Joe White has stepped down as CEO of Kanakuk after decades at the helm. His letter to camp families didn’t mention child sexual abuse once. Survivors noticed.A law named for a Camp Kanakuk victim is spreading state by state — and reshaping how civil settlements in child sexual abuse cases can be written.

A law named for a Camp Kanakuk victim is spreading state by state — and reshaping how civil settlements in child sexual abuse cases can be written.

The Agape Boarding School case illustrates a recurring danger: institutional settings that attract not only abusive operators, but parents willing to exploit them.

Kansas House Bill 2521 would make it harder to hold private foster care agencies accountable when they fail children.

Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would let certain unlicensed religious facilities receive foster children from the state. That should alarm anyone who knows this state’s history.

Traffic collisions involving emergency vehicles aren’t something most of us think about — until they touch our lives in the worst possible way. In Kansas City, a collision involving a fire truck not only claimed lives, it irrevocably changed the course of others and highlighted important principles of Missouri law.It All Begins Here

If you are a survivor of abuse connected to Camp Kanakuk, it’s important to know this: your legal rights may still be open — and the statute of limitations may not have expired. In many cases, how and when a survivor discovers or remembers the harm can affect legal time limits in Missouri and other states.

For years, many survivors were told the same thing:

“It’s too late.”
“That was a long time ago.”
“There’s nothing you can do now.”

That is not always true.

On the evening of July 19, 2018, a sightseeing duck boat operated by Ride the Ducks tragically sank on Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri, during a powerful storm, resulting in the deaths of 17 people and severe injuries for others.