tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post4776473788181678723..comments2024-03-28T05:52:13.519-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: From KSPR: Pete Newman's apology to victims, KanakukRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-25107447869160689422012-06-22T06:16:01.419-07:002012-06-22T06:16:01.419-07:00I looked into this camp because friends were going...I looked into this camp because friends were going.....after the molesting issues that are going on I choose to not send my child.....then I started reading about the free comment and why its so expensive....I agree a good quality camp needs to charge but that would mean only the kids who can afford it can get the so called quality....the expensive fee doesnt keep you safe either.....I know it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-10221645200577576222011-03-18T07:11:16.638-07:002011-03-18T07:11:16.638-07:00In my opinion, kanakuk will most likely comment wh...In my opinion, kanakuk will most likely comment when the trial is over. At this time, it is not in anyones vest interest for them to publicly announce anything that would implicate them. The parents are rightfully angry and are looking for damages. I believe kanakuk made a very bad choice to keep him on after the naked incidents and a monetary punishment will likely make them to think this over!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-8451961263657560522010-07-08T21:12:01.927-07:002010-07-08T21:12:01.927-07:00Have any of you ever thought that the news may be ...Have any of you ever thought that the news may be lying to you? Joe white would never allow any of this if he had known!<br />Both Pete and Joe white changed my life one summer! They led me to Christ! And this whole thing has upset me very much. <br />But all we can do now is pray for Pete and not to forget about his wonderful wife Katie and their daughter. Keep them in your prayers. <br />JesusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-13046583019397101972010-06-28T14:20:54.184-07:002010-06-28T14:20:54.184-07:002:17
It IS about Kanakuk at this point. I have c...2:17<br /><br />It IS about Kanakuk at this point. I have children who have been campers there for 7 years and I agree they have done lots of good over the years but that does not give them a free pass for their negligence in this situation. I am sure many people (OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYONE) affected by this would agree. And as for ONE person saying they had reason to suspect there was something Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-86053271094231605352010-06-27T14:17:35.791-07:002010-06-27T14:17:35.791-07:00Kanakuk is amazing and it changes lives for good. ...Kanakuk is amazing and it changes lives for good. What Pete Newman did was a horrible thing beyond words, but that is not Kanakuk's fault. They wouldn't have let it go on if they truly knew and one person saying that they did means nothing to me. The environment created by Kanakuk? You have obviously never been a camper there, never worked there, never experience this "environment&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-69999744887316485952010-06-23T03:31:19.886-07:002010-06-23T03:31:19.886-07:00This is no longer about Pete Newman. He is behind ...This is no longer about Pete Newman. He is behind bars, serving a sentence for his crimes. Done. Now it is about the environment created by Kanakuk which allowed Pete to perpetuate his pedophilia. It is about the protection of future campers at Kanakuk and other camps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-8569707197660143182010-06-21T15:24:22.295-07:002010-06-21T15:24:22.295-07:00BUT 2:12
for Kanakuk leadership to refuse to see t...BUT 2:12<br />for Kanakuk leadership to refuse to see their part in this in allowing an environment with no accountability and no zero tolerance for unacceptable behaviors is to set it up for this type of thing to happen again...That is the part many parents are upset about. naked basketball IS very different from the OTHER crimes Pete committed against children, but they knew it was wrong and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-35687263955924065952010-06-21T14:12:25.628-07:002010-06-21T14:12:25.628-07:00To the victims mother I am sorry if I offended you...To the victims mother I am sorry if I offended your righteous anger...you are right your anger is justified. And I believe it is wholeheartedly right and okay to be angry about what has happened. I can assure you that Kanakuk is not only angered, but heartbroken about what has happened. I do not believe that Kanakuk kept him on staff knowing he was committing crimes like this. I believe Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-26833465076049748172010-06-21T06:04:10.883-07:002010-06-21T06:04:10.883-07:00Does anyone know what the number in the colored bo...Does anyone know what the number in the colored box means to the left of the title of the thread?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-57462565933737758432010-06-21T03:34:32.588-07:002010-06-21T03:34:32.588-07:004:50 said "Any of us is capable of what Pete ...4:50 said "Any of us is capable of what Pete did and the sad part is most of the time we can't see past his offenses to realize it."<br /><br />Wow...I hope we are all not capable of "what Pete did." We are all capable of sin...but, this particular sin...I don't think so.<br /><br />There are others out there like Pete and this is all the more reason to bring to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-5027764389620948822010-06-20T20:59:23.097-07:002010-06-20T20:59:23.097-07:005:57, I respect every word you said and you are ri...5:57, I respect every word you said and you are right. But it really is okay to be angry for a time, as there is a time for everything under the sun. Jesus got angry too. Remember him walking into the temple and his reaction to the money-changers, and all that was going on in there? He was angry. He even turned over the tables. There is a time for righteous anger, but not self-righteous Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-12272297293162366632010-06-20T17:57:35.043-07:002010-06-20T17:57:35.043-07:00@4:57 - Did you miss the part that said "sick...@4:57 - Did you miss the part that said "sickened" by what Pete did. I too am mad, broken and wish the circumstances were different. But anger doesn't get you anywhere. Forgiveness isn't condonment, but it's dealing with your own anger...check out the Bible, it talks a lot about it, all over the place!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-87100664119649004862010-06-20T16:57:37.878-07:002010-06-20T16:57:37.878-07:00@ 11:40 and 4:50 Gosh, I can't speak for every...@ 11:40 and 4:50 Gosh, I can't speak for everyone, but I'm just mad that he raped little boys, and Kanakuk had several opportunities to do something to stop him, but chose not to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-11145573034072319432010-06-20T16:50:27.480-07:002010-06-20T16:50:27.480-07:00I have followed these blogs since last September w...I have followed these blogs since last September when I first learned of Pete's arrest. The last time I saw Pete, Katie and Riley was in 2007 when I picked them up from the airport for a video tour. I was sickened when I began to google and read of the charges against Pete, but rather than bash him on blogs...I wept. I wept for his sin, his victims, his family, the thousands of kids he'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-58012157262239258332010-06-20T16:39:40.706-07:002010-06-20T16:39:40.706-07:0011:40
Have you read all posts and comments? I don...11:40<br />Have you read all posts and comments? I don't think so or you would have a better understanding of what many believe Kanakuk, Joe White and administration are actually guilty of in regards to Pete Newman. There was one commentor who alluded to the possibility that Kanakuk (administration) knew of Pete Newman's pedophilia. I agree with you that this is ridiculous. But, they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-82647214307692785312010-06-20T11:40:36.414-07:002010-06-20T11:40:36.414-07:00I've known Pete Newman for 10 years, he is the...I've known Pete Newman for 10 years, he is the man I said my salvation prayer with. I've known Joe White for just as long and if there is one thing I know it's that he would have NEVER let this go on had he known about it. For anyone to say that this would have been kept underwraps for a profit is so far beyond ignorant that they don't deserve a response so this is for the peopleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-88333799447017696522010-06-18T21:01:31.900-07:002010-06-18T21:01:31.900-07:00First time I ever met the guy was driving up to th...First time I ever met the guy was driving up to the gates of K-Kountry, and there he stood in the most ridiculous costume! That should have been my first hint: Costume. Phony. <br /><br />But this orange he's wearing now...REALITY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-63680054976436098022010-06-18T13:50:45.814-07:002010-06-18T13:50:45.814-07:00I just watched Pete speaking at his hearing and th...I just watched Pete speaking at his hearing and this guy in unbelievable. He basic gave a mini-sermon filled with little Kanakuk-isms. The longer he talked the more it came about him and not his victims. Pretty typical for a narcisists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-75587177374487817332010-06-17T02:24:22.197-07:002010-06-17T02:24:22.197-07:00Proving once again, anyone attaching a name to a c...Proving once again, anyone attaching a name to a comment here is targeted...<br /><br />*The Amanda Show, that has a nice ring to it, I'll tell my husband to get right on it!*<br /><br />To answer your question, yes...I'm still a writer. Don't have a "job," just a column. And, yes, I am a professional blogger for a magazine and have been for a while. *I'm sure my Amanda Tackettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-76276632227497523502010-06-16T20:55:34.827-07:002010-06-16T20:55:34.827-07:00When did this become the "Amanda" show? ...When did this become the "Amanda" show? Seriously people, you are writing to this women like she is Ann Landers or Billy Graham. I just don't get that. And Amanda...do you still have that job in journalisim or are you now a professionsl blog writer? You are on on every single blog about Pete. A little obsessed aren't you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-81435117984246077522010-06-16T19:42:03.395-07:002010-06-16T19:42:03.395-07:00Amanda - I have read it and I believe it. I was o...Amanda - I have read it and I believe it. I was offering an additional point to someone who seemed like he didn't. Even if it HADN'T occurred at Kanakuk, the "grooming" undoubtedly did. That's all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-60273080526303104772010-06-16T19:04:07.752-07:002010-06-16T19:04:07.752-07:00Ross, did you read the investigation? I'm not ...Ross, did you read the investigation? I'm not jumping on you, I'm wondering if you and I have different meaning to "kamp" as a place or a state of mind. Horrible things happened to kids on the property, no two ways about it. Read the whole thing.<br /><br />http://www.news-leader.com/assets/pdf/DO1468851118.PDF<br /><br />Pete defiled the camp and the K-Dome...he used the Amanda Tackettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-79229574584677457442010-06-16T18:45:44.624-07:002010-06-16T18:45:44.624-07:004:44. I appreciate your anger. And I've been...4:44. I appreciate your anger. And I've been called a kanakuk apologist here, too. But, um, something very significant undoubtedly "did" happen at Kanakuk - the grooming of the victims. Whether or not any actual sick acts took place within the gates, the camp was used as the way into homes and hearts of kids and parents. As someone who like you has spent a lot of time there, itRossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-76655818162675262010-06-16T17:53:31.449-07:002010-06-16T17:53:31.449-07:00Peter-lovers. Now there's a term. On a coupl...Peter-lovers. Now there's a term. On a couple of levels it seems. SICK PEOPLE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-79793341251576191682010-06-16T17:25:41.455-07:002010-06-16T17:25:41.455-07:00Watch out..Pete lover! Get your facts straight fat...Watch out..Pete lover! Get your facts straight father of camper, camper yourself, and supporter of Kanakuk. Oh yes it did happen at Kanakuk and many other places as well. Are you saying that you are a good representative of Kanakuk calling people hypocrites while getting your own facts wrong? I bet you money you not only voted for Clinton the second time but also the first. Now, what did politicsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com