Tag Archives: Reclamation Ranch
20/20 and the Independent Fundamentalist Baptists
Last night 20/20 ran an expose by Elizabeth Vargas on the IFB profiling women that suffered long-term emotional, sexual and physical abuse in their churches, homes and schools. It has … Continue reading
Lester Roloff’s Obituary – Jack Patterson Update
I have come across a pile of recent – as in the last 10 years recent about Lester Roloff. I have done a lot of reading about this granddaddy of … Continue reading
Jack Patterson and H.R. 911 update
Two weeks ago Quiverfull author Kathryn Joyce and I took long Sunday drive out to Pastor Mike Veach’s First Bible Church on Staten Island. The reason for our visit was … Continue reading
H.R. 911 Update, the petition and a trip to D.C.
Many of you have already signed the petition urging the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee to schedule a hearing on HR 911 – the Stop Child Abuse in … Continue reading
Child protection bill passes house, some Republicans balk
What congressman wouldn’t vote for a bill called the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act (HR 4247)? No one of course, right? But handful of Republicans not only voted … Continue reading
No Meaningful Conviction: Jack Patterson & my talk with D.A. Rountree
“Sorry we didn’t get a meaningful conviction,” is how my conversation with Blount County, Alabama District Attorney Tommy Rountree ended this morning. We had been discussing the child abuse case … Continue reading
History of Violence: Christian boarding schools and the trial of Jack Patterson
Dr. Jack Patterson, founder of the Christian boarding school, Reclamation Ranch, goes on trial for aggravated child abuse March 10 in Blount County Alabama. The trial comes two years after … Continue reading
