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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…
According to KCTV5 News, local St. Thomas Aquinas High School choir director, Joseph Heidesch, now faces sex crimes charges after several students allege they were taped by the 45-year-old, without their consent, at the school. Heidesch Facing 24 Felony Breach Of Privacy Charges On Top…
Was John Henry Stone Named in Southern Baptist Convention Abuse Investigation Report? John Henry Stone, a deacon and youth group leader at Grandview Baptist Church in Grandview, Missouri, pleaded guilty to child molestation and will be a registered sex offender for the rest of his…
Was Travis Smith Listed on SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Travis Smith, pastor of First Baptist Church in Stover, MO, and former youth pastor of Pilot Grove Baptist Church, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016. According to Missouri court and prison records, he…
Was James R. Niederstadt Listed in SBC Abuse Database? James R. Niederstadt, former pastor of the Vinson General Baptist Church in Malden, MO, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2000 for abusing a 15-year-old girl who lived with the Niederstadt family in 1992…
Was Terry McDowell Named in the SBC List of Abusers? Terry McDowell, pastor of Gateway Southern Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri, was convicted of child molestation of a 3-year-old victim in 2012. According to court and sex offender records, his 10-year sentence was suspended…
Was Dale Gregory Johnson Named in Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers? According to court records, Dale Gregory Johnson, youth director at the Parkade Baptist Church in Columbia, Missouri, pleaded guilty to two counts of statutory sodomy and one count of possession of child pornography.…
Was Shawn Davies Named in the Southern Baptist List of Abusers? Shawn Davies, a music and youth minister at the FBC in Greenwood, Missouri, pleaded guilty and was convicted of 25 counts of child abuse in 2005. In 2007, he was sentenced to 20 years…
Was Michael Alan Crippen Listed In SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Michael Alan Crippen, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Duenweg, Missouri, admitted to being a pornographic addict and was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months in prison without the possibility of parole for…
Was Joseph Edmund Conger Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Joseph Edmund Conger, a former pastor at New Life Baptist Church in Cole Camp and Faith Baptist Church in Climax Springs, Missouri, was accused of having sexual relations with two teenage boys. He pleaded guilty…
