Panel to look into abuse of missionary children

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: August 2, 2003 | Copyright information

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The Presbyterian Church (USA) has formed a committee to investigate allegations of sexual and physical abuse of the children of overseas missionaries.

Their first cases involve claims of abuse at two boarding schools: the American Presbyterian Mission in Alexandria, Egypt, from the 1950s to the 1980s, and the Hope School in Elat, Cameroon, in the 1960s.

The Rev. Marian McClure, director of ...

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