Religious exemption allows some children’s homes to shield abuse verging on torture
Monday October 29, 2012 Juvenile Boot Camps, RNB's Religion News Blog
According to an investigative report by the Tampa Bay Times, religious exemptions allow unlicensed religious homes in Florida to abuse children and go on operating for years.
State authorities have responded to at least 165 allegations of abuse and neglect in the past decade, but homes have remained open even after the state found evidence of sex abuse and physical injury.