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I second your story, Bemused, sounds like mine to a T

Thanks for sharing Bemused. I just read your posts on sex education in NTM and think it's a good point.

Thank you, Beverly, for shedding some light on a very murky pond.

One of the challenges facing Pat Hendrix is how to win the confidence and trust of MK abuse survivors and their families, so that they are comfortable participating in her investigations.

Full, honest disclosure might help.

Or it might silence us all.

Ooops that makes me a bit nervous. This will be the last chance for some of us to get this mess sorted or in the open. For me I'd like to have this come out in a court of law so that it goes on record as fact, for my family is still in denial that it happened and I've grown weary of being the lone voice and isolated for it. They have gone eerily silent since they found out an investigation is underway, but they will be thinking "well it wasn't our field, it was just Senegal".
My parents are elderly and they are making preperations for receiving their rewards in their heaven. I'd just like them to know beyond reasonable doubt before they embark on their journey what their acquiring heavenly rewards cost some of us. It was many years of sheer emotional hell and then recovery. To have them participate in the coverup is the hardest aspect to deal with, they portrayed themselves of being the very pinnacle of christianity, the most righteous of the righteous and now I know it was all a lie as were so many things they did.
I've emailed Pat and before I spilt any beans I got written replies that this was a truly independant investigation, that NTM would not see my correspondence/evidence.
If per chance nothing happens and the investigation turns out to be some NTM once over with a wet bus ticket, then I see no option but to hit the send button to the media with my story. It won't be the U.S. media, it will be (to quote Aussie) South of the Black Stump, and believe me Australians and their little cousins will eat NTM for lunch.
NTM if you are reading this, I wrote for a major media network for several years, I still have all the contacts. Except this time I won't be making my audience laugh in the aisles, for once the comedian is going to be very serious, but as always he will tell the truth and you won't like it.

BevST
Thanks for going public with your comments.
We have always welcomed you here and appreciate what you share.
This sounds irregular at best.

Bemused
Maybe don't wait too long............

There has been an update and it was put here on the forum...you must have missed it. Some of the dates were corrected for when they were actually in Brazil but they did go. here it is again Bemuse


VIANOPOLIS STATUS REPORT
August 24, 2011
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Following a few glitches at the beginning of the investigation, it now proceeds at a reasonable pace.
I have established communication with fifteen (15) individuals (MK’s) who have expressed a desire to discuss their experiences while attending the NTM Boarding School at Vianopolis, Brazil from 1985 – 1999. Information provided concerns what these individuals believe to have been abuse by teachers and staff during that time period.

Presently, two (2) individuals have been personally interviewed. During those interviews, each provided information concerning additional victims and perpetrators of what they believed to be abuse. As a result of those interviews, they have communicated the seriousness and sensitivity with which the interviews were conducted, as well as the integrity of the investigative team to others, resulting in an expansion of the investigation. Interviews of six (6) other victims are scheduled following the completion and submission of their written testimonies (a term they use to refer to their statements). Additionally, following communication with several victims, a direct email to each student, for whom email addresses are available, is being prepared to solicit any information they wish to share, or they believe may be of significance to the investigative process.

As a result of the communication with the aforementioned individuals, the list of alleged abusers, and/or their participation in what is believed to be abusive behavior, has also grown. Information pertaining to several individuals was recently received and requires review. A strategy to interview, or attempt to interview, those alleged to have engaged in, or have knowledge of, abusive behavior is scheduled for early September (week of September 6 – 14, 2011).

Concurrent to these interviews, are those of NTM Leadership, at the school, on the field, and at NTM Headquarters. As information is developed and processed, those interviews will be conducted. To date only two members of NTM Leadership have been contacted/interviewed. Others will be contacted shortly.

Of great significance and value to the investigation was the recent visit to Brazil (August 18 -22, 2011). Six individuals were interviewed as to their personal knowledge and recollection of individuals and events during the period in question. Additionally, significant records and information was secured which requires review. Also significant was a visit to the school itself.

The visit to the school provides a visual depiction of property and facilities providing an understanding and insight of facilities as described by victims. Photographs taken may also be useful in helping to determine “intent” when individuals were taken to various locations within the “little dorm” or other locations for discipline and/or other activities. They will also aid in the visualization of the close proximity of the “little dorm” to the dining hall, girl’s dorm, boy’s dorm, school, and other facilities within the property.

Information contained in this status report is general in nature. Specific information pertaining to victims and perpetrators is available on request. Victim interviews will be conducted as they are willing to discuss their experiences in person, following a submission of their testimonies. Interviews of perpetrators, and/or those who had knowledge of them, will be conducted when and if they are available for interviews. Interviews of NTM Leadership will also be conducted as warranted upon receipt, coordination, and consolidation of information.

Additional inquires may be directed to me at rramirez@send.org.

Richard J. Ramirez
Director of Corporate Security
SEND International
36210 Freedom Road
Farmington, MI 48335
248-477-4210 x 111

"Specific information pertaining to victims and perpetrators is available on request."


What? So the victims identities are not being kept confidential?