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 U.S. ambassador to Italy Melvin Sembler, financier behind Liz Cheney’s Keeping America Safe organization.

Behind Liz Cheney’s group, a weird legacy of torture

Excerpt from Joe Conason’s article in Salon.com: Of course Sembler, like his pal Cheney, will never admit that anything went wrong with his grisly enterprise. When last heard from, as ambassador to Italy, he still listed his affiliation with Straight on his  official State Department profile as a matter of personal pride. Just another exemplar of Cheney family values. 

 

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Losing Erica: Cynthia Clark Harvey Doesn’t Want Anyone Else’s Child to Die in a Wilderness-Therapy Program

by admin December 26, 2009 Uncategorized

Phoenix New Times News

Losing Erica: Cynthia Clark Harvey Doesn’t Want Anyone Else’s Child to Die in a Wilderness-Therapy Program
By Amy Silverman
published: November 05, 2009
Cynthia Clark Harvey climbs the stairs to the second floor of her north Phoenix home, pausing in a small bedroom. It’s the kind of room empty-nesters tend to keep, and this one [...]

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Cedar Ridge Academy Nurse Charged With Sex Abuse

by admin December 9, 2009 Cedar Ridge Academy

Duchesne nurse charged with sex abuse of teens

By Andre Salvail
For the Deseret News

Published: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 4:15 p.m. MST

ROOSEVELT — A man who worked as a nurse at a boarding school for troubled teens has been charged with having sexual contact with two of the school’s teenage residents.
Geary David Oakes, 57, of Cedarview, Duchesne [...]

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Ever unconventional, long controversial

by admin November 15, 2009 Uncategorized

original article found at The Bulletin.

The school’s history is a twisted one, involving atypical therapy methods and company mergers, good intentions and success stories, but also cases of what some, including the state, call abuse. The story behind the academy’s closure.
By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
Published: November 15. 2009 4:00AM PST

Rob Kerr / [...]

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DEATH ROW SERIAL MOLESTER CONNECTED TO CEDU

by admin November 14, 2009 CEDU

Found at The Alpenhorn News.
– 11/12/2009
Chuck Wyatt
Staff Writer
California Department of Justice (DOJ) investigators are researching the possibility that serial child molester and child murderer, James Lee Crummel, 65 of San Quentin State Prison, had years of free, unsupervised access to the students at the now defunct CEDU School in Running Springs.
The CEDU schools in Running [...]

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Boarding school for troubled teens files for closure

by admin November 14, 2009 Mount Bachelor Academy

Original Article found at the World Link.com
By Jeff Barnard, Associated Press Write
Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:54 AM PST
GRANTS PASS  — A boarding school for troubled teens that recently had its license suspended over allegations of abuse and neglect has filed notice it has closed and laid off 72 employees.
Mount Bachelor Academy in Prineville in Central [...]

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Mount Bachelor Academy to Close by Dec.9th

by admin November 14, 2009 Mount Bachelor Academy

Original Article found at  OregonLive.com
By Amy Hsuan, The Oregonian
November 09, 2009, 6:16PM

Mount Bachelor Academy, a Prineville boarding school investigated by the state for allegations of child abuse, will close by December 9.
The facility will start letting employees go on Wednesday, with a total loss of between 69 and 72 jobs.
The state Department of Human [...]

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Mount Bachelor Academy’s Future Unknown (Another Aspen Edu. Group program)

by admin November 7, 2009 Uncategorized

Original article with video here.
11/6/09
By Rachel Azevedo
New developments related to the child abuse investigation into a therapeutic school for troubled teens east of Prineville. Mount Bachelor Academy’s web site is now off line. When you type in the web address, you’re directed to parent company, Aspen Educational Group. The state ordered the school to temporarily [...]

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Investigation finds physical, mental, and sexual abuse at Oregon’s Mount Bachelor Academy

by admin November 6, 2009 Uncategorized

Investigation finds physical, mental, and sexual abuse at Oregon’s Mount Bachelor Academy
November 5, 11:22 PMPolitics in Education ExaminerAna Kasparian
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An article was published in the Huffington Post by journalist Maia Szalavitz regarding a criminal investigation of an Oregon school for troubled teens. Mount Bachelor Academy is in the center of controversial allegations made by [...]

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Runaways, arrests, abuse claims trigger scrutiny of Hillsborough children’s shelter – St. Petersburg Times

by admin November 1, 2009 Uncategorized

Runaways, arrests, abuse claims trigger scrutiny of Hillsborough children’s shelter – St. Petersburg Times
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