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A former staff member of Mountain Park started Thanks to Calvary Baptist Church & Boarding Academy near Waynesville. Now the Rev. Nathan Day faces four felony child abuse charges. Prosecutors believe Day beat Christopher Jansen. Missouri State Highway Patrol investigators also believe Day tied Jansen to the back of a lawn mower and an ATV and made him run behind them. Each time he fell, according to an investigator?s report filed with the criminal charges, Rev. Day dragged him a few feet before stopping.
"I have a young man that's grievously injured, was in a catatonic coma for weeks and weeks and weeks and will need treatment the rest of his life," said Tyce Smith, Jansen?s attorney.
The handbook of Thanks to Calvary makes no secret about using corporal punishment. Parents or guardians have to sign an Enrollment Agreement and initial certain sections to acknowledge they understand how children will be treated.
"A maximum of fifteen (15) swats of any kind ... may be administered in a 24-hour period," the Enrollment Agreement says.
Students can also be put in a ?Bible Dormitory? and made to wear pajamas and flip-flops, where the lights stay on around the clock. There, students may be forced to sweep a dirt drive and dig a hole with a teaspoon.
In response to a reporter?s telephone calls and letters to Thanks to Calvary, asking for a response to the charges and for a tour, the school's attorney answered with a letter.
geez, this sounds more like a prisoner of war camp than a school. [ This Message was edited by: warriorprincess on 2004-04-30 16:01 ]
