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This is one of the most disturbing things I’ve heard. I’m so sorry this happened to your mom and you. Has your mom sought legal advice? There’s probably a time limit on legal action against them but it wouldn’t hurt to inquire. And may I ask which family corps you were in?

So sorry this happened. It's beyond disturbing that they call themselves a Christian organization.

In a different thread, I talked about a situation I had with a sub parent in Rome City. It reminded me of another sub parent story that really upset me and to this day I fail to see the logic that TWI used in this situation. My mother was from The Bronx. She had zero camping our “outdoor life” experience. She was also chubby and not in great shape. While she was on LEAD, someone told her to go back to base camp to retrieve something. She told the LEAD coordinator that she didn’t know how to get back to base camp. She was told to take a left at the Gambel Oak. She had no idea what that meant and was yelled at when she said so. Someone told her to “Ask God”. She was afraid to reply so she went on her way and proceeded to walk off the side of a mountain and she broke her back. To this day she has trouble walking. This should have been a lawsuit as her life was never the same after this. She limps and has a lot of pain and was not allowed to see a doctor. As a result, her spine healed incorrectly and vertebrae are permanently fused together. That’s bad enough but it gets worse. She was driven back to Rome City and was “reproved” for failing LEAD and was told she might not graduate. When she got back to Rome City, she was bed bound but was placed in a remote room far away from her actual bed. They basically stashed her in an attic. I had no idea that she had fallen, no clue that she had hurt herself and no one told me she was back. I was living life thinking she was in Colorado on LEAD and my sub parent was in on the charade. She was home for a week before someone let it slip that she was home. I still have no idea why someone thought it would be a good idea to literally hide my mother from me. When I asked leadership about it, I was told that she had a failure in her believing that opened her up to the adversary and that he caused her to fall. They said they didn't want her to see me until she was "ready". It turned out she had been asking for me the whole time. I cannot believe I stayed after this, but I was a child and so I did.

I "lost my virginity" at age 11. AGE ELEVEN. To a 19 year woman who was in the Corps. She was my "sub parent" while my mother was on light bearers. This woman was not at all mature or "ready" to be in a "leadership" training like The Way Corps. Not sure who thought she was a good idea. This sort of abuse would be clearly tragic if I were a woman. As a boy, I told a few adults and got a pat on my back "ATTABOY" but mostly no one believed me. An 11 year old is not ready for the responsibility of sex and the ensuing humiliation of me thinking she was now my girlfriend only to have her laugh at me, threaten me and tell me how bad I was in bed. I also spent a few years in my teens being sexually aggressive in an effort to get back to the promise land. It took years of therapy for me to learn healthy attitudes about sex. Recently, I found her on Facebook and sent her a friend request. She is nearly 60 now. First she blocked me. Then she unblocked me and sent a very long apology that was vague as far as admitting her crimes. I don't think she wanted me to have actual evidence. But what she did say is that what she did to me she had done to her and that she didn't know any better and that she was haunted by it. I told her I forgave her then blocked her. I never want to see her face again.

"Gloom, despair, and agony on me! Deep, dark depression, excessive misery!" George

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4 games to 3 to win the 2025 World Series. The Dodgers also won the 2024 World Series! Congratulations.

Josh Brolin Sin City Eva Green George

I've never heard of that one. I suspect that you've heard of the movie in question, though you might not have seen it. Rock Hudson James Doohan Telly Savalas Roddy McDowall Keenan Wynn Barbara Leigh Angie Dickinson John David Carson Joanna Cameron George

The Prince of Tides Nick Nolte Gangster Squad

Okay, thanks for letting me know, George.

All sorts of actors, all in one movie. "Stage Door Canteen??????"

That's it. That's how most of the episodes ended.

Welcome Back, Kotter (?) George

A not unbelievable, but still incorrect, guess. It's actually an older movie. Rock Hudson James Doohan Telly Savalas Roddy McDowall Keenan Wynn Barbara Leigh George

I'm stuck for the next round. FREE POST. Anyone who has one can take this next round. Otherwise, I'll have something eventually.

"Hey, Julie, did I ever tell you about my Uncle...."

Three actors who should never meet, all in the same movie? Presuming George is neither factually incorrect nor insane, my first guess will have to be "Amazon Women on the Moon."

Madeline Kahn What's Up, Doc? Barbra Streisand George

Got the right year, but you moved too far west on the locale. George

Casablanca "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto!" George

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Jane Wiedlin Clue

Caesars Palace 1973

Glenn Close Dangerous Liaisons Keanu Reeves (No Matrix, pretty please)

"A Streetcar Named Desire" "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in the world, she walks into mine"!!!!