SteelHead wrote:So, doing the math you were in the Mormon lockup for 40 months?
You should write a book about this experience.
Actually, Eric is working on a book and a movie, right, Eric?
I believe he completed a documentary which he produced on the Internet.
Eric, you definitely experienced child abuse. I am so sorry you went through this.
You are a bright young man, and I think that you have grown in spite of this awful experience. I honestly hope that through your efforts, and your former classmates' efforts, this facility can be shut down. It violates so many laws, I have no idea how it is still open.
*Cyber hugs to you*
Is there a link to the documentary?
Thanks
It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener at war.
Some of us, on the other hand, actually prefer a religion that includes some type of correlation with reality. ~Bill Hamblin
liz3564 wrote:I believe it is still in the works, but Eric has shown previews of pieces of it. I am not sure if it is available on Youtube or not. Eric??
liz3564 wrote:I believe it is still in the works, but Eric has shown previews of pieces of it. I am not sure if it is available on Youtube or not. Eric??
Will do. I appreciate the words of support from those here. I'll continue posting more documents that connect the Church and The Ranch. I'm hoping that the word might get out and John Dehlin's General Authority might be kind enough to have the Church pull the plug on this operation.
This whole ranch thing sounds stupid. Have you got any support from the other boys that were there? I assume there are hundreds, if not thousands, who would like to tell a similar story to yours.
Eric wrote:I'm the only person to ever say anything less-than-glowing about the Boys Ranch. It is a spot of West Jordan beloved by all but me.
I am not sure that quaker was attacking your credibility (at least I hope not). In fact you do have a lot of stuff from other camp survivors, don't you?
I have seen your material before, and this camp is clearly not somewhere where decent parents aware of the nature of the place would want to send even their most difficult children. I am disturbed to hear that it is apparently legal for children to be imprisoned and mistreated in this way.
Zadok: I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis. Maksutov: That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
Eric wrote:I'm the only person to ever say anything less-than-glowing about the Boys Ranch. It is a spot of West Jordan beloved by all but me.
I am not sure that quaker was attacking your credibility (at least I hope not). In fact you do have a lot of stuff from other camp survivors, don't you?
I have seen your material before, and this camp is clearly not somewhere where decent parents aware of the nature of the place would want to send even their most difficult children. I am disturbed to hear that it is apparently legal for children to be imprisoned and mistreated in this way.
Me, too. Jersey Girl and I did some background research on laws regarding how schools should be run, even private entities, and I think that Eric has a very valid case, particularly with the testimony of the other students who attended there. I am Facebook friends with another young man who had a horrible expience at Westridge. The child abuse that happens there is very real and needs to be stopped.
marg wrote:What a depressing situation to be in.. held against one’s will for years, and made to accept very delusional beliefs of those in control.
I'm not sure about Utah (which tends to have some strange laws related to counseling), but in most states, Michael Ruoho is in violation of ethics standards and is likely to have his license removed. But then... this was Utah.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
