I just joined this forum, after reading every page of it. I, too, went to Tambo, but it was before most of you that are here. When I first arrived, in the 1950's, it wasn't long before I felt the urge to avoid one of the staff men. Actually, I think he was the principal at the time. I was only 10 and like most kids at that age quite naive, but I felt an aversion to him the first time I met him. I worked at staying out of his way. It was several years later that I heard rumors he may have molested some of the girls, but it was only rumor - always hushed up. Only this year did I get confirmation that yes, he had molested several of the high school girls, and attempted to molest more; raping at least one of them. His family, and the family of the rape victim, all left Bolivia and never returned. He left NTM and went on to pastor a church back in the U.S. - and died several years ago. His wife is gone now also. He had 4 daughters and a son. I've lost track of all of them except one daughter who, with her husband, is in ministry with NTM. I have no idea if his children knew what he did. I thought that was an isolated case - one bad man in the bunch. I graduated from Tambo 8 years later and never knew of any other such incidents. But now I wonder if it was going on and I just didn't know it! Since this happened almost 60 years ago and the perpetrator is dead, there's no need to post his name; it would only bring pain to his family. But it shows that this has gone on much longer than any of us imagined.
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