He was imprisoned "We graduated college, we spent about 10 years away from Branson, just being free and clear of everything this town has to offer. With numerous detailed questions, the newspaper recently reached out by email to 14 members of Kanakuk's leadership team, including owner Joe White and his wife, Debbie-Jo White, and followed-up with a phone call to the camp's main switchboard. "Dorking around" was how he referred to this kind of activity,Dygert and Hoffpauir said. At a meeting with the detective the next Monday morning, the family was told to expect an arrest that week. The fact that Newman regularly hosted boys in his hot tub was no secret, although his supervisors at the camp maintain they didnt know of the nudity or abuse. The explanation that I was given was that Kanakuks ministry to the counselors is just as important as their ministry to the campers, Horn said. More:Former Kanakuk counselor Peter Newman named in new sex-abuse lawsuit. Hoffpauir said Kanakukis "so prominent in Branson. It was there, victims said, that Newman talked to boys about masturbation and encouraged them to use the hot tub jets for sexual stimulation. Counselors said these parties were a kind of Christian fellowship and dubbed the experience gold bonding time, according to former St. Louis camper Tim Clark, who attended K-Kountry from 1998 to2001 and was at other Kanakuk sitesafter that., Pete Newman bragged about starting these parties, Clark said. Former Kanakuk counselor Peter Newman is now serving two life sentences for sexually abusing boys at the camp for many years. 2023 www.news-leader.com. He also abused campers, including Ashton Alarcon, in the hot tub at his home. Camp officials reportedly rub elbows with powerful people, and have done so for a long time: In "Pure Excitement," a "righteous" guide to sex, love and dating for teenagers first published in 1996 by camp owner Joe White, White tells ofhis friendship with "an heir to the Coors brewery throne," Shane Coors. Korte, the former camper from Nebraska, said she was frequently in one-on-one conversations with her counselors about the personal details of her sex life, as they asked her how far she had gone with her boyfriend and whether he pressured her to have sex. I was self-conscious about my body and wouldve done anything not to get naked in front of anybody. And then the dominoes started to fall. And so you cannot blame yourself.". Camp owner White responded that he and Kanakuk will not object to you sharing your story with those who can support your healing. But, he added, becausemost agreements involve insurance companies who may choose to defend their interests, you should keep the terms of your settlement confidential.. "'Dygert, you're one of my best friends. "I remember asking, I don't really know who's paying, like I don't have money to pay for this," Hoffpauir said. I think that's something you can only understandif you've been groomed and been abused. Increased focus on the development of our staff, and 3.) Just really screwed-up stuff.". Everybody looked up to him.. When Newman was arrested six months later, the camp issued an alert to camp families that included the sexual abuse allegations. (Another former Kanakuk staff member, Vicki Morgan, confirmed that nude inspections were conducted in the past). Always it was with my Christian friends , Newman wrote to a former camper., Never was there sexual attraction. None at all., Robert Shaffer, a Kanakuk counselor from 1991 to 1995, contradicted that claim. Hoffpauir and Dygert said they are now choosing to make their stories widely public through the news and social media in order to help other survivors and to seek accountability. Jones told a friend about the 1985 incident, who confirmed her account when contacted for this story. Then he made his way up my leg and put his fingers in my vagina, she said. The stated objective: To help Pete understand what healthy ministry is, and to make sure Pete never places himself in a compromising position that his integrity would be in question. They were unfamiliar with Joe White. Growing public awareness of controversy linked to Kanakuk camp began early last year. ", "It was just things that are not normal," Hoffpauir said. There's no one to blamebut Pete and Kanakuk. "His logic was like, it's OK to masturbate," Hoffpauir explained. The playbook rules were geared toward counselors, however, not senior leadership. Years passed before she managed to tell anyone. Former Kanakuk camp counselor Peter Newman is already serving two life sentences, plus 30 years, at the Jefferson City Correctional Center. Jason Wert. One of its two main campuses sits on 42 acres near Lake Shore Drive, across Lake Taneycomo from the lights of downtown Branson. WebThe USA Today piece, Survivors, ex-employees say Kanakuk Christian camp ministered to its sexual predators , reveals several new cases of abuse of children at the hands of Kanakuk staff and even other campers spanning decades, apparent dismissals and cover-ups of cases, and gross mishandling of reports that from the evidence available '", They talked regularly for nine years, Hoffpauir said, from 2012 until September of 2021. In the past two years, media coverage of abuse at Kanakuk has included reporting byChristian financial watchdogorganization Ministry Watch,CBS News in Dallas,VICE Newsandconservative online magazineThe Dispatch. In fact, Grimes did not leave voluntarily. In Junior High, I started doing things with my friends like streaking and skinny dipping. Long known as a charismatic director and ambassador for the camp, Newman's abuse of campers and others he met through Kanakuk-affiliated ministries often began with casual nudity and discussions about how to control sexual desires, progressing to mutual masturbation and sodomy. In the latest lawsuit, attorneys for John Doe XIIIargue that he began to be groomed by Newman for sexual abuse as early as 1999, when he was an underage camp attendee. A 2005 edition of the playbook reviewed for this story, for example, specifically forbade nude swimming and nude games, stipulating that bodies should be clothed at all times., It banned [a]ny degree of sexual contact between staff and kamper [i]ncluding verbal harassment or anything with sexual connotations and said [a]ny infraction of the above policy involving even the slightest form of sexual connotation will result in immediate dismissal for the staff with no chances for rehire., The playbook also said We will never, ever, ever in any way display sexual body parts intentionally or touch anothers body parts. Kind of a step further than that is holding Kanakuk responsible. In 2000, when Morgan was awaiting trial and White knew thathe had confessed to hiw wife that he had sodomizedan adolescent female relative, White gave him off-season housing at Kanakuk. But not everything is cracked up to what it seems, she said. Since the 1970s, under the leadership of White and his wife Debbie-Jo, Kanakuk has become one of the largest Christian camps in the world. He was imprisoned following his 2010 sentencingon seven felony counts of sexually abusing boys, in connection with his role as a Kanakuk counselor. Rather than firing Newman, Kanakuk leaders gave him additional authority. In the intervening time, another camper reported that Price had rubbed her leg and stuck his hand up her miniskirt on a Kanakuk-affiliated bus trip in the mid-1980s. () I didn't even want to think about my past. And she realized, oh no, something had happened. Shaffer said the camp reassigned Ringheim to maintenance after the complaint. What do I do? the camper asked him, according to White. They're not getting the help and support they need. Pete Newman arrived in Kanakuk in 1995 and was there for 14 years before being caught. More:Survivors, ex-employees say unreported abuse at Kanakuk camps in Branson spans decades. Newman did not have an attorney on file for the case Monday. Kanakuk leaders also have described convicted child molester Pete Newman as a lone predator but he wasn't the first or last abuser connected to the camp. It wasnt a part of our culture.. It only stopped, Hoffpauir said, when he and Madison began seriously dating. According to documents filed in related court cases, Newman was merely admonished on several occasions. '", He added, "It's given me a voice and has given me strength to keep talking and realizing this was wrong. A camp staffer referred questionsto a general "communications" inbox. The detective suggested having the boy confront Green on a phone call, which police would record. Records in Newmans criminal court case document sexual abuse that took place in Kanakuk cabins, in the pool, in the showers, in the gym, on father-son retreats, in the homes of campersand on a mission trip to China. The documents concerning the When we got there, Chuck was up on stage and the entire crowd of kids was cheering, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck! Jones said. I remember conversations about virginity on purity nights when they would discuss these topics, said Riggs, the former camper. They gave all the boys rubber bands and told them to snap them every time they were having impure thoughts A girl would walk by and snap! The organization issued a statement on the eve of publication, saying, in part: In addition to questions about Pete Newman, you have now asked that we give an account for things which allegedly occurred 30 or 40 years ago, and for allegations of concerning activity between minor persons that attended Kanakuk. Its a fun event.. Like Price and Newman, Green was popular. When Dygert and Hoffpauir's families learned of the abuse, it caused them to be "damaged from the inside," in the words of Dygert's civil lawsuit papers. In February 2010, Peter Newman pleaded guilty in Taney County to several counts of statutory sodomy and child enticement involving child abuse of a boy on Kanakuk property between approximately 2005 and 2008, court records said. He also told me that his superstar counselor, Pete Newman, was an expert in that topic too and encouraged me to let Ashton be mentored by Pete. went the bracelets. ", "A lot of times he called me by my last name," Dygert said. He noted that on one occasion Newman quoted Scripture to justify the activity. As the News-Leader reported last month, the unsigned open letter argued that Kanakuk should agree to an external, independent investigation by a law firm. But when the summer session ended, she said it was clear her parents hadnt been told the details. He died in a car crashwhile apolice investigation was ongoing. Without success, the News-Leader attempted to reach Staples for comment several times before publication of this report. Ed Ringheim, a Kanakuk counselor in the 1990s who later volunteered with the Kanakuk-affiliated KLIFE program in Florida, was convicted in2012 of seven sex-related felonies involving underage boys. And so he's like, how big is your circus tent? he recalled. The prosecutor who oversaw the case of Peter Newman said the number of victims could be in the hundreds. Lee Bradbury pleaded guilty in 2013 to four sex related charges involving One of the victims was a boy he had chaperoned from Florida to the Branson camp. He also went onfather-son retreats with Newman. Moreover, the limited scope of the guilty plea concealed the sheer scale of the abuse. Any victim can reach out to Kanakuk by emailing us at victimsupport@kanakuk.com or access several independent victim advocacy organizations such as ChildHelp.org or Rainn.org, which can provide access to local support services, reporting assistance, and educational resources. White described Coors as a "well-buffed athlete," "tall and as handsome as a model.". A prosecutor told the News-Leader at the time that Newman admitted to sexual activity with as many as 13 other minors. Since it launched its website in April 2021, an advocacy website,Facts About Kanakuk, says it has collected 60 reports of abuse beginning in the 1950s. Former Kanakuk camp counselor Peter Newman is already serving two life sentences, plus 30 years, at the Jefferson City Correctional Center. And while vengeance is not mine, and vengeance is the Lord's, we are called to bring about justice on earth, and that's what I'm here for.". ", "When that was normalized, when masturbation was kind of an inroad to what he wanted to do with boys, () To me, he kind of made everything else OK," Hoffpauir said. His mother resisted the idea, but "eventually," Dygert said,shechecked with "one of my friends' parents who had known Pete longer. Still, White noted something amiss. ", "He came in the lunchroom," Dygert said. An anonymous "John Doe" plaintiff who says he suffered sex abusewhile he attended a Christian youth camp based near Branson recentlysued a former counselorfor civil damages. Kanakuks endorsement of Newman carried considerable weight with parents. Please consider subscribing to support vital local journalism. They were spurred by a growing public awareness of controversy linked to Kanakuk that began in early 2021. And they vouched for Pete. snap! I talked to Keith.". ", The lawsuit adds, "During each of these activities Defendant Newman falsely represented to the young Plaintiff that these behaviors were okay or normal and were not 'sinful'. ", "It's just, 'how's it going?'" Caroline refused. The summer of 2016 wasnt the first timeCaroline attended Christian summer camp in Branson, Missouri but it is the one etched most deeply in her memory. Excuse you! And I said some mean words, she said. Were not bringing the Lord into this, Chancey interrupted, according to Caroline. "It's OK to have that urge and feel it and act upon it, as long as you're not lusting. Webfrom dust we come to dust we return quran. ", In a statement on the camp's website, Kanakuk noted that "no charges for failure to report were ever filed against any Kanakuk staff" in connection with the Newman case and that "we were devastated by the deceptive practices of this individual, and continue to grieve with the victims and their families. In the 1990s, male counselors reportedly held Gold Bond Parties, during which they gathered nude campers into communal showers and applied medicated talc to campers genitals. TWW wrote, in August 2016, Peter Newman, Serving 35 Years for Molestations at Kamp Kanakuk, Was Allegedly Hired by Fellowship Memphis While Awaiting Trial. Carolineand one other girl gathered the courage to relay what happened. Our Kanakuk Child Protection Plan, which contains over 340 identifiable and measurable protective elements, is integrated throughout the Kanakuk organization and has been shared with more than 600 youth-serving organizations across the country. All rights reserved. Dygert said he wanted to take the case to the public courts, but the settlement process had taken an "unbelievably enormous toll" on a family member "who was really struggling with her mental health." When she asked what was up, Hoffpauir remembersreplying, "Hang on a second.". Those men'sconnections to the organization have never before been fully exposed publicly and, in many cases, the camp has repeatedly denied and downplayed the connections. And she looked at me (at the birthday dinner). The shame I experienced as a victim is something that I do not wish to bear on anyone. Satan had won his mind, White wrote, and the only thing the boy knew how to do was masturbate and mentally rape girls.. Dygert said, "We know people who've never told anyone. We are committed to our vision that todays young adults are the Christian leaders of tomorrow, and we will continue to advocate for their safety as they grow in friendships, faith, and confidence. Manybut not all come from wealthy Texas evangelical families. The negotiations were a bruising experience. So I did masturbate by hand and he did too, under the water. Dygert referred Hoffpauir then living overseas to Staples, who talked to Hoffpauir using the Skype app. ", "She, it's horrible," he told the News-Leader. Shower time was weird, he said. It wasnt sexual or sexualized, the showers and bathrooms were all open, so once you break that barrier, it didnt seem all that odd., More:Survivors, ex-employees say unreported abuse at Kanakuk camps in Branson spans decades, When asked in 2021 if Kanakuk counselors other than Newman were nude with campers, COO Goodwin said, No, and its not common., But incidents occurred often enough to prompt a range of specific rules.. Fuschs parents met Green when they picked their son up from camp and were impressed. Monday evening, Kanakuk marketing officials said they declined to comment on the new lawsuit against Newman, referring the News-Leader to a recently-published statement on sex abuse on the camp's website. I couldnt afford to go to Kanakuk even if I wanted to. ", Hoffpauir said he does not know who funded the counseling by Staples. Peter Newman Life Sentence Courtroom Criminal Law Law Crime Kanakuk Kamps Jeff Merrell Missouri Southwest Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Newmans initial arrest and sentencing received little media attention. After the conversation with Whites daughter, the book says, the boy changed his media consumption habits and was largely free from lust. Evan Hoffpauir, a man from Branson who says he survived sex abuse by former Kanakuk counselor Peter Newman, praised the First Baptist Church in West Plains for its move. Kanakuk camp 'abuse survivors' call for independent investigation into sexual assault accusations, that were reportedly flagged for Kanakuk leaders in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2006, recently issued an open letter to Kanakuk and its owner, Kanakuk issues new statement on camp child sex abuse; survivor calls it 'disgusting', were first published last year by The Dispatch, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. ", Kanakuk alsosaid it developed a "comprehensive Child Protection Plan" because of the "tragedy.". They were outspoken, they were athletic, they were the people you wanted to be, the kids you couldnt be, at least, because I didnt have money growing up. And like, competitive. Theyre spending ($4,800) a month to bring their kid, and some of these parents have two, three or four kids that are going through Kanakuk every summer, and so theres so much money that goes through the camp that ends up going to Branson and Taney County.. More:Kanakuk issues new statement on camp child sex abuse; survivor calls it 'disgusting'. One lawsuit, filed on behalf of John Doe IX in 2011, cites documents provided by Kanakuk referencing reports from as early as 1999 of Newman swimming, running, playing basketball and riding four-wheelers nude with campers. He is serving a 10-year sentence at a Jefferson City prison facility, Missouri Department of Corrections records show.). Joe White had a meeting about the Gold Bond parties and shut them down after it was documented in an incident report, Clark said. Every time we talk, she cries about it. Craig Heidemann, attorney for the plaintiffs, dubbed John Doe XII and John Doe XIII in court filings, declined to comment on the lawsuits during a brief interviewMonday. "Honestly, I kind of remember being bitter about it," Hoffpauir said, recalling how Newman "withdrew" from his life as his relationship with his future wife began to blossom. | (Photo: Ignite) Ignite, a weekend Christian conference that expects to attract some 10,000 men to Liberty University next month, is now drawing criticism for including on their speakers list accused rapist and NFL quarterback Ben Roethlisberger ", Hoffpauir now says, "I hate it with a passion" that Newman performed the marriage. Court filings in multiple lawsuits have alleged that Newmans nudity was reported to camp leaders repeatedly. 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