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Pure-Kaleidoscope759 t1_j62xufx wrote

Reply to comment by X-the-Komujin in Boarding school ignored teen’s sickness complaints before she died, ex-staff say by ninjascotsman

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.”

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X-the-Komujin t1_j6303qy wrote

They aren't much different in practice, some are religious and others are not. They keep kids "in line" and try to guide them through dubious means, but it never ends up working as expected and this is assuming it's all genuinely trying to be helpful. Sometimes it's just to get kids out of primary school or even for money as mentioned.

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Pure-Kaleidoscope759 t1_j630f4y wrote

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.

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