Former choir director Joseph Heidesch and St. Thomas Aquinas has a fourth lawsuit filed against both parties on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. The lawsuit claims negligence against protecting students against Heidesch while they attended the Catholic school. The most recent lawsuit claims that Heidesch u
The numbers are rising as now 30 lawsuits have been filed against two boarding schools in southwest Missouri, Circle Of Hope Girls Ranch and Boarding School and Agape Boarding School. Accusations include emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of former students. The most recent case to…
Two new civil lawsuits were filed against the owners of the Missouri girls ranch and boarding school in Humansville after they were charged with more than 100 felonies last year in connection with allegations of child sex abuse, physical abuse, endangerment, and neglect. Polk County court…
Two men who were facing felony charges for allegedly abusing students at a private Christian boarding school in southwest Missouri have pled guilty to misdemeanors, and the case against a third man was withdrawn. The cases seen during the preliminary hearing include charges against Scott…
Boyd and Stephanie Householder, who run the Circle of Hope Girls’ Ranch and Boarding School in southwest Missouri, were detained and are now facing more than 100 abuse charges between them, according to NBC News. The private, Hope girls ranch in Cedar County is located…
At St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Overland Park, a long-time former choir director pled guilty on to more than 24 charges for secretly filming students as they undressed in his office. The Johnson County District Court received a guilty plea from 46-year-old Joseph Heidesch during a…
According to court records submitted in Johnson County District Court, an unidentified plaintiff has come forward with allegations stating she was another victim who was filmed changing the office of Joseph Heidesch, the former choir director at St. Thomas Aquinas School. Along with this additional
Director of Agape Boarding School Brian Clemensen has been given a temporary restraining order by a Cole County Circuit Court judge, barring the Children’s Division of the Missouri Department of Social Services from adding his name to their Central Registry for Child Abuse and Neglect.…
On Monday, December 12th, the long-time director of Agape Boarding School had his time in court to testify in effort to keep himself off the child abuse and neglect register. The plea by Bryan Clemensen was heard by a Cole County judge and was given in…
Mention of horrific physical and sexual abuse claims emerge from nineteen former students of Agape Boarding School in Stockton, MO this month. A total of over 50 claims have been filed, including but not limited to the following alleged physical, sexual, and emotional abuse: head…
A judge’s decision to quickly close a Missouri boarding school under fire from many lawsuits and allegations of years of sexual and physical abuse has been put on hold while authorities determine whether a person connected to the institution who has been charged with physically…
After the courts determined “no reasonable cause that a felony was committed” at Thursday hearings, two men who had been charged with felonies in relation to alleged abuse at a Stockton Agape Boarding School pled guilty to misdemeanor charges. Charges were dropped against the third man…
