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Chasie
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Florida
My son recently attended a week long church camp. While there, in the evening hours, he was kicked (private parts as well as other areas), suffocated (with a pillow), choked, held down while boys sat on his face with bare bottoms, spit on, hit (received a bloody nose), head put in the toilet, personal belongings taken to use to wipe the boys butts, then wiped on my son's face, made to wear underware on head, etc. There were five bullies in the room that ganged up on him. The church ignores these actions. What can I legally do? I am upset my child had to experience this, and no one seems to think this is wrong. HELP!
The boys were 14 & 15 years old. The youth group from our church went away to a camp that hosts several churches from the area. I was assured there would be camp counselors stationed at each cabin for supervision. When my son arrived home, he informed me of the problem. I then immediately questioned the youth group minister, and approached two of the boys involved. They denied accusations. The youth minister said he would look into it. I felt like I was being treated like an over reacting parent. Apparently there were also pictures taken of the bullying. They thought it would be funny to show my son in those humiliating positions. I was assured I would receive those pictures. I have not yet contacted the camp itself.
[Edited by Chasie on 07-21-2001 at 08:03 PM]
My son recently attended a week long church camp. While there, in the evening hours, he was kicked (private parts as well as other areas), suffocated (with a pillow), choked, held down while boys sat on his face with bare bottoms, spit on, hit (received a bloody nose), head put in the toilet, personal belongings taken to use to wipe the boys butts, then wiped on my son's face, made to wear underware on head, etc. There were five bullies in the room that ganged up on him. The church ignores these actions. What can I legally do? I am upset my child had to experience this, and no one seems to think this is wrong. HELP!
The boys were 14 & 15 years old. The youth group from our church went away to a camp that hosts several churches from the area. I was assured there would be camp counselors stationed at each cabin for supervision. When my son arrived home, he informed me of the problem. I then immediately questioned the youth group minister, and approached two of the boys involved. They denied accusations. The youth minister said he would look into it. I felt like I was being treated like an over reacting parent. Apparently there were also pictures taken of the bullying. They thought it would be funny to show my son in those humiliating positions. I was assured I would receive those pictures. I have not yet contacted the camp itself.
[Edited by Chasie on 07-21-2001 at 08:03 PM]