Podcasts True Crime Canadian True Crime 140 The Legacy Christian Academy ScandalPart 1

140 The Legacy Christian Academy ScandalPart 1

Published: July 27, 2023, 7 p.m.

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[ Part 1 of 3 ] Since August of 2022, a cascade of distressing allegations have come to light by former students of a deeply intertwined evangelical Christian school and the church that runs it. So far, criminal charges have been laid on four men in positions of authority.... and more are likely to come.


  • CONTENT WARNING: This series is about allegations of physical, sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse of students and minors at their church-run Christian school. There is heavy focus on corporal punishment, details of grooming and sexual assault of minors, mention of anti-LGBTQ+ and racist rhetoric, mention of self-harm and suicidal ideation. There are also details of religious, spiritual and supernatural beliefs as they relate to these specific allegations.


\\ufeffWhile these allegations have resulted in criminal charges, they haven\\u2019t yet been proven or tested in court.


In this three-part series, you\\u2019ll hear the stories that led to these allegations, as we explore how a set of beliefs that demand absolute conformity and obedience from children\\u2014and rely on physical punishment as the main motivator, can be ripe for unchecked abuse. Years of alleged gaslighting, conditioning and indoctrination set up students of Legacy Christian Academy and schools like it to be \\u201cperfect victims\\u201d\\u2014taught to blindly submit to authority, doubt the reality of their own experiences, and fear any number of consequences for speaking up.


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