This whole organization is so twisted I have wanted to go look these pathetic cowards face to face for years now. My (now sadly ex) girlfriend survived that place, IF you can even CALL IT THAT!! In 2001, he left CBS in order to move to New York and open the Academy at Ivy Ridge. It was awful. I am a relatively smart, strong person; but Id be a fool of I didnt think that this experience hasnt damaged me in the long term. I try to forget about my time there but it is like a recurring nightmare. Peace and Love, I would have killed myself. The staff will restrained and thrown in in isolation if u get out of line. Before he rejoined, though, he made this statement: These people are basically a bunch of untrained people who work for this organization. I told off Ron Garrett every group meeting I could. 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. After that, she sent me to another program less than a week later. Long time no see Its Jeff Stahr group 3 with Adam Thomson, Doogie, Austin, Mike Hayes, Eli, Josh Brey and Causus and the rest of them. Oh I didnt graduate after the little scuffle in the cafeteria with Preston and Raphael and a come clean done by a group mate I was too much of a liability to the state of Utah because I was now 18. Gp to #opstopinabuse and look at his profile there.You can track down his family too. Been over 10 years and I still remember every detail. The problem with this premise is that these schools have been shut down for 10-20 years depending on the school and most of us have decades between our time at the program and our current lives. I was there for close to two years and I never even finished Discovery seminar. Female student mistreated at Utah & Jamaica Lyndsay, 1999, A story of teen sex abuse & mind control in teen prisons Anon, 1993, https://www.facebook.com/groups/wwaspsurvivors/, https://photos.app.goo.gl/rBdUCYeqz4ad92VC7, Youth Foundation Closes Amid Scandals, Lawsuits | WWASP Survivors, Tweetstorm to Shut Down Logan River Academy Today | My Cult Life, 416. Some of the programs have added a therapeutic component in addition to the typical highly structured program. In 2012 Vaifanua was reported to the St. George school district superintendentwith a long list of allegedhuman rights abuses committed by him and urging the Board to have Mr. Vaifanua banned from working with young children. WWASPS Back in Court, Again | WebWire I remember the cock roaches in the kitchen, I remember seeing cock roaches crawl over the food when I worked in the kitchen. Maybe he can help them enter another dimension until their sentence is up. Got something special for Garrott in the works Anyone remember Dallas? These guys are like hiding Nazi SS rats, just follow the smell, and the exterminate. The program was originally located in the former location of Cross Creek Manor (a notoriously abusive and now-closed WWASP program) at 150 N State St, La Verkin, UT 84745. They convinced us they were lieing and just wanted to come home. Id like to catch up with you. In July a member of another group, Cross Creek Survivors, posted a picture of a dumpster outside the Cross Creek Manor facility, another former WWASP school in southern Utah. Xandir OCando tells Cross Creek anti-queer brainwashing and abuse story at Bawdy Storytelling Hey guys!!! Cross Creek Programs, UT (Cross Creek Center for Boys and Cross Creek Manor) Darrington Academy, GA Help My Teen, UT (Believed to promote and market WWASP/WWASPS/Robert Lichfield . Not jail for DUI straight convicted felons of violent and extreme crimes. 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. Randall Hinton You get to a point where youre so institutionalized that you forget theres an outside world. It was horrifying. you want to hear about my story of this place back when they was called cross creek programs must of had to change names for the fact torture to children got out.what happen to me i was restrained by three big 250- 350 + pounds guys and they would take me down hard then lay a cross my back one on my upper back one on the lower part of my back and one a cross my legs and they would lay on me intell i was choking and more then not they would wait intell i passed out.one time i passed out i woke up from passing out with them still on top of me.i still have back issues to this day . And before you even pretend to say thats because of WWASP, I was considered nonworking and took my exit plan when they could no longer legally hold me as an adult. And yes they made a group of us go build another jail like facility and was telling all of us the bad ones will be put here in worse conditions like in a threatening way. A story of teen sex abuse & mind control in teen prisons Anon, 1993 Because I had been in there for so long and heard every tape a million times and actually paid close attention to them and usually read the books from the library later, I could fill out the sheets without listening to the tape and would have the rest of the time to write poems, which I was really into at the time. The school is bogus there anyway & not really accredited, so anything he did, he will have to do over. I was trying to lookup Ricky Mcmaster and ended up down this rabbit hole. We did room together in the other facility off the main campus. This will probably be scrubbed as legally actionable but its true. Pretty sure I was in group 5 with a tall counselor (he went to BYU) and a family rep who seemed to always be crying (his wife worked there and they had a son who attended the school years prior). OMG this is Tonya Martin from Washington. I can go on and on about his endless abuses. For everyones sack lets thank our parents for avoiding another teen suicide statistic. I remember being there and coming off of crystal meth and having them put me on all kind of psych meds. And you have come out of that hole. He found a journal i kept and put me on suicide watch for 2 months, he didnt like me because i hated sports and didnt like him. I was also in K group with Parker and Jean. Phoenix Community Association Manager Nominated for G.E.M. Originally, he worked at Casa by The Sea with his wife, Allie Hernandez. Tanner Springer, when were you at CC and what group were you in? Ron garrett, Parker were pretty bad. As for everyone on here, I hope you all are thriving in your lives. Cross Creek Programs was a reform school[2] facility in La Verkin, Utah, operated by the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS). It was previously named the Red River Academy. Robert Walter Litchfield is Robert Browning Litchfields son. Forgot to add I was in group 6 with Hanson as my theRAPIST. I know exactly what you mean. WWASP Survivors is run by a dedicated group of concerned alumni of WWASP-affiliated programs. Can anyone help please I need them for a new job. I still have nightmares to this day, and wonder if I should seek more therapy for it. I was the 24th girl at Casa. Morava Academy was raided by Czech police and shut dow after allegations of child abuse and illegelly detaining minors. In February 2016, Midwest Academy was raided and closed by authorities after an allegation of sex abuse against Trane. My parents would write back saying Im glad you are doing so amazing and having so much fun.. fuck narvin lichfeild and every one of these Wwasp people. It was crazy walking up those stairs and remembering all the memories and remembering the last time I walked down them was when I got out-2 hours before my 18th birthday. Hey fellow survivors of that shit hole.. IDK if you remember me or not but I also was at CC from June 04 till Dec 04 where because of my behavior was punished by being sent to Red Cliff Accent, which might I add was the BEST punishment EVER compared to that place. people who are angry when they come into work and take it out on children by throwing them up against the wall and slapping the crap out of them when they did nothing wrong; and even if they did, they deserve to be beaten. Dwayne Lee Id fuck his wife tho lol she was hot. Hey bud its Mitch from group 8! You must have been a good little slave, and i bet you got off to belittling your peers when they gave you upper level status. Its there. I will never be the same. I also see what they tried to do in seminars, but people interpret it as brain washing. You are not alone. I just want to apologize for the way I treated you while I was there. I was there 2002-2003, was in group 4 with Thane. Owner of Cross Creek Programs (Cross Creek Manor/ Cross Creek Center) and Owner of Teen Help, the marketing arm of WWASP. Mr Robby, Mr Dallas, Mr Tony, Mr Justin, Mr Brandon and Sam the one ton of fun. let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Rons personalperversionof therapyoften includedinappropriatesexual conversations and telling girls who were rape victims that they need to take responsibility for what happened to them as well as forcing victims of child abuse to admit they deserved the abuse they suffered. If places like this still exist they should burn to the ground. He called kids worthless, blamed girls for getting raped and for being sexually assaulted as little kids. Anonymous, 2007 Cross Creek Manor/Youth Foundation - Closed suddenly in 2013, one of the longest running WWASP facilities. They never displayed those signs before he got a hold of them. Been trying to find you forever now. WWASP Press Release on Utah Lawsuits - StrugglingTeens You just had to listen to those god awful, annoying sounding tapes and then take a test after. It was closed in 1996 by Mexican authorities and the Roaches were arrested on charges of illegally detaining children and depriving them of their rights, and running an unlicensed and unsainitary facility. I couldnt have imagined what was on the other side.. Pullan served as owner and administrator of the facility until 2009, when he closed the school and sold the property. Looking back now Im ashamed that I became a pawn of the program and contributed in prolonging anyones stay. What group were you in? He personally called me and many girls sluts and bitches during his infamous ron meetings. Only for that, I thank my parents, not the program itself. Over the course of 3 decades, over 20 WWASP programs would open and later close for various reasons including abuse . 2 Baths. Most of these are just lies that you recorded to use because of your bias. Rob my brother from another mother hit me up! Thank you for getting this website going! I attended a place called Trident in 95-96. I also went to red river/ USYouth Services. In December 2003 I was kidnapped by the mountain men. 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. After founding Cross Creek, Lichfield, along with many of his close family and friends, went on to open several more programs, which would later become a part of WWASP. I was there from oct. 16th 2002 to June 24th 2004 in group 5 with Craig Hanson as well. As Administrator of both the girls and boys side of Casa By the Sea, Robinson was in charge during the time period of several reported cases of abuse and maltreatment of the students of CBS including violentrestraints, rape and other forms of sexual abuse. I re connected with Norbert Lofe, and Kevin Thomas who both live close by. I always thought I was ungrateful and felt guilty for being unloyal to my parents. Another graduate claimed that male staff members performed rape re-enactment on girls who have been sexually abused, stating that other students were instructed to yell insults at the victim during the re-enactment. Im 32 now and I still get the occasional nightmare of being there. Love this site, it is so nice to be amongst friends. One was a therapist, the other a high level staff. I always called bullshit and was against the program it was bullshit. Lol I was in Craig Hansens group 5 with him. Total garbage and illegal to boot. Hey blake, werent you my staff buddy? He then served as Assitant Director for Spring Creek in 1996, then took a job in the same role for Tranquility Bayi 1997. The only time I was restrained was when I was violent. Its a TRIP. Any one remember these two kids always staff buddies screaming IM THE DARK KNIGHT lol. Chaffin Pullan is the current administrator. 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. Although I will admit that I did grow quite close with them after 2 years of tough program time, it brings me chills and tears to re-live and truely assess the mental torture that I went through at this facility. I mean, Ive been to federal prison, and I can honestly say CCM was worse! I was there from 03-04 in group 7. Its great to know that there are so many others affected by this place, just makes me feel like Im not alone in my experiences. I was there for 30 days then I was flown to salt lake city and ended up in provo canyon school. Craig Hansen was my 1st therapist, then when he left it what thane, then eventually it was garth. Ivy Ridge was closed in 2009. No ac in a 109 3 walled room with 9 kids on tripple bunks. I cant find pics anywhere of the inside and have been looking and looking. I miss u buddy. Such as the Coronvirus Pandemic. Officials also found 100 of 193 students did not have the required immigration papers. 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. I have looked for him for years!! Psychological Torture Lifeboat process in WWASP Seminars Meyla A. Bill Boyles you really should delete his post. Nick Lema was probably 1 of the three kids I met there who really needed cross creek. They also threw mine out. 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. How do I get my records from the ccm? I also learned integrity, and accountability there, and to be honest, they had some good people there that nourished me with love. He was still the boss there until 2011 I believe. Any one who ever had to enter those doors you are never alone! Alta Mirada Thank You Message to Community Manager. Ive been clean for a few years now. Firstworked for Paradise Cove in Samoa. If you think you were not mistreated then you are an idiot. , Dan Kay, related to Ken Kay Owns RedCliff Ascent, a wilderness program designed to detain children into long term boarding schools under same ownership, Hi, I cant find your phone. He was then ordered by the state of South Carolina to stay away from CSA until the case resolved, which wasnt completed until 2007. Group 8 September 2007-July 2008, LINK TO ALBUM: https://photos.app.goo.gl/rBdUCYeqz4ad92VC7. You were like the first dude outside of my group that talked to me. It was by far the craziest experience of my life. I remember you Nick we used to be in the same group together. Paul Arslanian is Co-Owner of Eagle Ranch Academy in St. George, Utah, which he founded with his brother Dave. Ron Garrett was fired from Cross Creek in 2008 and now works in Real Estate. Vaifanua started his career with WWASP at Cross Creek, La Verkin Utah, Then in 1994 he opened Paradise Cove. Miguel Rodriguez Nick didnt need this place no one needed this lots of graduates from cross creek are or have since been to prison. Non-academic records are not available, as far as we know. Who knows? My adoptive mom was so determined to win that she was willing to keep me their until I graduated the program so I waited impatiently for 25 months until she ran out of money. 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? I was there 02/03, I had Thane as a therapist. Whitney, did you have a younger brother there too? The Roaches were arrested and charged, but escaped the country and have never faced trial. #troubledteensfightback. Just wanted to let you all know you all are pieces of shit. I remember you. During his tenures at both Casa and Ivy Ridge, Jason was known for his harsh, strict, disciplinarian style. It was on either Bob or Narvins private land and comprised of 2 TPs and a fortress type wall. I need it for college. She was there for 9 months. Its hard to grasp the fact that we were all there. No more loss. Cross Creek Program is closed and their website has been removed. I witnessed some horrific things go down that no one deserved regardless of how troubled they were. Very evil. The ironic part of all this is that I own and operate a legal Cannabis Company in CA, go figure. What struck me at the time was how young they all were. I can go into detail about everything I experienced, as I have a remarkable memory. The lying, manipulation of us and our parents, the psychological and emotional damage, isolation, and all the other fucked up shit they did is on them-not us. what up bro!? One Survivors Report Kelly Adams. Karr Farnsworth have served many roles for WWASP in the many years he has been involved in WWASP. You were a troubled teen , and so were most of your companions. Royal George Academyit (m there) April 2007 To 2008 Call it either a prison with a nicer outfit or a Gladiator School (Prison). Thank you. As an experienced professional, I find that you are someone who needs to move on from your troubled past, and you cant blame others for your mistakes. I was at cross creek manor for girls in the late 80s early 90s. Do you remember Willy Modisett? He was also served with 3 summonses regarding bad checks written on CSAs closed checking account totaling about $2,000. Im in my 30s, college grad, own a home, have a family, and it serves me zero to LIE about the disgusting shit that happened at WWASP facilites. Mice/rats in our rooms, youd find their feces in the drawers on your clothes. I want to know was there or is there a lawsuit against them and who do i need to contact please. Seth s! George Tofaeono No wonder he was NOT helpful about the complaints against these Utah facilities. Torment and Torture at Cross Creek Manor By Angelique, Anti-Queer Brainwashing at Cross Creek Manor Xandirs Story I would guess that maybe 10-15% of the kids that were there actually needed to be there. Dave Ansalanian I was fortunate when I went there, but I have many friends that werent. LMAO rick you must be one of these Mormons child molesters exstramist that thinks is ok and so you would probably be right at home there but but this wont be silenced no one should have to go threw or live what these child abusing and molesting half men feel what they have to do. Crazy how the wasp dynasty keeps changing their face and name to manipulate parents. The elder Kay started as a night staffat Brightway Adolescent Hospital, in St. George Utah. While they called us crying the first few times. 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 survivors. The explanation of Ron Garret is 100% true. And things did not change when he opened Midwest. Cross Creek Survivors - Facebook We had to be within arms reach at all times? I keep on fightig other students kept on getting jumped and slammed and wrist locked until my wrist broke but then I got a visit and I was on staff buddy no privileges. i myself was also imprisoned in this hellhole glad to finally start to see it all come crashing down. I had been their for over 1 & 1/2 years on the day he said that to me which ended up making me feel bad. WWASP & Teen Help Debate - Lon Woodbury comments. - StrugglingTeens This place was evil. Get in contact with me. I was in that room for basically a year and a half straight, and it really expanded my mind when it came to literature and philosophy, the tapes and playing spades and reading and basketball as well as conversations with therapist Jeff Voorhees about music and paychology were the only things I enjoyed there . Im having a shitty ass time recovering from my own experience in what was a fairly humane RTC as far as programs go, so I cant even imagine the recovering needed to move past this place. I know when my son went in was not the same boy when he came out. I was one of the lucky ones whos parents pulled them out after 14 months. Im now a father. 1,688 Sq. Trane claims his qualifications to run Midwest were derived from his experience working at two similar schools in Ohio and Southern Utah. Please tell me what reason do I have to lie? If I wasnt a kid back then I would have known better to sue their asses off! Miguel Rodriguez and Ali Hernandez currently live in Ensenada Mexico. Survival is difficult in plain everyday life, but to go through all of that God Bless You All! Hope all is well with you man. Stop looking for others to solve problems. Steve and Glenda Roach are from St. George, Utah, where they both worked as police officers. Ken Kay is a criminal. Required fields are marked *. [2] The school ("Cross Creek Academy") was educationally accredited through the Northwest Accreditation Commission. He apparently served as a Trustee for the company. School chairs, desks, computers and monitors in the therapist offices, and a lot more are laying around everywhere. Again, I apologize for anyone I hurt. 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. Sorry. Im here for all of you and want to hear your stories and hopefully some of you recognize me. The detailed stories she would share whenever she needed to were heart wrenching to hear, I could not even imagine having to physically and mentally go through that! After that, the other programs were founded one by one, following roughly the same model as developed at Cross Creek Manor but each separately owned. FILE UPLOADS LIMITED TO 30MB IN TOTAL SIZE AND MUST BE OF TYPE DOC, DOCX, JPEG, JPG, PDF, OR PNG. When I was at Cross Creek, he was one of the good guys. You could also not agree that the sky was blue, but it wouldnt change colors. I only got to level 3 after 14 months. Personally, my experience wasnt all that bad. Steve and Glenda Roach. Wwasp - Sciad Cross Creek Manor, Blanche Hardy, 2002 Seminars / Tranquility bay - "Breaking the vow of secrecy", Karen E. Lile, 1998. I dont remember what group i was in, but I had Brian Hansen. I find it interesting that most allegations of abuse are from kids who went there 2001-2006ish. As a Judicial Assistant, she has authorized access to all court records, and could very well manipulate or what if she has already manipulated files. I was at CCM for six months in 1994. Michael Hall, When in 2003 did you get there and what group were you in? He resigned as Director in 2002 while serving a one year, probation-likepre-trial diversion. was anybody there from may 2012-october 2012? Victory Lawsuit Against Abusive Teen Help | Help Your Teens hope your doing well. I witnessed all 50 times this kid flipped out. Jump to: Jade Robinson started his career in behavior modification as a staff member of WWASPs Cross Creek Manor in Utah. He was there for 18 months 2006-2008. I too have nightmares about that placeliving in the basement. When my own family was not around for me they both were. These kids were nerds never used drugs or fought came to cross creek got reprogrammed and meanwhile heard the stories of others and lived a fight or flight life for years and when they got out they couldnt handle real life. TBH I only try to remember the good parts basketball, volleyball, board games, cards I recall a ton of abuse, no mental help. The parents because of covid were not allowed to see our children for MONTHS. Its insane knowing in hindsight that so much abuse went on in that building. this is drake. Ill never be the same and I feel an obligation to make sure other kids dont have to be trapped in these prisons where restraint, belittling, or cruel punishment are an every day occurrence. I dont remember if thats what they called it. Fuck that place. Sunrise beach absolutely was WWASP. Each tape lasted almost an hour and you did this the entire day, every day, except a quick break for meals. Leave any and all comments. 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. He then went on to be the owner of Majestic Ranch, now operating as Old West Academy, where children as young as 7, and perhaps younger, were detained, abused, and used as forced labor. I am so glad they shut it down. I remember that the guy in charge was Cameron, and I remember sick sadistic people like that pig Adrian, and his bland wife. I also remember them trying to convert me to Mormonism on our graduation trip to Salt Lake City. I am submitting prior to living in the community. Sunrise Beach, Mexico | 1000 places You don't want to be as a teenager. He screamed at me, spoke down to me, insulted me, tried to physically intimidate me, and sentenced me to 30 days in complete isolation for my non violent refusal to fallow program rules. Opened in 1988, by Robert Lichfield and Brent Facer, CCM was Lichfields first facility and largely considered the hub of the WWASP conglomerate.
