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A Story of Abuse and Neglect

 
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Real Reality



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:58 pm    Post subject: A Story of Abuse and Neglect Reply with quote

A Story of Abuse and Neglect
Police investigations reveal an appalling state of affairs at a home for people with disabilities in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province. The pastor in his 60s who ran the place is said to have kept the disabled in chains. If they were still difficult, he reportedly force-fed them tranquilizers until they became sick, and six of them died of such overdoses, according to the police.... Insects crawl in the cups Alzheimer's patients drink from, and one inmate with cerebral palsy was not allowed out of the building for a year and a half. Food was prepared from leftovers from schools. Three female inmates were sexually assaulted.
Chosun Ilbo (May 23, 2006)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200605/200605230026.html
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periwinkle



Joined: 08 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2006 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The place was run by a pastor? WTH? So much for his Christian beliefs. You'd have thought that the people who came in to bathe the disabled residents would have reported such conditions to the police of city hall or something a long time ago. Sheesh...
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:19 pm    Post subject: Re: A Story of Abuse and Neglect Reply with quote

If God loved those people, he wouldn't have let them get old, unhealthy, and poor. This guy was just doing the Good Lord's work.
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Pyongshin Sangja



Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!

PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2006 11:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got run over by a pastor once and he threatened me for damages afterwards.
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Hater Depot



Joined: 29 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The NY Times a few years exposed a bunch of places that were making a killing by forcing the residents to have unnecessary eye surgeries. *shudders*
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Corporal



Joined: 25 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Damn, I thought this post was going to be Real Reality getting real with us for a second and relating an anecdote from his childhood.
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