This is from the Godly NTM websigth and they are saying jsut what I been saying all along it is ass if I wrote it myself. My paster is very pleased that NTM is going to fight this law suet and he is sure they will whine. I do not have to add anything to this statement it says it all thank you Jesus for NTM!!
A hearing is scheduled for Aug. 30 on NTM USA’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit related to child abuse that took place at New Tribes Mission’s Aritao school in the Philippines in the 1980s and 1990s.
NTM recognizes that the impact of Les Emory’s assaults on 11 girls continues today. Our hearts go out to the victims and their families, and NTM USA reiterates its commitment to help.
The facts about NTM’s response to the abuse that took place 18 years ago are far different from the allegations of the lawsuit.
In 1993, one girl reported to her dorm parents that she had been sexually abused by Mr. Emory, her former dorm father at Aritao school in the Philippines.
Prior to this report, no one had reported any incidents of child abuse regarding Mr. Emory. NTM’s files from that period do not indicate that any reports or suspicions of child abuse were raised during his application process; in his four years of training, which was part of NTM’s process of screening candidates; or in his 15 years in the Philippines, nearly seven of them as a dorm father, before 1993.
Upon learning of the abuse, the leaders of NTM in the Philippines traveled to the school and interviewed Mr. Emory. He confessed to abusing the one girl and he was removed from the dorm. The leaders believed that the perpetrator would not face justice in the Philippines but would be brought to trial in the USA, and sent him back to the USA. He was also dismissed from membership in New Tribes Mission.
Mr. Emory’s home church and other supporting churches, and the missionaries of NTM of the Philippines, were informed that he was dismissed for child abuse.
An investigation was launched, which identified 11 victims. Mr. Emory eventually admitted abusing eight girls. Although he denied that he had raped any of the victims, the investigation produced sufficient evidence to believe he had raped three of the girls and abused all 11 girls.
When it came to light that there had been more than one victim and that Mr. Emory had lied to NTM Philippines leaders, his supporting churches and the missionaries of NTM of the Philippines were updated.
Leaders of NTM USA, based in Florida, called the Florida child abuse hotline to report the perpetrator, and kept a transcript of the call. They were told no report could be taken because the crime occurred outside the USA.
NTM USA leaders also called the counselor who was working with the perpetrator to ask if he had reported the perpetrator in Virginia, where the perpetrator was from and where he was being counseled. The counselor stated that he had called the Virginia hotline and he too was told that Virginia would not take a report because the crime occurred outside the USA.
New Tribes Mission USA offered counseling and other help to the victims and their families. NTM USA continues to desire to help with needs arising from this abuse.
PS I got this from here: http://usa.ntm.org/field-news/hearing-set-on-aritao-lawsuit
NTM recognizes that the impact of Les Emory’s assaults on 11 girls continues today. Our hearts go out to the victims and their families, and NTM USA reiterates its commitment to help.
The facts about NTM’s response to the abuse that took place 18 years ago are far different from the allegations of the lawsuit.
In 1993, one girl reported to her dorm parents that she had been sexually abused by Mr. Emory, her former dorm father at Aritao school in the Philippines.
Prior to this report, no one had reported any incidents of child abuse regarding Mr. Emory. NTM’s files from that period do not indicate that any reports or suspicions of child abuse were raised during his application process; in his four years of training, which was part of NTM’s process of screening candidates; or in his 15 years in the Philippines, nearly seven of them as a dorm father, before 1993.
Upon learning of the abuse, the leaders of NTM in the Philippines traveled to the school and interviewed Mr. Emory. He confessed to abusing the one girl and he was removed from the dorm. The leaders believed that the perpetrator would not face justice in the Philippines but would be brought to trial in the USA, and sent him back to the USA. He was also dismissed from membership in New Tribes Mission.
Mr. Emory’s home church and other supporting churches, and the missionaries of NTM of the Philippines, were informed that he was dismissed for child abuse.
An investigation was launched, which identified 11 victims. Mr. Emory eventually admitted abusing eight girls. Although he denied that he had raped any of the victims, the investigation produced sufficient evidence to believe he had raped three of the girls and abused all 11 girls.
When it came to light that there had been more than one victim and that Mr. Emory had lied to NTM Philippines leaders, his supporting churches and the missionaries of NTM of the Philippines were updated.
Leaders of NTM USA, based in Florida, called the Florida child abuse hotline to report the perpetrator, and kept a transcript of the call. They were told no report could be taken because the crime occurred outside the USA.
NTM USA leaders also called the counselor who was working with the perpetrator to ask if he had reported the perpetrator in Virginia, where the perpetrator was from and where he was being counseled. The counselor stated that he had called the Virginia hotline and he too was told that Virginia would not take a report because the crime occurred outside the USA.
New Tribes Mission USA offered counseling and other help to the victims and their families. NTM USA continues to desire to help with needs arising from this abuse.
PS I got this from here: http://usa.ntm.org/field-news/hearing-set-on-aritao-lawsuit
