MISSOURI
The Turner Report
In an order issued today, U. S. District Court Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez rejected a request from a Texas family suing Branson-based Kanakuk for the names and addresses of sexual abuse victims of former Kanakuk camp director Pete Newman.
It was not a complete victory for Kanakuk however. Judge Ramirez ordered Kanakuk to send letters to the parents of Newman’s victims “that advises of the current litigation and provides the contact information for the parties’ attorneys. The parties shall confer regarding the form of the letter, and the final draft or drafts must be submitted to the Court for approval before it is sent.”
The attorneys for the plaintiff had argued that the names were needed to find more information about the patterns of Newman’s abuse and what Kanakuk officials might have known during the decade that Newman had access to the children.
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