ALBANY – The boy is 3 years old. He lives with a 40-year-old woman who is not his biological mother. And he is the first-ever enrollee in a unique educational project.

He is Gaelen, and he is being raised by Kristin Keeffe, a devotee of the secretive enterprise called NXIVM. It isn't clear where the child came from.

The boy doesn't seem harmed. "I observed Gaelen being happy and outgoing," said Bouchey, who was a confidante of Raniere. "I also overheard that the child would be raised utilizing Keith's methodology and the child would be exposed to certain kinds of music, certain kinds of physical exercises and language."

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