Articles Tagged with religious

Published on: March 17, 2021

Religious Boarding School Owners Charged for 100+ Counts of Abuse

A couple who owned and ran a Christian boarding school for girls are facing 102 charges for allegations that they regularly subjected several of their students to severe physical, mental and sexual abuse.

71-year-old Boyd Householder and his 55-year-old wife Stephanie live in Humansville, Missouri, where they opened the Circle of Hope Girls Ranch in 2006.

According to their mission statement, their aim was “to help young ladies who were destroying their lives through poor choices and behaviors, change their future.” They specifically provide service to “uncontrollable girls who won’t let their parents help them.” They report that their method is to use the Bible “to teach them that they are to obey their Parents [SIC] and the authority over them.”

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Published on: January 25, 2020

Assault Suspect Attempted to Bible-Thump Boyfriend’s Head

by Staycie R. Sena

A woman has been accused of trying to hit her boyfriend by throwing a Bible at his head during a dispute.

51-year-old Terry Slaughter and her boyfriend share a residence together in St. Petersburg, Florida for more than a year.

Around noon on January 19, Slaughter and her beau reportedly began to engage in a quarrel. During the spat Slaughter allegedly hurled a Bible in the direction of the man’s head and it was asserted that she intended to strike him with the sacred tome. The allegedly irate woman has also been accused of smashing her boyfriend’s cell phone during the altercation.

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