IN - Allegations of child abuse at Hephzibah House, Winona Lake, 2018

[disgruntled]

Is this it?

https://www.google.com/maps/place/P...e44375d1bac62f!8m2!3d41.1739115!4d-86.0308811

Yes! All of that space, all of those buildings and the girls are all in one tiny spot.

 

[gitana1]

Thats what I need, Ideas.

Two thoughts off the top of my head:

1. Child abuse report by every single one of you as to abuse you suffered. That may cause them to inspect that hell hole.

2. A lawsuit by every one of you who has come forward. That could shut the place down or at least publicize the horrors there.

3. Ride the coat tails of the Turpin case and try to get more publicity so that authorities can inspect more and maybe find a way to shut it down.

 

[gitana1]

Thanks so much. I would like to call tomorrow. If you can message me any more info so when I call I seem like I know what I’m talking about, id greatly appreciate. And if not no worries... I am across the country and have no prob blindly making the call to at least get it on the radar. I just don’t want to tip the hell hole off.

If you call let them know that based on the horrors you have read from actual former "students" there, you have grave concerns for the well being of any and all current students.
That you are aware there are about 12 girls urgently there.
That anyone as abusive as that creep Williams? was cannot change and should never be allowed to be around children, especially at a private school or faculty.
That you are certain abuse is still concerned despite their stammers that they don't beat the girls anymore.
That you are requesting a welfare check on the resident minors.
That you hope they question those girls away from anyone else, ask them if they are scared, when they last ate, their last three meals (when and what), of they are punished. How. If they are allowed to bathe. How. Is food or water ever withheld. Is sleep ever refused. Etc.
Fingers crossed.

 

[disgruntled]

Two thoughts off the top of my head:

1. Child abuse report by every single one of you as to abuse you suffered. That may cause them to inspect that hell hole.

2. A lawsuit by every one of you who has come forward. That could shut the place down or at least publicize the horrors there.

3. Ride the coat tails of the Turpin case and try to get more publicity so that authorities can inspect more and maybe find a way to shut it down.

We have filed complaints en masse in person. We also sent dozens of notarized statements to the police department and CPS. We have been unable to find a lawyer will ing to take our case without substantial fees up front. That third idea though, maybe I could write a letter to the Warsaw Times union and ask the citizens of Warsaw to take a good look at what is going on in their little town for the sake of the children they never see.....I wonder if they would publish it? In addition to the girls locked in the basement their are many many children on that compound. They are staunch full quiver types and I know there is at least one special needs child there with Downs syndrome. A former student drove there and video taped just the compound from the main entrance. It was spooky that there was not a single bike or toy or swing or child to be seen on a sunny afternoon. There must be twenty or thirty minor children there.

 

[disgruntled]

If you call let them know that based on the horrors you have read from actual former "students" there, you have grave concerns for the well being of any and all current students.
That you are aware there are about 12 girls urgently there.
That anyone as abusive as that creep Williams? was cannot change and should never be allowed to be around children, especially at a private school or faculty.
That you are certain abuse is still concerned despite their stammers that they don't beat the girls anymore.
That you are requesting a welfare check on the resident minors.
That you hope they question those girls away from anyone else, ask them if they are scared, when they last ate, their last three meals (when and what), of they are punished. How. If they are allowed to bathe. How. Is food or water ever withheld. Is sleep ever refused. Etc.
Fingers crossed.

Perfect.

 

[canadiangirl]

508 school street Winona Lake IN is the office
Pierceton road Warsaw IN is the place where the girls are actually held right behind the church where no one is allowed to visit Believer's Chapel. The exact address has been scrubbed from the internet.

The two properties are 5 miles apart and in two different precincts.

Can I ask how we know there are 12 girls there? You don't have to answer. This is so horrifying.

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[canadiangirl]

We have filed complaints en masse in person. We also sent dozens of notarized statements to the police department and CPS. We have been unable to find a lawyer will ing to take our case without substantial fees up front. That third idea though, maybe I could write a letter to the Warsaw Times union and ask the citizens of Warsaw to take a good look at what is going on in their little town for the sake of the children they never see.....I wonder if they would publish it? In addition to the girls locked in the basement their are many many children on that compound. They are staunch full quiver types and I know there is at least one special needs child there with Downs syndrome. A former student drove there and video taped just the compound from the main entrance. It was spooky that there was not a single bike or toy or swing or child to be seen on a sunny afternoon. There must be twenty or thirty minor children there.

Oh wait I just read this post. There's more then 12?

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[disgruntled]

I can't read that link. Maybe this is it?

This is the School street building. We started all locked up in that building while the building at Pierceton road was completed. (mostly by us girls) In the other picture the L-shaped structure in the middle is the William's home. The girls are house in the basement of that structure. There are 8(?) triple bunk beds lined up 4 in a row in one large room. This is the room that was the chapel when I was there and the room where I witnessed the nursing baby beaten with a board until he stopped crying. The room is large but not huge, there is barely walking room between those triple bunks. The same exact bunks I slept in 37 ears ago.

 

[gitana1]

Perfect.

Lots of typos! Sorry. I meant "currently" not "urgently" and "facility" not "faculty".

Ugh. Autocorrect.

As far as filing a suit, where does the money go? I have some questions in order to figure out how to get someone to take the case. One possibility is trying to file yourself. With some help. Contacting Illinois law schools and asking for help from students. Calling Legal Aid groups in the region and asking if anyone would be interested.

In light of the outrage the Turpin case has caused, this could be the time. Start off emails or letters with, "Everyone has asked why no one spoke up. How did t get that bad? Well I am speaking up. I have spoken up. So have many others. But no one is listening."

Marketing interest is crucial here.

Let me give this some thought.

 

[prima.facie]

Here is another link on this...someone's personal blog
http://ramblingsofsheldon.blogspot.com/2012/11/exposing-ifb-horrors-of-hephzibah-house.html

 

[Deleted member 50844]

Lots of typos! Sorry. I meant "currently" not "urgently" and "facility" not "faculty".

Ugh. Autocorrect.

As far as filing a suit, where does the money go? I have some questions in order to figure out how to get someone to take the case. One possibility is trying to file yourself. With some help. Contacting Illinois law schools and asking for help from students. Calling Legal Aid groups in the region and asking if anyone would be interested.

In light of the outrage the Turpin case has caused, this could be the time. Start off emails or letters with, "Everyone has asked why no one spoke up. How did t get that bad? Well I am speaking up. I have spoken up. So have many others. But no one is listening."

Marketing interest is crucial here.

Let me give this some thought.

I agree that the uproar that the Turpin case is causing can be used to your advantage right now.

 

[disgruntled]

Best I can tell from the last girls who we know were there and from writings/sermons/letters Williams has given he is now using a bizarre form of cage training. Girls are stripped of every single right and confined to a very small space (their bed or a desk inside a barrier) with no interaction or stimulation of any kind. even eye contact is forbidden. Submission and confession and belly crawling earn privileges like speaking, standing, reading, using the bathroom, eating with others, really tiny things. Big rewards for advanced obedience and subservience are being allowed to wear slippers, talk to other girls, knit or crochet use a pencil or pen. The girls are now force fed until they cry in pain. The huge portions Williams loves as much as he loved starving our generation of girls. he would giggle at girls as they gained weight and popped out of their childlike uniforms and chortled when they cried as they were forced to eat well past being painfully full. I have numerous reports of girls again rocking to make the food go down and vomiting only to be forced to drink their own vomit and finish the food. I have absolutely no new information except that the sister of the main Dorm mother told me she says they are back to full capacity and believe God has given them them victory over the state and us former students. That was three months ago. Williams is creative in his sadism. I have no doubt that he is harming the girls in his care because their distress delights him.

 

[disgruntled]

Lots of typos! Sorry. I meant "currently" not "urgently" and "facility" not "faculty".

Ugh. Autocorrect.

As far as filing a suit, where does the money go? I have some questions in order to figure out how to get someone to take the case. One possibility is trying to file yourself. With some help. Contacting Illinois law schools and asking for help from students. Calling Legal Aid groups in the region and asking if anyone would be interested.

In light of the outrage the Turpin case has caused, this could be the time. Start off emails or letters with, "Everyone has asked why no one spoke up. How did t get that bad? Well I am speaking up. I have spoken up. So have many others. But no one is listening."

Marketing interest is crucial here.

Let me give this some thought.

That is good, I like that.....

 

[human]

Do you dare drive and put a flyer in everyone’s newspaper holder or? You cannot put fliers in mailboxes.

You could write because of your concerns re the Turpin case, are people aware of what is happening right in their neighborhood?

Since it is current news re the Turpins, are there any news people that would cover this with imvestigative reporters? I mean natiional news.

 

[human]

Isn‘t Pence the former Governor or something like that?

Put him on the spot with this somehow. It was foing on under his watch and continues now.

How can it become public? Asking him about it and what to do?

 

[disgruntled]

Can I ask how we know there are 12 girls there? You don't have to answer. This is so horrifying.

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The main staff lady/dorm mother's sister told me after one of their very rare phone calls. The sister found me years ago because she was worried her sister was in a cult. Now the family is afraid to ask her any serious questions or try to convince her to come home because they believe Williams censors even her phone calls and has threatened to cut her off from them.

 

[disgruntled]

Do you dare drive and put a flyer in everyone’s newspaper holder or? You cannot put fliers in mailboxes.

You could write because of your concerns re the Turpin case, are people aware of what is happening right in their neighborhood?

Since it is current news re the Turpins, are there any news people that would cover this with imvestigative reporters? I mean natiional news.

I have made friends with enough locals that want to help. My children are getting old enough that I have considered protesting and handing out flyers right on the HH property. Williams would have me hauled off for trespassing right away, but maybe if I resisted peaceful~just sat down and refused to leave. I might get handcuffed and arrested. *gulp* but maybe that would get some attention on the problem. The courthouse has allowed us to hand out flyers several times right in the town square. The people were very receptive. Most had no idea HH was right there. Some came and told me about weird and terrible things they had seen or heard over the years.

 

[disgruntled]

Maybe these beautiful Turpin children's plight will make people more willing to actually step up and not just mutter and shake their head and walk away.

 

[disgruntled]

I've thought of air dropping flyers to the girls informing them of their rights and that there are people out here waiting to help them. Megaphones?

 

[disgruntled]

Do you dare drive and put a flyer in everyone’s newspaper holder or? You cannot put fliers in mailboxes.

You could write because of your concerns re the Turpin case, are people aware of what is happening right in their neighborhood?

Since it is current news re the Turpins, are there any news people that would cover this with imvestigative reporters? I mean natiional news.

It might work. It is worth a try.