tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post8805506841202984210..comments2024-03-28T05:52:13.519-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: Kanakuk staff member arrested on sex chargesRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-3054789619604491552015-01-09T16:22:15.657-08:002015-01-09T16:22:15.657-08:00Don't be naive. My experience on the Kanakuk ...Don't be naive. My experience on the Kanakuk Kampus was repeated inappropriate remarks being made about both female and male kampers and employees by senior leadership. In some cases Executive Leadership were verbally abusive frequently with employees as well. a sister company K-Life was ran by a "President" that was both inappropriate with his comments about young women and was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-76125226510078670702014-07-02T09:05:20.259-07:002014-07-02T09:05:20.259-07:00This is the second pedophile case for Kanakuk, whe...This is the second pedophile case for Kanakuk, when will Joe White do the right thing and step down? The camp needs to clean house... God is doing a purging work... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-61087792728117337762013-06-18T04:01:03.896-07:002013-06-18T04:01:03.896-07:00Having been a camper amongst the era of "craz...Having been a camper amongst the era of "crazy pete", as he was commonly called then, it is very easy to recall early warning signs that something was off with this guy. As an adult who works in social services, I can identify these behaviors. Mind you, I was 8-12 when I knew Pete, and I always thought there was something off about this guy. So if an 8 year old can identify this guys Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-91582322963793348792012-12-08T08:30:43.980-08:002012-12-08T08:30:43.980-08:00Pete Newman got what he deserved and is in Prison ...Pete Newman got what he deserved and is in Prison for life x 2 but with each camp running on its own over the summer Joe white had probably had no idea what happened during the summer since he works at a camp in Lampe not Branson. <br /><br />The Texas kids trial is not physically plausible since campers cannot leave camp unless they are with their cabin even under a directors orders the child Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-54360917654365004132012-10-13T08:32:42.828-07:002012-10-13T08:32:42.828-07:00Blindly stating or believing that Joe White is or ...Blindly stating or believing that Joe White is or is not negligent in these cases achieves nothing. Simply stating that you know somebody and believe they'd never do something like this is not proof either way. If it is a surprise for so many that Pete Newman could fool so many people why do you hold faith that other people are similarly incorruptible? It is my understanding of the ChristianCherokee JWWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-34291262319514604812012-08-18T06:57:44.393-07:002012-08-18T06:57:44.393-07:00This is a really difficult matter. As a parent an...This is a really difficult matter. As a parent and a Christian I am riveted by the thought of my children experiencing such a trauma but am also challenged. The truth remains that we, as parents, must be reminded that we need to teach our children of the dangers in our world and these dangers lie possibly even greater within our Church body. We all need to be aware that just because we enter Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-27852826632082222752012-07-30T09:11:05.308-07:002012-07-30T09:11:05.308-07:00@everyone
Listen up, Joe White did not know there ...@everyone<br />Listen up, Joe White did not know there was a pedifile at Kanakuk. He is the holiest man on earth, who has a passion for kids, my entire family has gone to Kanakuk. Joe White would never let kids be sexually melested under his watch, the kids were NOT being melested on kanakuk property.mollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-72629158638038444832012-07-30T09:07:50.926-07:002012-07-30T09:07:50.926-07:00listen up. its so sad what happened but, i go to k...listen up. its so sad what happened but, i go to kanakuk, thenhappiest place on earth. joe white is the holiest man i know, he did not know there was a pedifile there. they werent being melested on Kanakuk property. so shut up. i was baptized by Joe White!Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-23366569635899802652012-07-23T03:00:19.767-07:002012-07-23T03:00:19.767-07:00I knew Pete he was a nice guy but when I heard abo...I knew Pete he was a nice guy but when I heard about this is almost brought me to tears he was the one who got me started on my kanakuk journey but he is a horrible man and deserves his punishmentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-23405064433528909002012-07-08T21:23:19.895-07:002012-07-08T21:23:19.895-07:00Absolutely disgusting, especially considering so m...Absolutely disgusting, especially considering so many friends of ours are blindly sending their kids here to camp this summer. <br /><br />Why is this not a bigger story? And why was it covered up for so long? <br /><br />There certainly is a long line of victims going back to 1999 when Kanakuk was first notified of this kind of behavior and clearly tried to cover it up to save face.<br /><br /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-40564685452024350092012-06-25T20:48:46.045-07:002012-06-25T20:48:46.045-07:00"Let he who is without sin cast the first sto..."Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." <br /><br />Christ died once for ALL. We are saved from the penalty of sin (enternal separation from God), but we must still face the consequences of our sin.<br /><br />If you think Joe, Kanakuk, a church, a college, etc. should be condemned and that it is okay to gossip about what you THINK is true (things other than the facts in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-49407694978834494272012-06-25T13:39:44.458-07:002012-06-25T13:39:44.458-07:00I'm the mom you said to use my brain about sen...I'm the mom you said to use my brain about sending my son to camp.<br />I did something better - I followed God's Holy Spirit and I felt led to let him go. I followed peace.<br />The enemy is everywhere hurting our kids - in our schools, on our computers even in our churches as the "weeds with the wheat".(Matt. 13:30-40)<br />The only way to navigate anything concerning our Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-90480818647507483982012-06-25T08:16:45.434-07:002012-06-25T08:16:45.434-07:00Friendship is part of the grooming process and it ...Friendship is part of the grooming process and it works because a child doesn't realize what is being done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-892331407567781832012-06-10T12:19:04.463-07:002012-06-10T12:19:04.463-07:00I have gone to Kamp for over 7 years, starting at ...I have gone to Kamp for over 7 years, starting at 6. Kanakuk is an amazing place, and we (kampers) all adore Joe White, and our counselers. <br /><br />One of my best guy friends was friends with Pete, and was never hurt by him, or even "groomed". <br /><br />I am NOT excusing Pete or Lee's behavior in any way, believe me. I am enraged that they would defile the one place I adore Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-56310843600117070672012-05-31T18:38:26.076-07:002012-05-31T18:38:26.076-07:00To anonymous at 2:55 am...
That's what we'...To anonymous at 2:55 am...<br /><br />That's what we're worried about, honey...THAT YOUR SON WILL COME HOME "CHANGED."<br /><br />Good grief, what greater evidence do you need that this program is tainted? You need one more counselor arrested for raping children? Two? Three?<br /><br />GOD GAVE YOU A BRAIN. USE IT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-39252731344230496512012-05-30T02:55:01.637-07:002012-05-30T02:55:01.637-07:00My son is going for the first time in 2 weeks. Hu...My son is going for the first time in 2 weeks. Human reasoning is - keep him home. <br />But the enemy would win.<br />Sadly, my husband and I are going to have to talk to him about how to prevent these things, and to kick the crap out of anyone who tries anything.<br />I'm sick that we have to talk about things with kids so young. <br /> We can't really afford this camp, actually, weAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-34665556581974627432012-05-12T09:06:09.268-07:002012-05-12T09:06:09.268-07:00As a former staff member, I can tell you that our ...As a former staff member, I can tell you that our hiring process was <i>very</i> strict, including a background check. We also had a thick handbook and were told <i>repeatedly</i> how dangerous it was to even have <i>hints</i> of inappropriate horseplay with campers. As a former youth minister who is currently working on my MDiv, I can tell you that I was paranoid to misstep in any way, for fear Ethan Smithhttp://ethanasmith.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-41078882281576960562012-05-07T20:11:11.855-07:002012-05-07T20:11:11.855-07:00P.S. They were naked in the hot tub.P.S. They were naked in the hot tub.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-42234920420339170032012-05-07T19:42:16.448-07:002012-05-07T19:42:16.448-07:00So an adult male getting in a hot tub with adolesc...So an adult male getting in a hot tub with adolescent boys is normal and common sense for you. Your not affiliated with kanakuk, but somehow you know their hiring procedures and security measures. You have a life and what an interesting life that must be. How proud your mother must be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-56546938943126239422012-05-07T06:57:13.739-07:002012-05-07T06:57:13.739-07:00Anyone who thinks Joe White or any of the other pe...Anyone who thinks Joe White or any of the other people involved with Kanakuk knew that these events were taking place are IGNORANT and are more than likely low life house wives on here who have nothing else to do. Back ground checks are given to employees. They are back ground checks though, NOT future action reporters. I feel stupid for reading many of the comments. I am not affiliated with the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-11182548558858680242012-04-24T07:05:51.207-07:002012-04-24T07:05:51.207-07:00Joe White is a good man.....a good man, being advi...Joe White is a good man.....a good man, being advised by a bunch of legal people. These people are concerned with protected the one who pays them. Therefore, their advice is not to protect victims/campers; but to protect Joe. How hard is this to understand, people? <br /><br />If his advisors were solely people of the Word, then they would advise him that he should be out righting every wrongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-49238250467856400782012-04-24T06:56:40.223-07:002012-04-24T06:56:40.223-07:00"........... These young men are not pioneers..."........... These young men are not pioneers, they are victims. Victims of an experience that may create a deep psychological trauma. A trauma, the results of which, may not surface until years later in their life.<br />As you know, wisdom is the deep understanding of knowledge, knowledge of and realization of people, subjects, environments, situations. This can lead to a comprehension of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-61906339093019074982012-04-20T15:23:49.713-07:002012-04-20T15:23:49.713-07:00It would be interesting to know if the accusations...It would be interesting to know if the accusations Lee brought against his discipline group leader, are the same being brought against him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-41531608834188627162012-04-20T09:15:03.210-07:002012-04-20T09:15:03.210-07:00The Pete and Lee Bradberry cases are not directly ...The Pete and Lee Bradberry cases are not directly linked, but are more closely connected than some might realize. Pete was a discipleship group leader for high school boys at AUMC in Auburn. One of the boys in his discipleship group went on to be a group leader when he was in college. Lee Bradberry was in this discipleship leader's group. There was an incident several years ago where Lee Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-61025547745886697422012-04-18T13:05:48.529-07:002012-04-18T13:05:48.529-07:00Wow. that's a very good post.Wow. that's a very good post.Rossnoreply@blogger.com