EmAdams83690418 + others too
missouriindependent.com/2022/09/08/cou…
Agape has a long history of alleged abuse.
"All 10 substantiated preponderance of evidence claims against Agape involved findings of physical abuse. Those 10 substantiated claims are the only ones reported by the state since 2006."
#endtti #shutdownagape
missouriindependent.com/2022/09/06/mis…
A 1pm hearing today was set to determine the fate of #Agape but reports from @RobertBucklin8 and @Batmanda4ever indicate this has been moved to Monday morning. Will update as I learn more.
#troubledteenindustry #mopol #shutdownagape #endtti
Unfortunately, the #children held at #Agape will remain there until Monday at the earliest. While I'm hopeful this is the end for this #troubledteenindustry program, I worry this judge will allow the facility to continue to operate.
#exposechristianschools #endtti
@C_Stroop
KCS: Judge David Munton's decision to hold off on closing #Agape means the 63 #children held at the #troubledteenindustry facility will remain there until Monday's hearing.
@RobertBucklin8 @Batmanda4ever @WeWarnedThem
#endtti #ShutDownAgape #mopol
kansascity.com/news/state/mis…
Judge David Munton signed the order delaying the shutdown of #Agape in #Missouri. He is a longtime member of Main Street Baptist Church in nearby Greenfield, where he serves as worship leader.
Agape is affiliated with the #Baptist church, too.
google.com/amp/s/amp.kans…
Judge Munson sent #CedarCounty Sheriff James “Jimbob” McCrary to #Agape today to investigate the claims made by @AGEricSchmitt in his injunction.
KCS reports that McCrary and his office’s links to #AgapeBoardingSchool are "well documented."
More in 🧵
google.com/amp/s/amp.kans…
Sheriff McCrary's #CedarCounty office employs Deputy Robert Graves, son-in-law of #Agape founder James Clemensen, and Graves’ daughter, Deanna Smock.
Thursday’s court docket shows that a “D. Smock” signed for the judge’s directive.
Even more in 🧵
google.com/amp/s/amp.kans…
Deputy Graves attended #Agape as a student and went on to work there WHILE A DEPUTY in #CedarCounty. 🤯
He responded to crimes at #AgapeBoardingSchool and sat in on at least one child abuse hotline call while **in uniform** #survivors say
More in 🧵
amp.kansascity.com/news/state/mis…
Julio Sandoval, former dean of #Agape, owns Safe Sound Secure Youth Ministries, a #teentransport company that has also employed Deputy Graves.
Sandoval was arrested in #California last week after taking a handcuffed teen to #AgapeBoardingSchool
🧵 ⬇️
amp.kansascity.com/news/state/mis…
Judge Munson also had a hand in case of Boyd and Stephanie Householder, former owners of #CircleofHope, a closed #troubledteenindustry program also in #CedarCounty. They are on house arrest awaiting trial for 99+ #csa and #childabuse charges.
🧵⬇️
amp.kansascity.com/news/state/mis…
@AGEricSchmitt and #DSS cited #CedarCounty officials close ties to #AgapeBoardingSchool in injunction.
@RepKeriIngle stated, "There’s a pattern of decision making with this judge, letting the Householders out and giving #Agape this type of leniency"
🧵⬇️
amp.kansascity.com/news/state/mis…
Last year @AGEricSchmitt’s Office recommended 22 #Agape staffers be charged with 65 felony counts involving 36 children. #CedarCounty Prosecuting Attorney Ty Gaither, with *SOLE DISCRETION,* filed only 13 lower-level counts against 5 staffers.
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amp.kansascity.com/news/state/mis…
#CedarCounty Judge Munson continues to thwart efforts by AG and #DSS to close #Agape.
@AGEricSchmitt "We will continue to fight for the children at Agape, and look forward to presenting our arguments on Monday.”
We look forward to Monday, too.
#endtti
amp.kansascity.com/news/state/mis…
An important read on why #Agape may not close on Monday. (And why this will probably be a bigger fight than anyone is expecting)
The #corruption in #CedarCounty runs deep.
The judge overseeing the injunction case against #AgapeBoardingSchool funded the firm currently defending the #troubledteenindustry program in #Missouri.
Is this not a conflict of interest?
BREAKING reports from @endthetti indicate that @AGEricSchmitt has filed an amended injunction calling to #shutdownagape.
More here:
Will update as details come in!
@RobertBucklin8 @Batmanda4ever
"On September 8, 2022, Agape’s director Bryan Clemensen, reported that
Agapé Staff A was fired “yesterday” (September 7, 2022), but still resides on the
Agapé property in close proximity to children at Agapé."
NEW injunction:
ago.mo.gov/docs/default-s…
#shutdownagape #endtti
"Allegations of physical and sexual abuse at Agape and nearby Christian boarding school Circle of Hope Girls' Ranch prompted a state law last year requiring stricter oversight of such facilities."
#Troubledteenindustry survivors made this law happen 🔥🙌♥️
ksdk.com/article/news/e…
"#Agape director Bryan Clemensen... was notified by #DSS that he had a substantiated report of abuse against him...Scott Dumar, the school’s longtime medical coordinator, also is among those appealing a substantiated DSS finding."
#shutdownagape
#endtti
stltoday.com/news/local/cri…
"Friday's amended complaint also describes how, according to #DSS, #Agape has provided the #childwelfare agency with incomplete information about those at the school with access to the children and about the adults who live on the 500-acre campus."
stltoday.com/news/local/cri…
Survivors are at the #Agape hearing now. So far, the public has not been allowed in but they can allegedly hear Judge Munson and #CedarCounty Sheriff 'Jim Bob' laughing it up like pals.
#mopol #endtti #wewarnedthem #breakingcodesilence #nomoresurvivors #shutdownagape
This is a good thread with updates on the #Agape hearing:
@endthetti @WeWarnedThem
#AgapeBoardingSchool hearing has been postponed until September 21. Thank you to @EmAdams83690418 for the updates live from #Stockton #Missouri on #Agape.
#shutdownagape #wewarnedthem #endtti
Per @Manring4MO127 court has been adjourned and #DSS will continue to monitor the children held at #Agape until the hearing is continued on 9/21. Judge Munson is requiring State's witness, an alleged victim of #childabuse at #AgapeBoardingSchool, testify in person vs remotely
Survivor efforts to #shutdownagape in #Missouri have been delayed. What will it take to finally close this notorious #troubledteenindustry program and grant justice to #survivors?
Ty to @EmAdams83690418 for sharing this article with me!
#wewarnedthem
kansascity.com/news/state/mis…
To follow the hearing on #Agape in #cedarcounty, follow this thread:
While it is unlikely the court will #shutdownagape today, it is certain we will learn more about how this #troubledteenindustry program operates.
#mopol #endtti #istandwithsurvivors
Yesterday's hearing on #agape, the embattled #troubledteenindustry program in #cedarcounty Missouri, resulted in another delay.
Survivors continue to call on #missouri officials to #shutdownagape before more #children experience #institutionalabuse.
#Agape is now attempting to play a "corporate shell game" to avoid State and activist calls to #shutdownagape. This tactic - rebranding and reopening without making meaningful change - is endemic in the #troubledteenindustry.
#sicaa #endtti #wewarnedthem
amp.kansascity.com/news/politics-…
HUGE update in the #shutdownagape movement. While #Agape has closed in name only, #stoneofhelp is opening in its place with the same staff and students. #Republican leadership in #Missouri is calling on the Feds to deal w corrupt #CedarCity officials...
A new petition has been filed to #shutdownagape in #CedarCounty #Missouri. @AGEricSchmitt is attempting to block #Agape from reopening as #stoneofhelp with the same staff and students.
#troubledteenindustry #moleg #sb15
Read the petition in full here:
ago.mo.gov/docs/default-s…
@AP is reporting on #Agape and #Missouri's desperate plea to Feds for assistance battling the #humantrafficking operation in #CedarCounty. This case will have huge ramifications for the entire #troubledteenindustry across the US.
#sicaa #sb15 #moleg
apnews.com/article/crime-…
The latest from @kclaurab on efforts to #shutdownagape is out. #DSS is no longer on site to care for youth held at #AgapeBoardingSchool. A new judge has been appointed to oversee the #troubledteenindustry program's case. @AGEricSchmitt needs to step up!
Defending #Agape, Clemensen says “nobody is fact-checking” the #survivors and introduces himself as a child abuser to #DSS workers who monitor #AgapeBoardingSchool because “it’s all a big joke.”
I'm not laughing. #shutdownagape
#mopol #endtti #endcsa
cedarrepublican.com/stories/agape-…
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