Any one remember these two kids always staff buddies screaming IM THE DARK KNIGHT lol. I figured it was a shut-down RTC or an abandoned, ratty hotel but I never got any answers because none of the staff seemed to know. I was in ISO all day everyday Craig attacked me in group my slamming me to the floor for talking out of turn.. Sam umi wooped on me case Adkins did the same so did Chris Tony Dallas all of those cowards, Hey what years were you there? Please leave your feedback here. Always in the tape room, I wax at cc from 2003 to 05, that place is horrible and I dont know how it wasnt or hasnt been shut dow He is also responsible for overseeing afacilityin violation of many health codes and maintaining a lack of ethical standards of care for the students of CBS. In 2002, he was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting one girl, assaulting one boy, and threatening to kill another. CRAZY kid!!!! If so, what would be the point? Most of these schools are long gone, the WWASP corporation has already been shuttered so theres not a hope for continuing litigation, and so on so are we talking about it 20 years later because why? You were like the first dude outside of my group that talked to me. Who would have hired her knowing (or should have known) her employment past! I will never be the same. Preston had recently been moved from Group 7 because that other dude, Justin, got moved into our group and they were talking gang shit. The more and more I see now how much more crazy that place has made me since leaving. Wow. Doug, if I remember you correctly, you stayed well after your 18th birthday. To anybody that was at the location at 150 N. State St- at the bottom of this comment there is a google album link with pictures and videos mostly of the boys side as of September 2020. WWASP Cross Creek Manor/Distant Drums Beginnings - YouTube God this place was the worst I still partially hate my parents for it. Cross creek manor has changed hands but that place needs to be burned down, i hope it does. In with group with Craig then moved to group with John. I graduated the program. I was there in 1999.i was 17 and had my 18th birthday behind that white fence. Now this may seem like I am sticking up for the place that tore my mind from reality and caused long turn problems. Where you at these days? Chaffin Pullan $475,000. I was at Cross Creek 06-07 and the description for Ron Garrett is spot on. From the get, what they did was illegal and immoral. No regrets. Group 8 September 2007-July 2008, LINK TO ALBUM: https://photos.app.goo.gl/rBdUCYeqz4ad92VC7. Phoenix, AZ 85040. WWASP & Teen Help Debate - Lon Woodbury comments. - StrugglingTeens Got something special for Garrott in the works But i hope they find something new to help troubled teens, everything is so sugar coated these days. Relationships completely non existent and lost. That stone cold prick can rot in hell. Not jail for DUI straight convicted felons of violent and extreme crimes. Damn I remember Dallas haha. I hope that this place never changed him, and I will always remember he and his wife as individuals who helped me get through a very tough program and a tough time in my life.I hated Cross Creek, I have nightmares of going back and my parents never getting me out but never of the Vaifanuas who were good people! I look at things objectively and I dont use bias or judgments. The tape rooms were the only part that kept me sane. But I had no exit plan they dumped me 100 miles into mesquite Nevada with 5$ and 10 Camel cigarettes. My brother, Jason Ma got his diploma from casa by the sea, by any chance is there a way to get him another copy of it? Craig Hansen was my 1st therapist, then when he left it what thane, then eventually it was garth. Robert Walter Litchfield is Robert Browning Litchfields son. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. I mean, Ive been to federal prison, and I can honestly say CCM was worse! One girl was raped by an employee. They drained my college fund and I was way worse off after going to CCM. We follow the Lord and value family. Parker is just an all-round prick. U only did six months, but I know some who w theyre for years. I then graduated and went to another shit hole, not quite as bad as CC but still no place for anyone specially growing teens with young minds called Discovery Academy where I was later pulled in late 05 damn near 06.. Id really like to get in touch with everyone who was there around the same time to catch up. I thought I was a young Robert Lowell or something in there. Ron Garrett is a bitch ass nigga. Incomplete submissions will be denied. Hit me up Jeffstahr@gmail.com. I watched it happening everyday. [1] OMG this is Tonya Martin from Washington. I was 14 years old and had just run away from home. Jeff Grove and Colin Pyrcz! I dont remember what group i was in, but I had Brian Hansen. No more loss. Immoral or not, this place was designed to bring back full control of what little brain cells we had left to keep us out of a true institution. Sorry. Hinton was convicted in 2007 of one count each of third-degree assault and false imprisonment. Now, Firstly, child abuse can mean a few things to a few different people. Anonymous, 2007 Whats up Drew?! They were mostly just getting paid for work in a small town with a bad economy. This place tries to get you to say you hate your parents and your life is terrible, which is only true caus youre in the place. Fuck all these low life pieces of shit. Pullan served as owner and administrator of the facility until 2009, when he closed the school and sold the property. He put me and many other boys and girls in Isolation for days, kept me in staff buddy for months, deprived us of food and restroom use (I had to sleep in piss). I went along with the program and left those tendencies in the CDC. I am not sure about all that has transpired with these programs. Even after I turned 18 they supported me and I was the main reason for starting an 18yr old program. Jason Finlinson Fuck Cross Creek. So I was there when it first started and completed the program after 13 months. We could be leading these kids to long-term problems that we dont have a clue about because were not going about it in the proper way. I was there from 03-04 in group 7. Id fuck his wife tho lol she was hot. I remember you. He was so vicious around me. I was there for 14 months around 2006, and stayed after turning 18 and graduated, and I want to sincerely apologize to anyone I participated in putting down or preventing from going home. I too have nightmares about that placeliving in the basement. Kay currently serves as superintendent of Browning Distance Learning Academy, a homeschooling curriculum company owned by Robert Litchfield. Farnsworth met Robert Litchfield when both worked at Provo Canyon Schools. Narvin Lichfield I fortunately was only there 6 months before I learned I was able to leave via juvenile probationary period ended but was told I had to stay untill program completion. Nick didnt need this place no one needed this lots of graduates from cross creek are or have since been to prison. He was in Craigs group and was there 2006-2008. But even at 17, I knew this place was wrong. I miss u buddy. P. why isnt respect camp or aka bethel boy christian academy on here. Cameron Pullan first worked for WWASP at Cross Creek in 1991 and 1992. Owner of Cross Creek Programs (Cross Creek Manor/ Cross Creek Center) and Owner of Teen Help, the marketing arm of WWASP. Again, I dont know your credentials but feel free to share them. I will never forget being a 17 year old girl and having a man come into my room and literally haul me out of bed..as a sexual abuse survivor, it was terrifying. The only time I was restrained was when I was violent. Dave Arslanian is Co-Owner and formerly served as Admissions Director of Eagle Ranch Academy in St. George, Utah. It seems like you still dont know what to think. Ron took great pride in creating and administering his own cruel and sadistic punishments such as putting students on Staff-Buddy complete social isolation and silence for months at a time, BFO Tapes a system of endless mind-numbing hours (aprox. Bill, I was wondering the same thing. Stop looking for others to solve problems. Thank you for this website, please let me know if I can help in any way, Hi Sarah, if youd like to join our facebook group, please do! Hey. Before he rejoined, though, he made this statement: These people are basically a bunch of untrained people who work for this organization. Im so hyped Simone is righting a screen play I have always been told from others that cross creek sound like something from q arrested movie. I was sent to SUWS wilderness survival school in Idaho before I was sent to Casa by the sea, are they affiliated? Can anyone help please I need them for a new job. We gotta contact eachother!! Gulf Coast Academy - Formerly Eagles Point Christian Academy, Bethel Girls' Academy and Bethel Boys Academy. I was fortunate when I went there, but I have many friends that werent. hope your doing well. I remember you. What group were you in? Im now 25. Ive been clean for a few years now. Even though I didnt like any of the group members and refused to work the program, I was almost always the center of attention so to wake up one day only to realize that Im the last member of group 5 still in the program made me feel like I had been left behind only to be forgotten. I had NEVER had sex before I went there. When I went in I only read shit like Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Any one who ever had to enter those doors you are never alone! 4605 East Elwood Street, Suite 100. On every count of abuse against the students in their care, each one of these people should be held accountable for the crimes they havecommittedand facilitated on a grand scale. Because 17 is an adult in louisiana. I was on a path to destruction, MENACE, I never completed the program, but what I learned was PRICELESS. Cross Creek Programs was founded in 1988 by Robert Lichfield and Brent Facer, originally only for girls. And anyone on here talking shit about us being troubled teens can fuck finlinson. I hope justice comes to you. Lol ya thats why I am currently finishing a bio engr major and am on the way to medical school. Your name sounds familiar, Rob, when were you at CC and what group were you in? Morava Academy was raided by Czech police and shut dow after allegations of child abuse and illegelly detaining minors. Oh where oh where are these shitbags nowId love to sew their eyelids shut, spin them aroundand stalk them an aluminum baseball batmy nightmares tell me to. I feel like because of those tapes I have a pretty grounded base of philosophy and literature, and while I majored in Sociology with a business minor in college, I feel like I have a better grasp of those subjects from reading every single book I could when I was off staff buddy and from the tape room than my friends who majored in those fields. I was at cross creek manor for girls in the late 80s early 90s. Fuck that horrible place and everyone that worked there. I have tried to find ANY info online about this camp but its as if it never existed but trust me it did. That do these same things and have the same policies I almost wonder if its still the same. Trane claims his qualifications to run Midwest were derived from his experience working at two similar schools in Ohio and Southern Utah. There are other people on here I remember as well. Cross Creek Programs: Abuse and Torment CCM Survivor Statement - Angelique In May of 1993 I was sent to a girls home called Cross Creek Manor (CCM) in southern Utah where I lived for four and a half months. This is drake Shafer. I spent 16 months in cross creek, what a waste. That place fucked kids up even more than ever helped. Gosh, where to start. I then had to spend another year in high school. I was old enough at the time of my incarceration to realize it was a scam to get our parents money, and to bilk the insurance companies. I spent 04-06 at cross creek. I got there in 97. Non-academic records are not available, as far as we know. While the non-stop abuse was the worst thing that happened to me, their was one day i experienced that was very different from the rest and that was the day when one of the last students from group 5 was leaving cross creek and one of the students from another group said to me Youre the only student from group 5 that is still here. A story of teen sex abuse & mind control in teen prisons Anon, 1993 The most intimidating men i have ever met. Some were doing it because night shift was simple, they were old, but wanted something to do. I also take issue with your assertion that I havent moved on. Over letting someone tell on themselves vs. telling on them myself. Read More . miller.mDOTdaveATgmail.com, I will be getting access to the inside of the property that Cross Creek was located on. He was an evil, disguisting animal that deserves decades in prison for the abuse he not only allowed but promoted and got off on. I was here around 04 He has been accused of several major crimes against children at High Impact including assault, rape and attempted murder. When did all of this start happening I was never mistreated or anything while I was there but I was in Norms group and then they moved me to B group with Brent I think his name was. I was one of the youngest (and probably most innocent) girls at the school, barely 13 when I was sent there by my scared parents. He was then ordered by the state of South Carolina to stay away from CSA until the case resolved, which wasnt completed until 2007. The only good part is my friend in there Nick leitner (spelling wrong) got me an awesome list of hip hop artists to get into..been hooked for 15 years since The World Wide Association Of Specialty Programs and Schools ( WWASPS or WWASP) was an organization based in Utah, in the United States. Copyright 2012-2021 WWASPSurvivors.com - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The ironic part of all this is that I own and operate a legal Cannabis Company in CA, go figure. Brian, you are troll. In December 2003 I was kidnapped by the mountain men. I was there too in the late 80s. Architectural Submissions and Review - Homeowner Resources I am planning on writing a screenplay about my 11 months at CC and my 4 months at CASA. Im trying to find out if Alaskan Tyler wolf is the Tyler that got in a lot of trouble in Alaska. dkcedrake@yahoo.com. The kids were so brain washed info thinking this bullshit mindless program would change them. He was a tiny dude but extremely strong thats why there was three huge ass dudes restraining him every time. Its been 9 years and Im still not free of that place. He next appears in the WWASP saga in 1996, when he bought and opened Spring Creek Academy along with his brother Chaffin and Dan Peart. Robert W. Lichfield I have looked for him for years!! I was at academy at Ivy ridge 20+ years ago and still have dreams about that place. Survivor Testimony Tia Foster Your email address will not be published. A lot of these abuse allegations are just total bullshit and I hope they know they what a positive impact they had not only on my life but the lives of many others. Get beat up and restrained till you pass out because they caught you talking yes you were not allowed to talk to anyone! There has been talk about re-naming it, and the YFI website has gone black. Constantpy restrained by big Samoan guys, 62 and 250+. Survivors describe High Impact as a boot camp incorporating a multitude of unreasonable restrictions, excessive exercise and a constant barrage of verbal, and physical attacks. In 2001, he left CBS in order to move to New York and open the Academy at Ivy Ridge. I am submitting prior to living in the community. Ricky Teixeira. Home; Service. Jade Robinson also assisted with his wife at Morava Academy in 1998. d/b/a Cross Creek Program d/b/a Cross Creek Admissions is a "WWASPS Enterprise" associated-in-fact residential school and is owned by Robert B. Lichfield, Brent Facer, and Recaf, Inc. For everyones sack lets thank our parents for avoiding another teen suicide statistic. I have a few friends on FB from back then but would love to check in with some of my other sisters. The only good thing that came out of that place is that I am still clean (9 years later). After 42 days, I was sent to Bridges Boys Academy, I ran multiple times on the third attempt I got caught and sent to a lock down facility in gladstone. I was in an RTC in Hurricane two years ago (which cannot even be compared to the abuse of any WWASP school, but also completely endorses the regular treatment, borderline if not outright abusive dehumanizing bullshit) and we drove past this building twice a day every day on the way to school. Its there. Analytical Services; Analytical Method Development and Validation As for everyone on here, I hope you all are thriving in your lives. I was in ur group with Jeff. He lost his original one. Jay Kay was eventually given the job as Director at Tranquility Bay, where he served until the facility closed in January 2009. Michael (pronounced Michelle) I remember you! Pullan was also invloved in Camas Ranch, an apparent attempt to remake a portion of the facility into an 18+ program, which also failed. Love this site, it is so nice to be amongst friends. I was here in 2010-2011, i never really saw abuse. When I came to the top of the stairs, I noticed that all the classrooms in that corner of the building had signs on the that said storage. Rick, maybe if we were all 15 years old and still locked up, this would make sense because we would be trying to manipulate our way out. I was there for close to two years and I never even finished Discovery seminar. I can name at least 3 other people in the same situation but ill keep their names off the post cause I havent seen them on here. They used to make us swear to secrecy and wed fight each other in the laundry rooms just for fun or some other staff .. Staff has sexual relationships with another same sex staff member, one of which infidelity with another make staff member) the relationship ended in a suicide attempt.. Ill never forget praying with you every night to make it out alive. Hmmm. World Wide Association of Specialty Programs, https://web.archive.org/web/20110129202501/http://crosscreekprogram.com/, World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools, "Here's What Survivors of a 'Troubled Teen' Program Say Went On Inside", Troubled Teen Programs - 25 Plaintiffs Join in Lawsuit Against WWASPS, Cross Creek Manor, Robert Lichfield, and Associates More Expected to Join In, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross_Creek_Programs&oldid=1136818799, Therapeutic boarding schools in the United States, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Articles with dead external links from October 2015, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 1 February 2023, at 09:02. He also owns and manages a gas station and condos right across the river from Nauvoo (Montrose, Iowa). Many of the staff had dreams to get rich and own nice cars and big houses. Litchfield was arrested and charged with abuse and violations of international law. Dan Peart I hope you all burn in hell for your horrendous acts, Your email address will not be published. Thats me lol. I attended Cross Creek from 2006-2008. Anybody else there at the same time? Its ok the LDS church members just have to tithe a little extra and all is forgivin. Ive been trying to find him and cant seem to. He was the main guy for Spring Creek lodge with Jade Robinson when I went there, after CCM and Sunrise Beach. In 1998, they opened Morava Academy near Brce, Czech Republic with J. Ralph Atkin, with Glenda functioning as Director and Steve as Security Director. I remember you Nick we used to be in the same group together. And my son was beat up daily while staff watched and did nothing. I cant say I didnt learn from it, but I can say it wasnt necessary. I remember Craig too and the kids in his group were always fucked up and acted stupid ass shit. I can go into detail about everything I experienced, as I have a remarkable memory. In typical WWASP fashion, a new identity for the combination of Cross Creek and Horizon has been developed, they are now calling their program Youth Foundation Inc. (youthfoundationinc.org) Three Points Center has been a NATSAP member since 2014. Raise awareness of the true nature of WWASP Programs, to advocate for those still being held in Troubled Teen programs, and to provide validation and support to survivors of WWASP programs. They restrained me and brought me across borders. Opened in 1988, by Robert Lichfield and Brent Facer, CCM was Lichfields first facility and largely considered the hub of the WWASP conglomerate. I witnessed some horrific things go down that no one deserved regardless of how troubled they were. The place is shut down, but just down the road is a new one and Parker is in charge of it. Had I stayed another few weeks at home, my record would have been ruined and I would never be able to achieve what I have today. Later, Robert Lichfield incorporated the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASP) and programs operating under the Cross Creek Manor model would be referred to as "WWASP programs" by Royal George Academyit (m there) April 2007 To 2008 Call it either a prison with a nicer outfit or a Gladiator School (Prison). dont take my post down this time like really have some accountability for what you did.I dont know how many time you had big guys toss me on the floor as staff was yelling at me telling me to have accountability as they lay across my back as I am just trying to get air which is really hard to do with three guys laying on your back with all of them putting all there weight on me they made me pass out more times then I can count in there S.N room which was smaller then a jail cell with no bed just enough room for them to lay you out and crush you it your turn to have some accountability.

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