914. Kanakuk Kamps

Kanakuk Kamps is religious influenced summer camp located in Montana. It was founded in 1926.

Recently there have been some focus on sexual abuse of the young people attending the summer camp. In 2010 a former camp director was put in prison. Other articles claim that the management of the camp tried to prevent victims to state their stories publicly.

Many people today question when the management knew of the abuse and how they tried to handle it and whether they alerted the authorities in time.

It could not have been fun to be there as one of the unknown number of victims.

Sources:

• Kanakuk Kamps Abuse Reexamined In New Report (Christianity Today)
• Kanakuk: An Evangelical Empire With a History of Sexual Abuse (Facts about Kanakuk)
• I-Team: Victims Gather To Speak Out About Sexual Abuse At Popular Christian Camp (11/21 CBS DFW)
• Kanakuk Kamps Tried to Punish a Victim’s Family for Refusing to Sign a Non-Disparagement Agreement (The Dispatch)
• ‘They Aren’t Who You Think They Are’ (The Dispatch)
• Lawsuit Says Kanakuk Knew of Abuser’s Behavior At Least 6 Years Before Finally Firing Him (Ministry Watch)