Excellent article on Haiti orphanage fire/Church of Bible Understanding/Olde Good Things
https://archive.is/9RzUP
History of abusing children
Church was made fun of on episode of Seinfeld
Revenue of $6.6 million
$19 million in assets including a 12,000-square foot house in Coral Springs, FL
Received food grants worth more than $579,000 from USAID between 2003 and 2012
Would bring children from the homes to the U.S. for medical treatment
Lawyer for the church is Osner Fevry
Anaika Francois, 19, told The Associated Press that she entered the homes at six because her parents were too poor to take care of her and her little sister. She said children with bed-wetting issues from about that age were physically punished. In bad cases, they were stretched across a table and spanked by the monitor or head of the orphanage, she said.
‘’That would often produce marks, in which case the monitor would give you a bath with warm salt water,’’ she said. ‘’The marks would disappear in two or three days.’’
Fedania Charles, 20, said that when she lived with the church, children were hit on the buttocks for wetting their beds and then washed with salty warm water.
“You could see the bruises for at least 24 hours,” she said.
James Dindin, 36, said he was given to the orphanage at around 9 months old. He said that as a teenager, he would be put in a ‘’punishment room’’ with a single window along with about a dozen other children for two or three weeks, and escorted to the bathroom by an employee. At times, he said, rebellious children were expelled and forced to sleep on the streets.