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Missouri boarding school closes as state agency examines how it responded to abuse claims

By Jim Salter — March 28, 2024
(AP) — The allegations are the latest against people associated with Christian boarding schools in Missouri.

Mother files wrongful death lawsuit against now-closed Christian boarding school in Missouri

By Heather Hollingsworth — October 25, 2023
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Former Agape students came forward with abuse allegations in 2020.

What does healing look like to survivors of the US Indian boarding school system?

By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 23, 2022
(RNS) — ‘A big aspect of the healing is going to be a sincere, heartfelt apology by the different denominations that participated,’ said one survivor.

Religion plays a role in Native American adoption case before Supreme Court

By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 9, 2022
(RNS) — Legal activists argue that Brackeen v. Haaland could inhibit Native American children’s contact with their religious traditions while extending a long history of white Christian efforts to convert Native children and remove them from their homes and families.

Native Americans recall torture, hatred at boarding schools

By Matthew Brown — October 17, 2022
MISSION, S.D. (AP) — “I thought there was no God, just torture and hatred,” Rosalie Whirlwind Soldier testified during a Saturday event.

School for missionary children in Japan investigating allegations of past abuse

By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 12, 2019
(RNS) — The Christian Academy in Japan is investigating 66 cases of alleged past abuse at the school spanning decades.

Nigeria marks one year since Boko Haram kidnapped schoolgirls

By Fredrick Nzwili — April 14, 2015
(RNS) In Chibok, there were high expectations as the military started combing the Sambisa forest, where the militants are believed to have hidden the children.
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