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Former Resident Sues Morning Star

By Kevin Graman
Spokesman-Review
May 27, 2010

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/robbed-of-their-language-and-pride-94999764.html

An Alaska man is suing Morning Star Boys' Ranch, claiming that he was sexually abused nearly 30 years ago by the ranch's former director, as well as by other residents.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Spokane, names the ranch and its former director, the Rev. Joseph Weitensteiner, as well as the Morning Star Boys' Ranch Foundation, to which the ranch has transferred the bulk of its assets. It's the first such case to be filed in federal court.


In the lawsuit, Jerrold Bell, 39, of Anchorage, says that while he was a resident of the south …


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