I agree. We did that once, but got sold a bill of worthless goods.

This is just utterly creepy and cruel.

That is actually what they worship, not God whom they profess to follow.

I feel for you and your wife having to go through that. It’s horrible.

Thought so.

That is just the sort of argument someone like him would make.

It’s not about the sanctity of life. It’s about punishing women for sex and poverty.

He thinks only of money, not the common good.

It’s disgraceful, disgusting and shows his contempt for poor people.

I hope you didn’t have awful experiences there, as I know some of them can be harsh.

I didn’t watch it, evidently others did.

These people probably thought he was literally “possessed by the devil,” when he was actually probably afraid and frightened as well as disturbed by his placement. He deserved better, and I hope they prosecute the parents to the fullest extent of the law.

Good point. I’m the case of religious schools, kids can be placed there for the pettiest of reasons, and also to conceal sexual abuse within families.

Missouri has a history of unregulated “Christian” schools for troubled teens locating themselves there because of the state’s lack of regulation.

It’s insensitive at best.

These facilities often seek states with minimal or no regulation so they can get away with abuse.

I’m sorry you went through this also. The abuses in the “Christian” reform schools like Lester Roloff’s schools, Ron Williams’s Hephzibah House and Escuela Caribe are also bad. Julia Scheeres wrote a rather scathing memoir of her experience at Escuela Caribe in her book “Jesus Land.”

Sadly, she’s not the only student to die of medical neglect. One boy died from a perforated ulcer in another troubled teen program, the staff had also claimed he was faking illness until even they could see he was seriously ill, but it was too late.

Like the guy who killed people at the New Zealand mosque or Anders Behring Breivik.

What on earth would cause this woman to cyberbully her own daughter? Her daughter won’t be able to trust her mother ever. What this mom did was awful.

Some people have nothing better to do than to attack people for their religious attire. Leave people alone and mind one’s own business.