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1146: Miracle Meadows

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Abuse, Child Endangerment, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Coercion, Custodial Negligence, Organizational Cover-Up, Rape, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct, Sexual Torture

Miracle Meadows was a boarding school for troubled youth in Salem, West Virginia. It was under the aegis of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Founded in 1988, it operated until it was closed down in 2014.

A desperate student drank a cleaning product, was taken to the hospital where she begged for help. An investigation into the school began and the school’s education status was revoked.

1143: Chris Marsh

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery

Christopher Garrett Marsh was the Chair of the Florence County District Five Board of Trustees. In 2021, he was arrested and charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a victim under age 11, two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a victim 11 to 14, and two counts of third degree sexual conduct with a minor. The victim was first assaulted in 2015 when she was five and the abuse continued until February 2021. The child’s mother was also arrested and charged with neglect because she was knew about the assault in 2015 and did nothing to protect her child after she was assured it was a one-time thing.

1140: Justin R. Barron

Child Molestation, Sexual Assault

Justin Russell Barron was a firefighter in Lewisburg, Tennessee. In September, 2021, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, received a complaint that he sexually assaulted a child. The assault was alleged to have happened in 2020. On August 23, 2023, the evidence was presented to a grand jury and Barron was indicted on one count of Aggravated Sexual Battery and one count of Rape of a Child.

1134: Joshua Harris

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Incest

Joshua Harris was a deputy sheriff in Wibaux County, Montana. In November, 2022, he was arrested and charged with eight counts of incest, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of sexual intercourse without consent. In a plea agreement, he pled guilty to two counts of incest with two children under the age of sixteen and one count of sexual intercourse without consent with one child under sixteen.

1131: Dakota Kennemer

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Sexual Battery

Dakota Kennemer was a youth pastor at Grace Baptist Church in Idaho Falls, ID. He is being investigated for an inappropriate relationship with a minor from 2019 to 2022. When it came to the attention of the church, they met with him and he confessed to sexually touching the victim. He was fired. This was in December, 2022.