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  • Continuing Coverage: Former students of boarding school in Ohio Co. share their experience

    01/05/2023 8:51:18 AM PST · by Morgana · 3 replies
    14 news.com ^ | January 4, 2023 | Jordan Yaney
    DUNDEE, Ky. (WFIE) - Kentucky State Police recently arrested three family members who ran a boarding school called Pilgrims Rest Ministry and Reconciliation in Ohio County. Kelly, Jonathan and Amanda Vanderkooi are each facing abuse charges. After their arrest, former Pilgrims Rest students are speaking out about the abuse they say they endured in their time at the school. Ezekiel Umali spent more than a year at the private boarding school. He says the school’s founder Kelly Vanderkooi regularly got physical. “He grabbed him by the neck from the front, then he picked him up and he slammed him,” Umali...
  • Update: 3 facing child abuse charges released without bond, KSP say there are around 20 victims

    01/03/2023 5:09:54 PM PST · by Morgana · 2 replies
    14 news.com ^ | January 3, 2023 | Jill Lyman
    OHIO CO., Ky. (WFIE) - We’re learning more about the case involving three people in Ohio County who Kentucky State Police say ran a boarding school in Dundee and were arrested on child abuse charges. As we’ve reported, 52-year-old Kelly Vaderkooi and 28-year-old Johnathan Vanderkooi are facing charges including Criminal Abuse of a Child and Assault of a Child. 27-year-old Amanda Vanderkooi is charged with Sexual Abuse. Kentucky State Police say they’ve been running Pilgrim’s Rest Ministry, which has been in operation for about 15 years, with the help of about eight other people. Troopers tell us this case involves...