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Anonymous:
This guy Wardle being issued a license to go back into business supervising children really should concern everybody!  This is Nephi, Utah.
Whitmore Academy is in NEPHI, people.
The Tom Greene incident happened in Nephi, Utah.
What is problem with this little town?
Something is seriously wrong here.

The Nephi Police Department has been investigating the Sudweeks and the abuse of this young boy, Joey since the latter part of November 2004. Mr. Godfrey presented his investigation report which substaintiated the abuse against this 14 year old boy. TWO students for sure have given their statement verifying that Joey was abused. Additional allegations of abuse, including sexual abuse, have been filed against the Sudweeks on behalf of another student. JUST HOW LONG DOES AN INVESTIGATION TAKE?
The Sudweeks' license for a treatment facility has been pulled---that says a whole lot!
The Sudweeks continue to house kids at the "Whitmore Mansion," while lacking the proper license---WHY?
The Utah Office of Education continues to give the Whitmore Academy "candidacy status" of accreditation while the owners are being criminally investigated. Why?
The Sudweeks publish confidential, private records of a student, and no one in authority will come forward and say "This is wrong." Why?

Does the City of Nephi, Utah simply operate under totally different standards than those of other cities across the United States?

Anonymous:
Anybody else concerned about all this?

Antigen:
Yeah. I think it's pretty safe to say that the authorities in Utah are disinclined to do anything about abusive programs in their state. They've got this attitude like "Eh, a little discipline and hard work never killed anyone" even after a few kids die.

They're not on your side. They're not going to help you. Any parent who ships their kid off to a Utah program believing that the authorities are going to look out for them is either banefully illinformed or dumber than paint.

We can do something about the uninformed ones. But there's no cure for stupid.
I'm glad some people have that faith. I don't have that faith. If there is a God, a caring God, then we have to figure he's done an extraordinary job of making a very cruel world.
--Dave Matthews, South African rock musician
--- End quote ---

Anonymous:
You have to understand that this industry was 'born', for the most part, in Utah. Wilderness programs came out of research done at BYU. The licensing director previously worked in Youth Corrections. Many program owners know him and/or attend church with him and/or his staff members. He has on numerous ocassions ignored violations or regulations, and stated so publicly, claiming that he trusted his 'fellow saints' to clean up the violations. In the case of Skyline Journey they overlooked numerous violations, and only admitted to any violations AFTER the Sheriff suspected neglect and the DA had filed charges. I mean, if the DA claims there were violations, licensing had better come up with some, huh? I don't know if, or how this could ever change. I mean, could you really fire the whole dept and re-staff with objective, non-mormon employees? Doubtful.

Anonymous:
It is a shame.
The public there in Nephi KNOW kids are being abused, neglected right in their little town, and still they allow, seem to WANT these business to operate in their town.
This one boy is dead. You'd think that would be enough for this one small town to say: THIS IS ENOUGH, WE WILL NOT ALLOW IT ANY LONGER!

What a shame.

They could stop it. They have a City Councel that could refuse to issue any license to these people.

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