Comments on: Grenville Christian College -another lawsuit http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2008/01/17/grenville-christian-college-another-lawsuit/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:03:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: B Jacobsen http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2008/01/17/grenville-christian-college-another-lawsuit/#comment-102359 B Jacobsen Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:11:45 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=3617#comment-102359 I am astounded with the recent comments by Diana. I have been following this sad state of affairs since it went public. I am writing a fictional account of this story, though I know the events are very real, that touches on this school and the painful events. Not that I have ever been published but writing is a passion of mine. It has just got under my skin and I think about it and I have compassion for all of these students abused and I admire their honesty and courage and perseverance. I do have a connection in that my oldest brother attended this school in the 70's for a year. He died a few years ago ( my mother was very saddened that all of this came out and he had already passed away but she wasn't suprised) however I remember how unhappy he was, or heard from my parents. He too experienced harsh treatment, the light therapy and controlling behavior-not being able to call home often etc. He lasted a year and pleaded to come home and my parents relented. Thankfully. I will never know what other experiences he may have been subjected. Also, my parents were good friends years ago who ran off to the Community of Jesus at that time, changed their names and lived there for years. It was a strange time and my parents trusted their son to the powers that be. Power in the wrong hands can wreak havoc. I am not sure how this blog works but I would be open to communicating with those who have a story to tell/ more and will use the info. in my story. Even without that I have more than material to work with. --I tried when the story broke to get my mother to write online. She found it too painful to go back. So here I am. I am astounded with the recent comments by Diana. I have been following this sad state of affairs since it went public. I am writing a fictional account of this story, though I know the events are very real, that touches on this school and the painful events. Not that I have ever been published but writing is a passion of mine. It has just got under my skin and I think about it and I have compassion for all of these students abused and I admire their honesty and courage and perseverance. I do have a connection in that my oldest brother attended this school in the 70’s for a year. He died a few years ago ( my mother was very saddened that all of this came out and he had already passed away but she wasn’t suprised) however I remember how unhappy he was, or heard from my parents. He too experienced harsh treatment, the light therapy and controlling behavior-not being able to call home often etc. He lasted a year and pleaded to come home and my parents relented. Thankfully. I will never know what other experiences he may have been subjected. Also, my parents were good friends years ago who ran off to the Community of Jesus at that time, changed their names and lived there for years. It was a strange time and my parents trusted their son to the powers that be. Power in the wrong hands can wreak havoc. I am not sure how this blog works but I would be open to communicating with those who have a story to tell/ more and will use the info. in my story. Even without that I have more than material to work with.
–I tried when the story broke to get my mother to write online. She found it too painful to go back. So here I am.

]]> By: Diana Miller http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2008/01/17/grenville-christian-college-another-lawsuit/#comment-99322 Diana Miller Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:27:57 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=3617#comment-99322 it sure is interesting how the "lust" theme is always surrounding Farnsworth. I have a few interesting tidbits re: Farnsworth and Haig. First, before we moved up to Canada to Berean Christian School (before it became Grenville) Farnsworth was involved with several groups of Bereans. My mom took me and my sisters to the Bereans in Dallas where he was living with his family, then when we moved to Chicago he would come up there and preach to the home groups in Chicago. One night he asked my mom if he could sleep over at our home in Chicago and catch his flight back to Dallas in the am. My dad was gone on a business trip. Apparently, he tried to seduce my mom into having sex with him, climbing all over her. She finally fought him off, and then he got down on his knees in front of her and asked for forgiveness, saying he had a "lust problem" in his heart and had no control over it. When he came to Canada after we were already there, he then told everyone on staff that my mom tried to seduce him, and that SHE had no control and had a problem with yes...LUST! Also, I played with Haig's and Farnsworth's boys and they were ALWAYS talking about sex, (they called it "itchy gitchy") and tried to get me and my sisters involved with that. I was the oldest one in 4th grade, my other 2 sisters were 7 and 5 years old! It was so bizarre! (From a previous blog: All female students were told by Farnsworth that the female uniform was designed in such a way so that it would hide our bodies. Women held a powerful influence over men, and men just can’t help themselves. A woman only need to look at how she was dressed or was behaving if she ever found herself in harms way from a boy. That happened in the Blue Lounge of Murray hall one evening. After this speech, we were forced to chant Chastity and Abstinence over, and over.) it sure is interesting how the “lust” theme is always surrounding Farnsworth. I have a few interesting tidbits re: Farnsworth and Haig. First, before we moved up to Canada to Berean Christian School (before it became Grenville) Farnsworth was involved with several groups of Bereans. My mom took me and my sisters to the Bereans in Dallas where he was living with his family, then when we moved to Chicago he would come up there and preach to the home groups in Chicago. One night he asked my mom if he could sleep over at our home in Chicago and catch his flight back to Dallas in the am. My dad was gone on a business trip. Apparently, he tried to seduce my mom into having sex with him, climbing all over her. She finally fought him off, and then he got down on his knees in front of her and asked for forgiveness, saying he had a “lust problem” in his heart and had no control over it. When he came to Canada after we were already there, he then told everyone on staff that my mom tried to seduce him, and that SHE had no control and had a problem with yes…LUST! Also, I played with Haig’s and Farnsworth’s boys and they were ALWAYS talking about sex, (they called it “itchy gitchy”) and tried to get me and my sisters involved with that. I was the oldest one in 4th grade, my other 2 sisters were 7 and 5 years old! It was so bizarre!

(From a previous blog: All female students were told by Farnsworth that the female uniform was designed in such a way so that it would hide our bodies. Women held a powerful influence over men, and men just can’t help themselves. A woman only need to look at how she was dressed or was behaving if she ever found herself in harms way from a boy. That happened in the Blue Lounge of Murray hall one evening. After this speech, we were forced to chant Chastity and Abstinence over, and over.)

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