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September 21st Hearing Regarding Agape Injunction

JUDGE’S DOCKET ENTRY. Plaintiff with Attorneys J. Smith, J. Atkins and M. Green and Defendant with Attorney J. Schultz all appear. Argument held on Motion to Dismiss, Motion for Jury Trial and Motion to file 2nd Amended Petition. Court takes time to review cases cited by counsel. Court overrules motion to dismiss 1st amended petition…

Agape Boarding School Parent Handbook

Just in case they ever wise up and take it down, here’s a copy: Fun Quotes from the Handbook Agape has a strict “hands off” policy regarding the students. This includes unruly students. Agape staff do not use corporal punishment. Unless there is an emergency students may not receive calls from their parents or legal…

Attorney General files new Motions in Agape Case

Attorney General files new Motions in Agape Case

The Attorney General’s office has filed a Motion for Leave to file a Second Amended Petition detail new evidence in the case against Agape Baptist Church/Agape Boarding School. This comes just days before a hearing scheduled for September 21st in Cedar County. Representatives of Agape have also filed a Motion in Limine to exclude the…

Bethesda Home For Girls: Ongoing Investigation

Former Employees Sam & Deborah Gerhardt Debby Gerhardt is the daughter of Bethesda owners, Betty (Graves) and Bob Wills. Sam and Deborah married on December 20th, 1975 Samuel Gerhardt studied at Tennessee Temple University and at Carolina University of Theology. He is currently working at Bible Believer’s Cowboy Ministries in Big South Fork, TN. Sam…

Julio Sandoval Indicted on Federal Charges

According to a Press Release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of California, Julio Sandoval has been arrested for participating in a scheme that transported a minor from California to Missouri. Shana Gaviola, the mother of the minor in question, was also charged. In 2020, Shana Gaviola’s son began living apart from his mother…

ABM Ministries

ABM Ministries is a Christian boarding school in Piedmont, Missouri for boys ages 10 and up. They are on 250 acres and have a 25,000 sq ft main campus.  School goes year round and have a student to teacher ratio of twelve to one. They operate on a rolling enrollment schedule, so students may start…