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What's Robert Lichfield's Interest in Maine?
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Suit alleging abuse names GOP donor
By KEVIN WACK, Staff Writer Maine Sunday Telegram Sunday, May 6, 2007
Robert B. Lichfield, the donor linked to a $250,000 contribution to the Maine governor's race, is facing allegations that teenagers were mistreated at youth treatment centers associated with him.
Lichfield is currently a trustee in the World Wide Association of Specialty Schools and Programs, a Utah-based organization affiliated with numerous residential treatment centers in the United States and abroad.
The facilities market themselves to the parents of defiant teens, advertising what is often described as a "tough-love" approach aimed at modifying adolescents' behavior.
But the facilities are also a magnet for critics who believe the centers' tactics go too far.
A lawsuit alleging abuse filed last December in U.S. District Court in Utah names as defendants Lichfield, the association, and two other businesses connected to Lichfield.
The plaintiffs allege in court papers that former residents of youth facilities in Utah, Montana, South Carolina, New York, Jamaica, Mexico, Costa Rica and American Samoa were subjected to multiple forms of physical and mental abuse.
The defendants have argued through their lawyers that the case should be dismissed, according to court records.
Lichfield did not respond to calls seeking comment. In a 2003 interview with the Los Angeles Times, he defended himself against allegations of wrongdoing regarding the treatment centers.
"We're here getting kids off drugs and other evils," he said. "Do I believe, being a God-believing person, that the adversary to all good is going to sit back and let that happen without a major unleashing of dark forces? No, I don't."
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--- Quote from: ""Ursus"" ---http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/070506newdonorside.html
Suit alleging abuse names GOP donor
By KEVIN WACK, Staff Writer Maine Sunday Telegram Sunday, May 6, 2007
Robert B. Lichfield, the donor linked to a $250,000 contribution to the Maine governor's race, is facing allegations that teenagers were mistreated at youth treatment centers associated with him.
Lichfield is currently a trustee in the World Wide Association of Specialty Schools and Programs, a Utah-based organization affiliated with numerous residential treatment centers in the United States and abroad.
The facilities market themselves to the parents of defiant teens, advertising what is often described as a "tough-love" approach aimed at modifying adolescents' behavior.
But the facilities are also a magnet for critics who believe the centers' tactics go too far.
A lawsuit alleging abuse filed last December in U.S. District Court in Utah names as defendants Lichfield, the association, and two other businesses connected to Lichfield.
The plaintiffs allege in court papers that former residents of youth facilities in Utah, Montana, South Carolina, New York, Jamaica, Mexico, Costa Rica and American Samoa were subjected to multiple forms of physical and mental abuse.
The defendants have argued through their lawyers that the case should be dismissed, according to court records.
Lichfield did not respond to calls seeking comment. In a 2003 interview with the Los Angeles Times, he defended himself against allegations of wrongdoing regarding the treatment centers.
"We're here getting kids off drugs and other evils," he said. "Do I believe, being a God-believing person, that the adversary to all good is going to sit back and let that happen without a major unleashing of dark forces? No, I don't."
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Sweet. So if you are opposed you are in league with the Prince of Darkness. Sing along, I am sure you know the words:
Please allow me to introduce myself .......
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How we traced the money
By KEVIN WACK, Staff Writer Maine Sunday Telegram Sunday, May 6, 2007
The only initial clue about the origin of the RECAF contribution came from the address that was reported to the state of Maine: 170 N. State St., La Verkin, Utah 84745.
In order to learn more, the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram sent a freelance photographer to La Verkin, a community of about 4,000 people near the Arizona border.
As it turns out, the entire 100 block of North State Street is occupied by a residential center for troubled teenagers.
The facility, known as Cross Creek Programs, includes a colonnaded two-story building framed by a green lawn and palm trees.
Outside, there is no sign for RECAF Inc. and no evidence of the 170 N. State St. address listed with the Maine contribution. Entrances to the complex are marked as 150 and 180 N. State St.
In phone calls, Cross Creek employees said they were unaware of a company called RECAF. "What kind of a business is that?" replied a woman who identified herself as Pat Gubler.
Kerry Gubler, who is listed as Cross Creek's administrator, did not return phone messages seeking comment.
But public records in two states connect RECAF -- a company incorporated in Nevada, where records do not show the origins of the firm's name -- and a 53-year-old Utah businessman named Robert B. Lichfield. During the 1990s, Lichfield was listed as the registered agent for a Utah corporation called Cross Creek Manor Inc., located at 180 N. State St. in La Verkin.
In addition, land records from the Washington County recorder's office in Utah show that the North State Street property is currently owned by the Robert Browning Lichfield Family Limited Partnership.
Finally, business records from the Nevada secretary of state's office show that Lichfield's wife, Patricia P. Lichfield, was formerly listed as RECAF's president.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---No youth treatment facilities known to be associated with Lichfield are located here, and state officials say they do not place Maine children in any such facilities out of state.
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Someone didn't do their homework! Not only have there been rumblings about the Hyde cult for decades, you've also got Elan, where coercive practises are even more physical and sick.
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