209. Calvary Baptist Church and Boarding Academy

Calvary Baptist Church and Boarding Academy was investigated by the authorities. Nathan Day was charged with a list of offences including the use of corporal punishment.

It didn’t sound like a fun place to be as a teenager.

Sources:

• Suits, arrest renew reform school debate (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Former students, prosecutors question methods of some ‘tough love’ schools (KY3 News)
• Factsheet about the facility (Fornits Wiki)

2020 update

The legislators of Missouri now looks at the almost bizarre lack of laws covering religious boarding schools in their state. If a child abuser really wanted peace from the law, all he should do is to create a religious boarding school in Missouri and then no authority at all will even look at his business.

Source:
After reported abuse at Christian boarding school, some say Missouri law must change (The Kansas City Star)