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Photo courtesy of Kansas City Star via Associated Press A Christian boarding school in southwestern Missouri can remain open despite the state attorney general

The school serves about 60 boys

Judge David Munton initially ordered Agape be shut down last week at the request of the state Attorney General and Department of Social Services. The state’s petition claimed that an Agape staff member had been placed on Missouri’s child abuse and neglect central registry for physically abusing a student.

A Christian boarding school in southwestern Missouri can remain open despite the state attorney general alleging a “dark pattern of behavior," a judge ruled Monday.

A Cedar County judge delayed a decision on the closure of Agape Boarding School, the Stockton-based reform school facing abuse allegations.

Judge David Munton initially ordered Agape be shut down last week at the request of the state Attorney General and Department of Social Services. The state’s petition claimed that an Agape staff member had been placed on Missouri’s child abuse and neglect central registry for physically abusing a student.

Cedar County Circuit Judge David Munton signed an order Wednesday night to close Agape Boarding School in Stockton

A judge has ruled that a Christian boarding school in southwestern Missouri can remain open despite the state attorney general alleging a “dark pattern of behavior.”

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