MICHIGAN
WOOD
By Ken Kolker
SAUGATUCK, Mich. (WOOD) – The impact of sexual abuse that allegedly went on for years in Chicago — involving a youth minister and four boys — is being felt 20 years later in Saugatuck.
It is forcing the Presbytery of Chicago to sell its 130-acre Presbyterian Camp on dunes overlooking Lake Michigan to a Grand Rapids developer, according to those familiar with the deal.
The camp has served thousands of children over the last century, many of them from the Chicago area.
“I don’t think it should be up to the camp to pay for his sins, and I don’t think the Presbytery should have the camp pay for his sins either,” said Lisa Lenzo, who worked at the camp for 11 years and still lives in the Saugatuck area.
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