Eleven boys returned to homes as probe into abuse claims continues at Reclamation Ranch Ministries' Lighthouse Academy
TOM GORDON
News staff writer
EONTA - Eleven juveniles who had been at a faith-based home for troubled boys were returned to their parents and guardians Tuesday while a probe continued into charges of abuse at the facility.
The boys, who had lived at Reclamation Ranch Ministries' Lighthouse Academy in western Blount County, were the subject of a hearing before Circuit Judge Steve King to determine if they should stay in the custody of the Department of Human Resources. The boys, who hailed from places including California, Kentucky and an Amish community in Ohio, were released by the court throughout the day to parents, relatives or other adults.
Some of the boys said their time at the academy had changed them for the better. But some foster parents,[who were never at the home and don't know anything at all about it] with whom DHR had placed some of the boys after removing them from Lighthouse Academy on Saturday, said the facility seemed unduly harsh. (Snip, click here to read article.)
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