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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => Lighthouse of northwest florida (fka VCA )/ Rebekah / Roloff ) => Topic started by: missmuffet862003 on January 20, 2005, 09:26:00 AM
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hi my name is sarah and i live in alabama.im looking for anyone who was in ruths home of compassion in georgia from 81-82. i was placed there by my parents and to this day they still cant understand what happened to me there.it was anything but compassionate.im 35 years old and i still have nightmares.i would really like to talk to anyone who was there.thank so much.
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http://www.rickross.com/reference/mount ... park8.html (http://www.rickross.com/reference/mountain_park/mountain_park8.html)
In 1983, allegations of abuse at Ruth's Home of Compassion in Rome, Ga., ultimately led the state to close the school for failing to obtain a license.
Seems associated with Mountain Park.....
http://www.rickross.com/groups/mountain_park.html (http://www.rickross.com/groups/mountain_park.html)
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which is also associated with Rebeccah/Roloff's etc.
http://www.fornits.com/wwf/viewforum.php?forum=36&425 (http://www.fornits.com/wwf/viewforum.php?forum=36&425)
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thanks i have always wondered what had become of the other girls there.there are people that tell me to let that stuff go.i think ive done a pretty good job of doing that.but until you have been there yourself and have been stripped of who you are you never can really get over it.you can push it to the back of your mind but it always comes back.ive talked to my husband about things that happened to me and all i get is what did you do to deserve that.so i dont discuss it with him anymore.no one will ever understand unless they have gone through it themselves
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oops i forgot to log in. im new to all this stuff.guess im a geek. :smile:
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nah, don't worry.
Yeah, this stuff has haunted me for over 20 years. It helps just understanding that you weren't the only one. Look around the site, check out the forums. It's helped me immensely. Glad you found at least some information. :smile:
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thanks so much. i have been looking around and i didnt realize how many people have been affected by these places.its so very sad.
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You've said exactly what so many of us feel inside. No one can understand who hasn't been there. Good luck working through this. I think it will always be a part of me, like every experience is still a part of me, but it makes me who I am today. It has really helped me to come on these fora. Working to shut down these places has helped too, although it has given some of my friends and family the impression that I'm not "over it." Oh well.
On 2005-01-22 17:18:00, Anonymous wrote:
"thanks i have always wondered what had become of the other girls there.there are people that tell me to let that stuff go.i think ive done a pretty good job of doing that.but until you have been there yourself and have been stripped of who you are you never can really get over it.you can push it to the back of your mind but it always comes back.ive talked to my husband about things that happened to me and all i get is what did you do to deserve that.so i dont discuss it with him anymore.no one will ever understand unless they have gone through it themselves"
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i agree.one good thing that has come out of all that stuff has been i am a stronger person because of it.my family also thinks its time to let go.and for the most i have.but the thought of more homes like that out there scares me to death for all the girls and boys.if you have any information i would be glad to help shut these places down.thanks for listening.i can be reached at [email protected] :wave:
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Hi Sarah. You're absolutely right. No one understands unless they've been there. I experienced Dorothy Barnwell when she ran the Bethesda Home back in 1976 (it was a Roloff home then). I still have nightmares and occasional anxiety attacks and its been 29 years for me.I had always wondered if the Ruth home was different and sadly I guess it wasn't. The one thing that has really helped me is discovering that there are others just like me. Until I got on the internet I did not know that. Anyway, I don't talk about it much and most people really don't want to hear about it.It's just rare to run across someone that knows Aunt Dot.
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oh how i know.people say to me god its been over 20 years,when are you gonna let it go?you can never really do that.its always with you :wave: :wave: some how or another.i am so glad to finally have found someone who knew dorothy barnwell or aunt hitler as i used to call her.
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http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt ... 4b387ee14b (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.parenting.spanking/browse_thread/thread/d5a8bef57a635770/40f8e54b387ee14b?q=Roloff+Bethesda+Mission&rnum=3&hl=en#40f8e54b387ee14b)
Rhonda Cook, wrote a series of articles on the Barnwell's and Ruth's Home
of Compassion for U.P.I. see her dateline Atlanta, Ga February 6, 1982.
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BIRTH MOTHER IN SEARCH OF SON BROTHER LESTER ROLOFF ENTERPRISES Bethesda Home for Girls Hattiesburg, Mississippi Mr.& Mrs. Bob Wills (1st caregivers) Mr.& Mrs. Hubert Barnwell(2nd cargivers)
seems that they are connected to each other, Roloff--Wills--Barnwells....
hum...
http://www.aci.net/schaefer/page87.html (http://www.aci.net/schaefer/page87.html)
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The Barnwells ran the Bethesda Home for girls when the Wills left sometime in the early 70's.I think the Wills decided to go to Tennessee Temple or something.When the Wills came back, I think in 1980, the Barnwells left and opened up the Ruth home.
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Tennessee Temple ...meaning, Tennessee Temple University?
I am assuming this University is a Fundamentalist Independant Baptist University?
thanks
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Tennessee Temple ...meaning, Tennessee Temple University?
I am assuming this University is a Fundamentalist Independant Baptist University?
Did Bob and Betty Wills go to be educated? or did they go as educators?
just a curious question.
thanks
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I'm assuming they went to get educated.My roommate was talking about the Wills and how she wished they'd come back to the home because she said they were nicer than the Barnwells and I asked her what happened to them and she said they left to go to Tennessee Temple University.That was 1975.
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wow, that is an astounding remark....
cause from all the testimonials about the Wills that i have ever heard, they were near monsters.
so if they were nicer than the Barnwells, i shudder to think what the Barnwells were like..
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That was the only time I heard anyone say anything about the Wills.I'm sure Mrs. Barnwell would have gotten very upset about anyone talking about them.She was like that.Maybe the Wills were different back then.I've also read some horror stories about them.I think Roloff required people to be monsters to work for him.
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I have recently been going to a new church and I am so glad that I've finally found one.
After the experience that I haD AT THE HOME, I was a little scared that my new church might be "legalistic"-their word that kind of describes what we went through. After not really attending a Bible church in almost 15 years, being back has certainly stirred up some old feelings.My name is Kim and fortunatly I was only there 6 months when they blindfoled us and took us to a motel room where our parents showed up to get us. It was scary but it was a relief to leave. i was abused there! But I do believe that some good came out of it. I know in my heart that the Lord found me there. Not that I didn't know him before. Its hard to describe. But any way, I remember so much- Iwas beat every time, even if I didn't have any "marks" for not doing my chores properly. I slept in a cage bed for the length of my stay. I was treated like a slave. I was never trusted until near the end. it was horrible. I don't know why I'm sharing this, but its good to know that after all these years someone else still thinks about it too!
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Hi Sara,my name is Kim. I was there when they shut down.I feel for you and everyone else who endured any pain there. I hope you are doing well now inspite of what you went through. I know it was hard for me to trust a church again but i have finally found one. God Bless!
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I feel sorry for them on judgment day.
Anyone that would beat kids and put them in cage beds, should be dealt with. If it was me I would lock them up like they did us, but I believe that when they meet their maker they will be punished for doing what all they did in the name of God.
I wonder if it angers God to be used that way.
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Hi,I was not expecting for anyone to respond so quickly. Do you know how I can get more info about the Ruth Home? I don't quite know what I'm looking for. I found an article stating that one of the homes was being sued but ther was no info of the outcome.
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I dont know how you would find info, but there are tons of people that read all this stuff in fornits, surely someone will have the answers you are looking for. Good luck on your journey of resolving your issues with the home you were in.
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I was there. This is Kim Finney, I shared a room with Tracy Ellis and Lori Loya. The scars have lived on. I was only 13 years old but I still have dreams that I ended up back there with no way of escape. I wonder what lied ahead for Aunt Dot. The evil prosonifide in sheeps clothes!
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when did the barnwells leave in 80?And when did the will's return> It seems as if I had them both. But then my memory is hazy of that time in my life
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I went to both schools. Yes that was many years ago but many scars are still there. I have not be in contact with anyone since then. I w3as at bethesda when connie was killed. Was anyone there during this time. I was the blonde girl at Rith that had my hair cut into a burr because I ran away.
[email protected]
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I went to both schools. Yes that was many years ago but many scars are still there. I have not be in contact with anyone since then. I w3as at bethesda when connie was killed. Was anyone there during this time. I was the blonde girl at Rith that had my hair cut into a burr because I ran away.
[email protected]
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Connie who? What happen to her?When were you at bethesda?
I was there in '75.
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I have a support and healing group for people from abusive programs, and I was a Rebekah girl in 85-86. Anyone who was in Ruth home or bethesda or any other program is welcome to join us at http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/He ... ePrograms/ (http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/HealingFromAbusivePrograms/)
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I also was a Ruth Home girl and Dorthy Barnwell was the one in charge
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hi my name is sarah and i live in alabama.im looking for anyone who was in ruths home of compassion in georgia from 81-82. i was placed there by my parents and to this day they still cant understand what happened to me there.it was anything but compassionate.im 35 years old and i still have nightmares.i would really like to talk to anyone who was there.thank so much.
I was there I think it was 1982 or 1983, my name was Cindy Johnson. Yes, it was anything but compassion. I escaped from a tailor that two of the workers took me to. Aunt Dot was furious I have heard. She probably took her anger out on the poor girls that were locked up in her pit of horrors!!. I am glad I never talked to her afterwards because she would have probably beat the girls. She was a mean old woman!