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Agape Boarding School will close its doors on Jan. 20 after years of accusations that staff abused students.
Dozens of former students have gone public with their allegations of physical, mental, and sexual abuse at the Stockton-based Christian residential facility, which opened in 1996. For the last few years, Agape has been at the forefront of the state’s reckoning over abuse allegations at unlicensed faith-based boarding schools.
A Christian boarding school in Missouri that's been under intense scrutiny over abuse allegations will close later this month
By JIM SALTER Associated Press
A Christian boarding school in Missouri that's been under intense scrutiny over abuse allegations announced Wednesday that it will close later this month