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Timothy Johnson Has Blood on His Hands

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In June 2012, Mechille Searles left this rock we live on before she could receive justice for the multiple rapes Mack Ford committed on her as a tender teenage girl.  See THIS POST

Mack Ford  is alleged to have physically abused and raped girls for four (4) decades.

The Editorial Board of Chucklestravels is determined to show what Tim Johnson allowed to occur for that last decade New Bethany Girls home in Arcadia Louisiana. Tim chose not to “call the law“ as he promised if New Bethany were to reopen.

Tim Johnson

Tim Johnson

We could think of no better way than to just post the words of a few New Bethany Survivors speak for themselves.

Simone Jones comment

“Timothy Johnson and his wife Robbie (Ford) Johnson have stood behind Mack Ford for years. They took it upon themselves to remove the young girl who had recorded Ford assaulting her. Also after this girl was removed several other children were interviewed by Thelma Ford (Macks wife) and Nora Carter (dorm mother). He had been sexually abusing MANY of the children during that time (He had been sexually abusing children since the 70s) They promised the girls that Ford was gone and could no longer harm them.

This was the time that Ford jumped out of the bushes, with a GUN, and threatened to kill everyone there, and also threatened to burn the place down. Here he was, the very man that had been assaulting many, running around like a crazed lunatic. What a horrific thing for any child to have to witness.
Sure the children went home, but it wasn’t long before many of the same children, as well as a whole new group of children came to the home and it was open and running again.
Had Timothy and Robbie Johnson kept their word and called the authorities, we wouldn’t have a whole separate decade of survivors from the New Bethany home.

I am wondering HOW Timothy Johnson even became employed at LC? In a recent conversation with an employee of the college he stated that he had never heard of New Bethany? 4 decades of abuse in every form, DHS closing down the Louisiana boys home for abuse, another New Bethany home opened in South Carolina that was also closed for abuse (that Timothy Johnson defended), lawsuits that would make the normal persons skin crawl, and countless survivors of New Bethany speaking out. Yet, he never heard of New Bethany? I find that very hard to believe.

I hope the young men and ladies at LC are alright. I hope they know that there are thousands of us out here that are willing to help them, willing to stand beside them, willing to comfort them, and are willing to fight for them.

And Timothy and Robbie (Ford) Johnson, if you are reading this, SHAME ON YOU! You could have saved thousands of children from the claws of Mack Ford and New Bethany. I am sure that God looks down on you and weeps.”

Buried Secrets Revealed states

For decades the Survivors of New Bethany, have been called liars anytime they have tried to speak out bout the abuse they endured, while under the care of Mack and Thelma Ford and their NB Staff. Timothy Johnson was given information that supported these allegations,
(a cassette tape made by one of the victims)
instead of protecting the children, he chose to protect his father in law Mack Ford.
Now Mr. Johnson is being considered for appointment of Louisiana College President.
Please tell me if Mr. Johnson would cover up information showing his father in law to be a pedophile and child abuser, what else might he cover up?
This whole thing makes me sick to my stomach.
Stand Up Against Institutional Abuse, Stop the Mayham!!!

Jowrongdunno writes

I was reading the LC president’s statement and this stood out… “even if we stand alone, we will stand for what is right.”

For decades, many of us felt we stood alone. For decades, I thought I was the only sex abuse victim of Mack Ford. That was a lonely place to live in the playground of my mind. I thought the sex abuse had to be my fault because I thought no one else experienced the same and preachers, including my own father, deemed me dishonest.

People who know me are aware that I can’t lie worth squat, so why bother? Mechille’s greatest fear was that Mack Ford would die before she could obtain justice for crimes perpetrated against her.

Now, to realize that if Timothy Johnson or his wife, Roberta Ford, had kept Timothy’s word, Mechille would not have been returned to the arms of her rapist!
Mechille would likely be sitting nearby doing the happy-dance had Timothy Johnson stayed true to his word. Johnson’s personal awareness of Mack’s proclivity for raping and molesting girls did not cause him to stir and Mechille’s blood is on Johnson’s and Ford’s hands!

Timothy, “You are a direct cause for two children growing up without their mommy! Did your silence have a pay-off and was your inaction worth all the pain generated over the following decade?”

So Mechille, this one’s for you baby girl! I will keep on sharing what you told me in confidence because I know we were going public but you passed away two days before our planned outing to media and the filing of a lawsuit against Mack W. Ford, and every minion who remained silent, knowing MF was molesting children’s bodies and minds at New Bethany.

I’m glad that I do not stand alone, and that I know I was not alone, and that I never have to feel so horribly alone again. ;)

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  • Mack Ford is far more prolific alleged child sex abuser than Jerry Sandusky.
    • Bienville Parish Sheriff Department what’s the deal?
    • Bienville Parish District Attorney WHY didn’t you prosecute?
    • Federal Bureau of  Investigation why didn’t you follow-up when it was reported that Mack Ford raped girls across state lines?
    • It’s not too late.  Some New Bethany Survivors who allege being raped by Mack Ford, Statute of Limitations has NOT expired! 
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Who Was the Special Speaker for Today’s Bob Jones Academy Chapel?

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None other than Chuck Phelps, of course.

Why should we be concerned that Bob Jones Academy chose Chuck Phelps to speak to minors?

If you have been a reader of this blog for long, you know Chuck Phelps.

Let us refresh your memory of Chuck Phelps, the paragon of virtue

Dr. Chuck Phelps is quite the paragon of virtue.

In 1997, Pastor Chuck Phelps was at that time the Senior pastor of  Trinity Baptist Church in Concord New Hampshire.  Pastor Phelps was notified that a 15-year-old member of his flock was pregnant.  Pastor Phelps was also notified that the father of this fifteen year old was a 38-year-old man.  The man Ernie Willis was also a member of  Trinity Baptist Church.  Pastor Phelps was notified that Ernie Willis had raped, then fifteen year old Tina Anderson twice resulting in her pregnancy.

Tina Anderson recalls that she was told by her pastor Chuck Phelps that Ernie Willis may have been 99% responsible for what happened, but Tina should be thankful that she did not live in Old Testament times when she would have been stoned to death because of her 1% culpability.  In Phelps idea of mercy, Pastor Phelps decided making a 15-year-old rape victim stand before the congregation to apologize for being pregnant was kindness. According to Tina,  Pastor Chuck Phelps wife, Linda while helping write the letter that would be read during Tina’s ”church discipline,” asked Tina,  ”Did you enjoy it?”

Her mother and Pastor Phelps  agreed to send Tina thousands of miles away to Colorado to live with another Baptist family.

The man who paid for Tina’s air fare to Colorado?  Ernie Willis, her rapist .
In Colorado, she reportedly was homeschooled and barred from seeing others her age until she gave her child up for adoption.

In February 2010, Concord Police Department finally were able to contact Tina Anderson.  Willis’ trial is scheduled to begin May 23, 2011 in Concord, New Hampshire.

On April 8, 2011 ABC News Magazine, 20/20 did a program outlining Tina Anderson’s and others abuse in the Independent Baptist Fundamentalist Church Movement
Pastor Chuck Phelps details of how Phelps handled Tina’s situation has changed quite a few times.  More on that later.

Chuck blamed the victim for being what Chuck labeled passive.

This paragon of virtue, Chuck Phelps had to be called by the prosecution as a hostile witness to testify in the rape of a minor.  But, God counted tears.  On September 6, 2011, Ernie Willis was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison for of three counts of forcible rape and one count of felonious sexual assault of Tina Anderson. 

On November 1, 2011 Chucklestravels discovered that Chuck Phelps had been quietly re-instated to the Bob Jones University Cooperating Board.

This reinstatement caused such outrage among alumni, former students and even those friendly to the University. A petition demanding Bob Jones “Remove Chuck Phelps From the Bob Jones University Board” gathered more than 1000 signatures in less than a month.

As a result of this one-act, BJU re-instating Chuck Phelps to its board, the Do Right BJU group was formed.

Bob Jones University had made it clear it would be standing by Phelps when the school released this position statement on the schools website.

Do Right BJU had a silent protest on December 12, 2011. The one reason for Bob Jones University having its first ever student led protest was none other than Chuck Phelps having been chosen as a member of the board.

WSPA Reported

Bob Jones University Students, Alumni Hold Silent Protest

GREENVILLE, S.C. –

A small, but vocal, group of Bob Jones University students spoke about Monday about what they call a “conspiracy of secrecy” at the school, and within Independent Fudamental Baptist Churches.  The group of roughly two dozen students and alumni wore red in unity, as they attended the University’s Monday chapel service.  “We’re just here to say we want to listen, we’re here for moral support,” says alumni Clinton Verley.

Student Chris Peterman, founder of “Do Right BJU”, was one of the organizers of the event.  Peterman says the effort stemmed from the University’s connection to Pastor Chuck Phelps, a member of the school’s board of Trustees, until he resigned last week.  Phelps was surrounded by controversy after a case at his former church in New Hampshire, where a parishioner was accused of raping a teenage girl.  “Do Right BJU” members say even though Phelps resigned from Bob Jones’ Trustees, they are still unhappy with how the administration handled the matter.  “This is about awareness and support for victims,” says Peterman.  “We want to say we’re here for you and if you want to come talk to us, we’ll help you heal.”

University spokesperson Brian Scoles told Seven on your Side the school has a “zero tolerance” policy when it comes to abuse, and students are encouraged to file grievances with the University.

Participants gathered at the school’s fountain after chapel service to release red balloons in support of victims.

On December 2, 2011 Chuck Phelps resigned from the Cooperating Board.  In an interview with the Greenville News, Chuck denied that he required 16-year-old Tina Anderson to stand before the congregation and apologize for her rape.  Phelps stated,

“I totally deny that ever happening. That did not happen,” Phelps said. “She came before the congregation and asked for the congregation’s help in a time of need, and her specific words that she wrote herself were that she had been in a compromising relationship. Those were her words.”

I believe those who attended the trial remember the testimony from various witnesses at the time of the trial refute that statement.

Tina Anderson’s Stepfather, Daniel Leaf, Indicted

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It was announced in the morning edition of the Concord Monitor (See below) that a grand jury has indicted Daniel Leaf  on two separate counts of felonious sexual assault against Tina Anderson.  The alleged assaults started with Tina (Dooley) Anderson was ten years old.

Christine Leaf is Tina’s mother.  According to Tina, she told her mother that Daniel Leaf had been molesting Tina once Daniel was committed to New Hampshire state prison.  Daniel Leaf was convicted of molesting a little girl in a fast food restaurant bathroom.

Daniel Leaf is a convicted sex offender with which Christine Leaf continues to remain married to and reside with to this day.   According to the following quote from the Concord Monitor, Christine Leaf still defends her sex-offender husband–even answering the door while he hid inside the house.

“Yesterday afternoon, Christine Leaf answered the door at the couple’s house in Tilton and said she did not think her husband, who was inside, would wish to comment.”

“Really, I don’t think we have anything to say,” Christine Leaf said, asked whether her husband maintains his innocence.”

Daniel Leaf was also convicted of Felony Child abuse in 1993.  He admitted to hitting Tina’s brother, Tom Dooley, with a belt ten (10) times.  Tina has told friends that she hid in the closet and lost count at seventy (70) strikes.

Man named in rape trial now indicted

Stepfather faces sex assault counts

August 23, 2012
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When she testified last year to being raped and impregnated as a teenager in 1997 by a married man who attended her Concord church, Tina Anderson told jurors she also had been sexually assaulted by her stepfather years earlier.

Anderson said at trial that her mother and her pastor at Trinity Baptist told her to forgive her stepfather, Daniel Leaf, for the abuse, and he never faced charges in connection with her allegations.

That changed last week, when a Merrimack County grand jury handed down two aggravated felonious sexual assault indictments charging Leaf with assaulting Anderson between 1990 and 1992, starting when she was 10 years old.

The indictments – which don’t name Anderson – accuse Leaf, 52, of Tilton of intentionally touching the girl’s genitalia with his penis in Concord during different time periods. Leaf is a sex offender listed on the state’s registry with convictions in 1993 for felonious sexual assault and indecent exposure.

He was also convicted of second-degree assault in 1992, according to the registry. Christine Leaf, his wife and Anderson’s mother, testified in court last year that her husband had been found guilty of the assault for spanking her son. She said he spent seven years in prison for the sexual assault conviction, which she said related to a victim who wasn’t one of her children.

Yesterday afternoon, Christine Leaf answered the door at the couple’s house in Tilton and said she did not think her husband, who was inside, would wish to comment.

“Really, I don’t think we have anything to say,” Christine Leaf said, asked whether her husband maintains his innocence.

The Monitor does not normally identify alleged rape victims, but through a friend yesterday Anderson confirmed she was the victim and gave permission to be named in the case. Anderson spoke to media outlets and appeared on ABC’s 20/20 after the 2010 arrest of Ernest Willis, the Gilford man and former Trinity Baptist member convicted last year of raping her twice in 1997.

Anderson, who was 15 at the time of the assaults by Willis, said she was made to stand before the Clinton Street church and apologize for becoming pregnant. She was then sent to Colorado to have her baby, and the Concord police said they were unable to find Anderson. The investigation stalled until 2010, when someone mentioned Anderson’s story on a Facebook page critical of fundamentalist Baptist churches.

Anderson, now 31 and living in Arizona, agreed to be interviewed by the police, which led to the charges against Willis. During last year’s trial in Merrimack County Superior Court, she testified that she initially didn’t tell anyone about being raped by Willis because then-Trinity Baptist pastor Chuck Phelps had told her not to pursue charges against Leaf, instructing her that “a good Christian forgives and forgets.”

Phelps, now the pastor at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Indianapolis, testified during the May 2011 trial that Anderson never told him she had been sexually abused by Leaf and denied ever telling her to “forgive and forget.”

“I do not preach forgive and forget,” he said. “I teach confront.”

Christine Leaf also denied telling Anderson not to press charges and testified that she contacted the police in 1996 after her daughter said she had been abused by Daniel Leaf.

“She said to me, ‘He touched me,’ ” Christine Leaf said during the trial. Leaf said she reported the allegations about her husband – who was in prison at the time – to a Concord detective and the state Division for Children, Youth and Families, but her daughter “never wanted to talk to the police.” Anderson testified that she believed her mother had told the police she thought her daughter was lying.

The police received a report about Leaf in 1996, but “we weren’t able to proceed with a prosecution,” Concord police Chief John Duval said yesterday. He said he couldn’t provide details late yesterday afternoon about the report and why the police weren’t able to prosecute the case but described the indictments against Leaf as “a result of information that was obtained subsequent to the initial investigation of Willis.”

Anderson said in a 2010 statement that Leaf abused her several times a week when she was a child and her mother was out of the house. She said she didn’t feel comfortable telling anyone about the abuse until Leaf was in prison.

Bob Jones University Expels Do Right BJU Organizer

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Chris Peterson was expelled from Bob Jones University today for reportedly posted the lyrics to I Will Glory In My Redeemer on his facebook page.  Chris posted the lyrics only.  Not the video.  Just to be clear how evil this action was, the video is below.

You may want to hide your wives and children.

Consider yourselves fully warned.

Just a reminder Do Right BJU joined forces with others to call for the removal of Chuck Phelps from the Cooperating Board of Bob Jones University.  Chuck Phelps had covered the rape of a minor, Tina Dooley Anderson, by Ernie Willis.  Arranged along with Tina’s mother to have the minor moved halfway across the country after the girl was found pregnant as a result of being raped.  AFTER Tina was forced to stand before her congregation while Phelps read a letter, asking forgiveness of the congregation for putting herself into a compromising situation.  Phelps and Tina’s mother made sure the rapist paid for the airfare to get Tina out of New Hampshire to Colorado.

Phelps deceit was exposed when he was forced to testify at the rape trial.  The rapist, Ernie Willis was found guilty and is currently serving time in prison.

After Phelps resigned from the board, Do Right BJU had a silent protest on December 12, 2011.

After digging it’s heals in, BJU finally issued a press release on December 23, 2011 Bob Jones University“BJU Board Initiates Committee to Review Sexual Abuse Policy.” 

Bob Jones University refuses to release the names of those who are actual members this committee.

There you have it folks.  Bob Jones University expels the founder/organizer of Do Right BJU, but has no accountability for it’s “Sexual Abuse Committee.”

Oh and one more little bit of interest.  BJU “ships” Chris, but brings Pastor Brian “Notwork” Fuller to campus to speak for an entire week.  On what you ask? “Relational evangelism.” of course!
 

Chuck Phelps Speaks…

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Someone relates their conversation with Chuck Phelps.

 I called Chuck Phelps this morning after reading the position statement of Bob Jones University about Chuck Phelps being on the Cooperating Board of BJU. Marshall Frankin had said that people should call Chuck Phelps. Link to position statement here:
I called the church number. The lady that answered said that Chuck Phelps would only speak with those who gave their phone number. I gave my phone number and was transferred. Dr. Chuck Phelps answered.

I explained the reason for my call. 

For the next 12 minutes, Chuck Phelps spoke, I listened quietly.

He first stated that he was glad that I had called, that he had ”waited and waited for people to call and get the truth but no one had been calling.”

He went into great detail relating how he had sought legal council back in 1997 from two attorneys who went to Trinity. He went into detail telling me, that these two attorneys told him he and the church faced possible law suits if Phelps had told the church that Ernie Willis was the father of the baby Tina was carrying when both Tina and Willis stood before the congregation. 

Phelps pointed out that one of the attorneys taught at Franklin Pearce Law School.He stated that Tina had an “ongoing relationship, more that one dinner for her birthday with Ernie after she claimed she was raped.” “She kept seeing him.” 

“You have to understand, Tina was very close to the age of consent.”

(Tina was not over the age of consent when Willis had sex with her.)

Immediately after this statement, Phelps said, “You are only the third person to call me about this.”

He then switched gears completely and began talking about Christine and Daniel Leaf. His thoughts seemed to meander randomly from one topic to another during the conversation.”At the time of Tina’s alleged pregnancy, Christine Leaf was a single mom.” 

(Alleged pregnancy? What an odd statement at this point in time.)

He portrayed Mrs. Leaf as a hard-working single mom. “Tina was rebelling against her mother.”

“Daniel Leaf was in prison for abusing Tom.”

Dr. Phelps:”Tina at no time told me that Daniel had sexually abused her. Tina is lying when she told 20/20 that I had ever told her to go to the prison to confront Daniel. That never happened. That I didn’t do. Her mother testified that this a reconciliation plan from the state of NH for when the time came for Daniel to be released from prison.” 

( Still calling Tina a liar?)

He suddenly switched to complaining about the blogs. 

He stated that he never called Tina a liar from the stand.

“The quote circulated that I called Tina a liar is a bold face lie. I NEVER said such a thing. Never.”

He stated that the prosecutor “Wayne Coull set me up as the bad guy during the trial.” “The prosecutor painted me to be punitive in my dealings with Tina, and lenient with my dealings with Ernie Willis. That was simply not the case.” (It sounded as if Chuck Phelps were crying.)

He rambled on for a few more minutes about how he was portrayed in a bad light by Wayne Coull.

At the 12 minute mark. I said,

“Dr. Phelps, I only have a few more minutes to speak with you, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?”

Chuck Phelps stated, “Don’t interrupt me, I’m not done.”

I said, “Dr. Phelps you have spoken uninterrupted for 12 minutes. I timed it. I have said nothing. I have a few questions, may I please ask my questions?”

Silence.

Me: “Dr. Phelps did you a police report when Tina reported she was pregnant from being raped?”

Phelps: “Yes. Yes. I filed numerous reports. So did Tina’s mother under my direction. Tina’s mother worked for the state of New Hampshire. They knew where to find her.”

Me: “Dr Phelps I am not asking what Christine Leaf did, I am asking what you, yourself did. Did you yourself file a police report?”

Phelps: (Voice raised) Yes! I filed NUMEROUS reports!”

Me: “Dr. Phelps, I am not yelling at you. I have never raised my voice, have I?

“Phelps: “No, you haven’t.”

Me: “I am a truth seeker. Please don’t yell at me. Ok?” 

Me: “Did you make a written police report.”

Phelps: “No, I called the police and DYFUS. Back in 1997 NH law didn’t require written reports.”

Me: “So? You never filed a written report to the police or to DYFUS?”

Phelps: “No as I told you, NH law did not require that to be done back in 1997. I had sought legal counsel on how to proceed.”

Me: “I have to admit, I’m a little confused with your statement that you weren’t required to file a written report to police of DYFUS. especially back in 1997. Your confident that your memory is correct about this?”

Phelps: “I am 100% confident. In 1997 I was not required to make a written police report.”

Me: “Written police report? ok. How about DYFUS, did DYFUS require written reports in 1997?

“Phelps: “I called DYFUS and they told me, this was a police matter now. DYFUS was secondary.”

“Me: “Dr. Phelps, please bare with me. I’m trying to understand. Ok?”

Phelps: “OK”

Me: “Did DYFUS require written reports in 1997?”

Phelps: I’ve already answered that! (Chuck Phelps sounded angry)

Me: “Dr. Phelps did you tell Tina she should be lucky she didn’t live in OT times or she would have been stoned?”

Phelps: “Not in those words.”

Me: “Not in those words? What words did you use?”

Phelps: “I opened the Word of God with her.” 

Me: “You read Deuteronomy 22:23-24?” 

Phelps: “Well, yes. uh but….not only that verse.”

Me: “But you did read Deuteronomy 22:23-24 to Tina? Yes or No? Can you see now, with the benefit of hindsight, of course, how a confused teenage girl would take what you said literally?”

Dr. Phelps: “No. She knew what I meant.”

Dr. Phelps began talking about Ernie Willis’ pending appeal.

Me: “Let’s go back to the reporting issue. You told me that in 1997, NH didn’t require police reports to be written?”

Dr. Phelps: “Yes.”

Me: “You’re telling me, that if I research this, or have an attorney research this. I will find that anyone in New Hampshire in 1997 could merely make a phone call to the police and accuse someone of sex with an underage girl. That phone call would serve as a police report and be the basis of any prosecution for the serious charge of rape of a minor?”

Dr Phelps: “I was required under New Hampshire law to only call the police. I now wish I had camped out in front of the Concord Police station.”

Me: “I don’t believe camping out would have been necessary. Did you return Detective Gagnon’s calls to contact him?”

Dr. Phelps: “Officer Gagnon said he called my wife. That is incorrect. If he had my wife would have given me the message and I would have called him back. He never called me.”

(Earlier the prosecutor “set him up” now Phelps is an accusing a sworn retired police officer of the crime of perjury.)

Phelps changed the subject once again.

Phelps: “Tina said my wife asked her if she enjoyed it. My wife, Linda would never have said such a terrible thing.”

He went on for a few minutes about how he and his wife have “suffered terribly.”

Me: “I don’t know whether your wife made such a statement or not. However, I was asked the same question by Jim Berg and his wife when I told of being sexually abused. I was also told that if I did, I needed to confess that to the Lord. Is it possible that your wife was taught such a thing at BJU? Thought that was an appropriate thing to say because that’s what she had been taught?”

Dr. Phelps: “No! NO! My wife never said such a terrible thing! My wife was a virgin when we got married, and wouldn’t even know to say such a thing!”

(What a strange statement! His wife was a virgin when they got married? What did that have to do with the price of tea in china?)

Me: “As I said, I wasn’t there. However I can tell you, it was said to me in a counseling context.”

Dr. Phelps: “If Dr. Berg said that, that was a terrible thing for him to say.” 

Me: “Yes it was a terrible thing for him to say, and there is no ‘if’s’ he and his wife both said it.” 

We talked for a few more minutes. Dr. Phelps appeared to get more verbally combative with me.

Me: “Dr. Phelps have you tried to reach out to the Andersons, or to Tina herself since the trial?”

“Dr. Phelps: “Would never meet with Tina without a third-party present. She would misconstrue my words and my intentions.”

“Me: “So? That would be, No?”

Dr. Phelps: “I have legal advice to not do so as well.”

Me: “Ok?”

Me: “One more question. Do you have regret the way you treated Tina back in 1997?

Dr. Phelps: “No, I have nothing to apologize for from how she was treated in 1997.”

Me: “You have nothing to apologize for?”

Dr. Phelps: “No.”

Dr. Phelps: “You have to excuse me for being short. I have received dozen calls about this since yesterday.”

Me: “A dozen calls? First you said I was the first, later you said you had 3 calls, now it’s a dozen calls? Color me confused?”

Me: “Thank you sir, I have to go now.”

**The whole conversation took 35 minutes. I didn’t ask him all the questions I planned to ask. However, it was clear in my own mind at least that he did not sound humble, was deflecting and blaming everyone else.

IF the detective attempted to contact Chuck Phelps and he didn’t return the detectives calls, Chuck Phelps is incorrect.  According his own admission he was told by DYFUS that this case was a police matter.  Here’s the law that was in effect at the time.  Link.

“169-C:30 Nature and Content of Report.
An oral report shall be made immediately by telephone or otherwise, and followed within 48 hours by a report in writing, if so requested, to the department. Such report shall, if known, contain the name and address of the child suspected of being neglected or abused and the person responsible for the child’s welfare, the specific information indicating neglect or the nature and extent of the child’s injuries (including any evidence of previous injuries), the identity of the person or persons suspected of being responsible for such neglect or abuse, and any other information that might be helpful in establishing neglect or abuse or that may be required by the department.”

Source. 1979, 361:2. 1989, 146:2. 1994, 411:17. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995

A few thoughts.

1)  Chuck Phelps complains that the statement that he called Tina Anderson a liar is false.  Personally, I find it interesting, no one else who attended the trial has made the complaint that the unofficial transcript is inaccurate.  It has now been several months since the trial.

2)  Chuck Phelps claims he was concerned he and Trinity Baptist Church could be sued for telling the truth?  That is the defense of libel and slander-truth.

3)  Chuck Phelps claims Tina was close to the age of consent in New Hampshire.  Fact is Ernie raped Tina before the age of consent.  She was 15.  Close only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.

4)  Daniel Leaf was imprisoned for physical abuse of Tina’s brother Tom.  After he served a year for this, he was released.  Daniel Leaf was convicted of molesting a little girl in a McDonalds Bathroom.  Both of those offenses occurred before this.  As a result of the second conviction Leaf is required to register as Sex Offender.  I believe Daniel Leaf was imprisoned when Ernie raped Tina for indecent exposure which violated his parole.

5) Christine Leaf is hardly a candidate for mother of the year.  Here’s a statement by another individual who also witnessed the trial.

6)  I find his statement that Tina Anderson knew what he meant when he read Deuteronomy 22:23-24 interesting.  He says she knew what he meant.  Does he have the gift of clairvoyance?

Please don’t forget to sign the petition and encourage others to sign to send a message to Bob Jones University to  Chuck the CHUCK.

Webs of Deceit

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"Oh what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive" ~ Sir Walter Scott

“Oh what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive” ~ Sir Walter Scott

It never ceases to amaze Chuckles why people tell lies, especially when they know other people already know know they are full of Baloney.

It is even more amazing that the flagship Fundamentalist University spins its web of lies that the school has no way of getting out of.

In other associated news, it is being passed around the same flagship Fundamentalist University that Pastor Chuck Phelps has stated he has in his possession a letter from ABC News, 20/20 expressing regret for untrue statements he claims “Shattered Faith” made concerning him during the program aired April 8, 2011.

Chuckles would really love for Phelps to post this letter from ABC News on his now infamous website.

Chuck Phelps is said to be “waiting for the right time” to post this letter.

Chuckles is sure that the team of New York Attorneys working for ABC News would have immense interest in reading such a letter.

There’s no better time than the present, right Chuck?

While we’re all waiting for hell to freeze over for such a letter from ABC News to Chuck Phelps to actually appear, please go and sign the online petition asking for Charles “Chuck” Phelps to be removed from Bob Jones University’s Cooperating Board. Here. 

 

 

 

 

11-27-2012 CLARIFICATION …

The blog first found out Phelps was reinstated around November 1, 2011.  His reinstatement dates back to 2010 and was reportedly kept “quiet” intentionally, presumably based on the upcoming trial that convited Tina’s rapist.  We apologize for any confusion this may have caused regarding the timeline.

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Rotten Fruit

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Dan Frank posted the following opening post on Sharper Iron.

“This surprised me. Chuck Phelps’ name is listed as part of the board at BJU in the 2011 Seminary bulletin. It seems like fundamentalism is growing in its awareness of the problem of sexual abuse in its circles. Yet, Phelps has never articulated any repentance or regret for how he personally handled the situation between rapist and underage teenage rape victim in his church. I know that the standard “above reproach” is subjective at best. Yet, whatever that term means, Chuck Phelps could hardly be “above reproach” on this issue. Does this concern anyone else?”

Jim Peet is quick to jump in, deflecting from the problem by mentioning that the real problem is actually Dan Frank’s “obsession with BJU.”

Later Jim Peet claims, “I really don’t care who’s on the board of BJU.”  In the next post Peet states, “Why take up space on Sharper Iron.”

It was fine however for Sharper Iron to talk about such important topics such as whether bicycle shorts are modest, argue about whether Reformed Theology leads to Contemporary Christian Music in churches.  Those remotely familiar with Sharper Iron recognize that the tenor of most of the posts and comments on that site, tend to lean toward either outrightly defending BJU, or are very favorable to BJU.

The same for Phelps.

It comes as no surprise that commenters such as Jim Peet, (and he’s by no means the only person who has done so on Sharper Iron) claim to not care if Bob Jones University has chosen Phelps to be on its board.

Should Christians care about the testimony of a man who is chosen to lead young both lay and pastoral studies students?

Only a few weeks ago Phelps was on campus and taught the “preacher boys class” for a week.

Is it the best choice to select a man who as Senior pastor when he became aware of the situation, decided to put Tina and Ernie before the congregation to be disciplined as completely separate issues. Ernie apologized for being unfaithful to his wife; Tina for being pregnant after “allowing a compromising situation to occur”.  The congregation were not told Ernie Willis a then 38 year old man was the father of Tina’s baby.

Phelps then insisted for months that Tina was lying, even went as far as to set up his own website where it appears Mr. Willis’ attorney’s took much of their defense.

Phelps, through his attorney, David Gibbs, III fought hard to keep the “copious notes” to not be read into the trial record.

Once Phelps was forced to testify, and refer to the “copious notes” it was revealed that he knew from the beginning that Willis had admitted that he was the “aggressor” not once as Phelps had insisted, but twice!

All the while, Ernie was allowed to stay in the church, live free while Tina was sent to Colorado where she gave birth and gave her baby up for adoption.

Phelps continues to refuse to admit publicly that he did anything wrong.  The website Phelps put up after 20/20 is still up.

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Psalm 28:13

Phelps has not shown repentance.  No apology to Tina. No private repentance nor public repentance.

I find it further appalling that Bob Jones III preached and was present when the American Council of Christian Churches adopted the resolution on abuse.  Bob Jones III did this knowing that Phelps was on Bob Jones University’s 2011 board.

Dr. Bob III and other fundamentalist leaders have not exposed his sin.

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.      Galations 6:1

Bob Jones III preached this message at a ACCC conference.  Listen to it, by his own words Phelps isn’t qualified to be on the board and should be separated from.

There continues to be no response from Bob Jones University about Phelps being on their board.

What does the Lord expect?

He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?  Micah 6:8

Chuck Phelps Returns To Board Of Bob Jones University

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While the attention of the media, abuse survivors and others were on the trial of Ernie Willis for the rape and resultant pregnancy of Tina Anderson when she was 15, there was a sleight of hand going on.  While others were focusing on what was increasingly becoming known of the actions of Tina’s pastor, Chuck Phelps who made her stand before her congregation and apologize for putting herself in a compromising situation and getting raped, the cooperating board at Bob Jones University had quietly pulled a dirty trick.  While others were riveted on the fact that a 15 year old, under the direction of her pastor, the girls mother, sent her daughter to Colorado to live with friends of Pastor Phelps where she was home-schooled while the rapist paid for the plane ticket to Colorado, another move was in progress.  Tina Anderson’s story continued to gain momentum in the media and on April 8, 2011 Elizabeth Vargus correspondent with ABC News 20/20 aired “Shattered Faith.”  Pastor Phelps told a 20/20 producer that Tina had an ongoing dating relationship with a married man that had turned sexual in nature.

The next day or so, her former Pastor Chuck Phelps went live with a website stating Tina was untruthful.  Fundamentalist Pastors and laymen on Sharper Iron and elsewhere portrayed her as a little Lolita whose wily ways hooked an innocent man into her grasp. Pastor Phelps spoke to many pastors and individuals all over the country telling them that Tina was not being truthful and that she was pressing on with criminal charges against Ernie Willis to get money.

Never mind that criminal proceedings don’t pay a dime to the victim. Any civil judgement would be a separate issue.  At the time, Tina nor her husband had not filed any documents to do so.  It is not known now whether the Anderson’s have done so, although it is  certainly within their legal rights if they chose to.

Leaders in the IFB traveled and met every other month or so in different cities to “pray with Chuck Phelps.”

While this was going on, another magic trick was in progress in the Bob Jones University boardroom.

Then the trial rolled around.  David Gibbs, III who represented both Phelps and Tina’s mother Christine Leaf lost a last minute legal “hail Mary” ploy to keep Phelps’ copious notes out of being read into the record by trying to claim, “clergy-congregant privilege.”  The judge recognized that privilege belonged to the victim not the perpetrator. Furthermore any privilege that had applied died when Phelps spoke about it to all those third parties and anyone with access to the inter-web.

It was soon revealed that Tina had told the truth and Phelps had been more than dishonest from Phelps own sworn testimony in a court of law.  Willis was convicted and sentenced on five counts.  Because the statute of limitations is short for failure to report in New Hampshire, state prosecutors are unable to charge him.  It is a long-shot that federal charges could be brought against Phelps under the Mann Act.  It appears unlikely that federal authorities will be pursuing this route at this point.

Phelps left the Bob Jones University board in 2007 after he accepted the offer to become President of Maranatha Baptist Bible College. Phelps time at Maranatha was short, he was asked to leave May 2009.

Everyone’s attention was on the 20/20 report, the upcoming trial and then the trial testimony of Christine Leaf, Chuck Phelps, Ernie Willis and others.  After Willis was found guilty our attention turned to sentencing of Willis.  Tina was vindicated.  Phelps, however never apologized, he never removed his website, nor the lies he told.  Phelps even tried to take credit for Willis being convicted.

While all this was occurring elsewhere, Chuck Phelps was quietly put back on the 2011 Cooperating Board of Bob Jones Universityalong with others such as Ian Paisley,  Jerry Svinsky and John Vaughn. Chuck Phelps is on the board with the current Vice-President of Operations, Marshall Franklin.  Since the current president Dr. Stephen Jones is on medical leave it is widely known that Mr. Franklin oversee’s the day-to-day duties of President Stephen Jones. Mr. Franklin has been a long-term trusted friend of the Jones family, especially Stephen Jones. Chuck Phelps’ name is right there as plain as day between Evangelist Stephen Pettit of the Pettit Evangelistic Ministries and Fundamental Church Planter Robert Packer.

2011 Bob Jones University Cooperating Board Members listed in BJU Catalog Page 254

2011 Bob Jones University Cooperating Board Members listed in BJU Catalog Page 254

Chuck Phelps was on the board when 20/20 aired.  Chuck Phelps was on the board when Brian Fuller, who has openly stated that Phelps was his mentor, denied there was a network in the IFB.   Either Brian Fuller is a huge patsy, or he is as deceptive as the rest. 

Dr. Bob Jones, III was present when the American Council of Christian Churches passed its resolution on abuse at the ACCC Annual meeting October 19-21, 2011. Immediately upon finding this out this afternoon, Chuckles called a pastor who was present and claims he voted for the resolution to be passed and asked him if he knew about this.  The pastor said he did, but then remarked,

“We disagree on whether Chuck did anything wrong.”

Phelps spent months lying to many people’s faces, he  set up a website to commit libel against a victim of rape, verbally slandered the victim all over the country, lied to the media, both lied to and about the police. Apparently this kind of behavior is ok for a Cooperating Board member of Bob Jones University. It’s apparently fine for a board member to do so, but a student would be expelled for much less. 

This same man quickly added,

“Chuck didn’t do anything to hurt Ms. Anderson.”

No one has the right to say what she feels or not feel other than Tina. No one has the right to tell people how Tina should feel toward those who did hurt her. However doing so is typical fundamentalist trope. Leaders are adapt at telling others how they should feel about things, even how long a person should grieve, etc. Chuckles did remind this that man even Phelps has acknowledged his actions were hurtful during his testimony.

Leaders!

This is a perfect example of why many of us feel free to challenge your “genuineness.” Every time you are given a chance to prove yourselves, you once again prove that you are less than sincere.  You have once again proven you are deceptive.

“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”  John 8:44

Hat Tip Dr. Camille K. Lewis, PHD.

11-27-2012 CLARIFICATION …

The blog first found out Phelps was reinstated around November 1, 2011.  His reinstatement dates back to 2010 and was reportedly kept “quiet” intentionally, presumably based on the upcoming trial that convited Tina’s rapist.  We apologize for any confusion this may have caused regarding the timeline.

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Ron Williams (Hephzibah House) Praises the Lord for IN State Representative Dave Wolkins

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Indiana State Representative Dave Wolkins, (R)

Shortly after CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 program aired its two part segment about nearly 4 decades of alleged abuse at the Independent Fundamentalist Boarding School, Hephzibah House in Winona Lake, Indiana. Ron Williams, director of the home sent out the following to his supporters:

 ”We praise the Lord for State Representative Dave Wolkins. He has visited our ministry on several  occasions over the years, and has steadfastly vouched for our integrity and credibility, although he has also suffered abuse from

Ron Williams Director of Hephzibah House

the local paper and on the web for supporting us. If you would be disposed to do so, you may write a letter of thanks and appreciate to him at: Representative Dave Wolkins; 501 E Pierceton Rd; Winona Lake, IN 46590.”

Poor, poor Dave Wolkins “has suffered abuse from the local paper and on the web for supporting us.”

Was Wolkins abused by being made to wear adult diapers because he was made to drink large quantities of water and then denied access to the bathroom facilities?

Was Wolkins abused by either being force fed, or denied food depending on the time period of incarceration like the girls incarcerated at Hephzibah House?

Has Wolkins ever been subject to days, weeks and in some cases months of being forbidden to look at or speak to others?  (A recognized torture method.)

Has Wolkins ever held down while a invasive “medical exam” was done against his will?

Was Wolkins beaten as those who were at Hephzibah House in the 1980′s and later allege?

This isn’t the first time that Indiana State Representative Dave Wolkins has taken Ron Williams/Hephzibah House side and refused to hear the ladies who were inside those locked doors.

In a 2008 interview done by a local Indiana News station as part of the stations coverage of a protest by former Hephzibah House survivors, Wolkins said some pretty disturbing things.

Wolkins actually said,

“The women’s impression that what they underwent was abuse is just one interpretation.”

Wolkins actually said,

“…from Hephzibah House standpoint this is a ministry of theirs and they don’t like regulation.”

Of course Hephzibah House’s standpoint is they don’t like regulation.

At the end of the segment Wolkins was asked this hypothetical question by the reporter.

Reporter:  If a religious school beats a child severely should that be sanctioned in the name of religion?

Representative Wolkins:  [Smiling and scratching left side of his neck] “I have to think about that one.  I don’t know.”

Watch it for yourself.  

Poor Wolkins.

I hate to tell him he is an elected official.  No one made him run to be elected.  No one makes him continue to draw a paycheck from the people of Indiana. He was elected to serve all the people of Indiana’s 18th district, not just support Ron Williams and Hephzibah House.  If questioning a state representative about this support is abuse, then he needs to step down, stick his thumb in his mouth, take his blankly, and go crawl up on his mama’s lap. Ron Williams has some nerve to complain to his supporters that Wolkins is being abused!

What these young girls went through just so happens to be the legal definition of torture. Would torture fall under the category of abuse Dave Wolkins?

Representative Wolkins sounds like someone who deserves to be impeached.

You can watch part one of Larry Tuchman’s CNN report about Hephzibah House by clicking here.

Michael Scheeler, Pervert Extraoidinaire

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Michael Scott Scheeler

Chuckles has been following the case of Michael Scheeler (pictured left) since he was first arrested in January 2011 for videotaping three Korean foreign exchange students living in his home.  According to police reports, the three students were part of a Faith Christian Academy, Sellersville, PA, exchange program.  Faith Christian Academy is ministry of Faith Baptist Church, Sellersville, PA.  According to a statement from church officials at the time of Scheelers arrest, he was a “volunteer” at Faith Baptist Academy.

Scheeler has turned out to be a quite a pervert.  He had wired video cameras in bedrooms and bathrooms. Secretly videotaping the boys.

In May, after found to have actually been videotaping seven teen boys, he plead guilty.

However, in August, Scheeler asked to withdraw his guilty plea.  It appears, he may have a problem with the Pennsylvania Sexual Offenders Assessment Board decided that Scheeler met the qualifications of a violent sexual predator.

Predatory:  An act directed at a stranger or at a person with whom a relationship has been established or promoted for the primary purpose of victimization.

Sexually Violent Predator: A person who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense as set forth in section 9795.1 (relating to registration) and who is determined to be a sexually violent predator under section 9795.4 (relating to assessments) due to a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes a person likely to engage in predatory sexually violent offenses.

On September 22, 2011, Scheeler changed his mind again.  He told Senior Judge Lawrence J. Brenner, that he wanted to plead guilty again.  He was originally supposed to begin his trial proceedings that day.  Judge Benner decided to revoke Scheelers $50,000.00 bail and put him back in the gray bar hotel.  Judge Brenner said, ”I do find that he is a serious threat.”  Scheeler is scheduled to appear before Senior Judge Lawrence J. Benner on October 20, 2011.  Scheeler could get a maximum of 44 years.

Yesterday, Chuckles spoke with officials close to this case.  Officials wonder if Scheeler may be planning to try to again change his plea to extend his case through the system. Guess, we’ll have to see until his next court appearance.

Are you dizzy trying to follow this?  So is Chuckles.