Remember, Majestic Ranch treated children from 7 to 14., so all victims were under 15 for sure and possibly quite younger. You must have been a good little slave, and i bet you got off to belittling your peers when they gave you upper level status. Intentionally provoking kids, which many times resulted in flip outs and catagories and restraint. Cross Creek Center for boys was later added in the late 1990s. Although I will admit that I did grow quite close with them after 2 years of tough program time, it brings me chills and tears to re-live and truely assess the mental torture that I went through at this facility. Mr Robby, Mr Dallas, Mr Tony, Mr Justin, Mr Brandon and Sam the one ton of fun. Pullan was also invloved in Camas Ranch, an apparent attempt to remake a portion of the facility into an 18+ program, which also failed. It has been on my mind a lot recently. Bill Boyles you really should delete his post. I was there at the same time that place messed me up for years.. So phones call after that were very silent. The kids were so brain washed info thinking this bullshit mindless program would change them. LMAO rick you must be one of these Mormons child molesters exstramist that thinks is ok and so you would probably be right at home there but but this wont be silenced no one should have to go threw or live what these child abusing and molesting half men feel what they have to do. I remember those seminars Discovery, focus, accountability and those other ones for level 4 and 5 fags. If you think you were not mistreated then you are an idiot. Got something special for Garrott in the works I needed the same thing & was told they dont have them. Relationships completely non existent and lost. Bill, I was wondering the same thing. Im a union electrician I have two beautiful kids and a loving wife. Mighty nice list of people to execute. For over 20yrs I found myself in and out of prison. You name sounds familiar. Crazy, never thought Id see your name pop up dont know how I got down this trail of memories but hope youre doing well man. BTW David Gilcrease (Resource Realizations) now claims to be a physicist. Hey guys!!! To the right, which is where the hallway going towards SN and the other rooms, was closed off. Fuck that place. I can remember seeing jay Kay and Randall Hinton at Tranquility Bay, they broke bones. George Tofaeono Jump to: There are other people on here I remember as well. Fuck Chaffins Fat Ass Not jail for DUI straight convicted felons of violent and extreme crimes. I went along with the program and left those tendencies in the CDC. Miguel Rodriguez and Ali Hernandez currently live in Ensenada Mexico. Its pathetic how they make your family not trust you and not believe your stories about the abuse. I re connected with Norbert Lofe my best friend at cross creek and Kevin Thomas who is now one of my best ground they both also live close by. I hated that man! The SN rooms and the two small rooms on that back wall have been patched up with some sheet rock. The seminars were pure psychological manipulation, designed to promote hysteria and to break down the ego so that they could fill up our shattered personalities with whatever they wanted. Dan Peart Chaffin Pullan My god I hope you arent actually a mental health professional. Oh I didnt graduate after the little scuffle in the cafeteria with Preston and Raphael and a come clean done by a group mate I was too much of a liability to the state of Utah because I was now 18. He kept 1 girl in isolation for 6 months. Psychological Torture Lifeboat process in WWASP Seminars Meyla A. Rick, maybe if we were all 15 years old and still locked up, this would make sense because we would be trying to manipulate our way out. The problem with this premise is that these schools have been shut down for 10-20 years depending on the school and most of us have decades between our time at the program and our current lives. miss you man. I even tried to run once. From the get, what they did was illegal and immoral. Home; Service. Ill never forget praying with you every night to make it out alive. You can read my blog, Notes From Tha Cove, for more about Paradise Cove, but let me tell you, however Brian was at CCM he took a decided turn for the worst. I used to spend most of my time in a yellow shirt. It was crazy walking up those stairs and remembering all the memories and remembering the last time I walked down them was when I got out-2 hours before my 18th birthday. That facility becomes your world. Take care everyone. Hi Daria! Fuck all these low life pieces of shit. We could be leading these kids to long-term problems that we dont have a clue about because were not going about it in the proper way. Make sure to document the basement and isolation, please. The elder Kay started as a night staffat Brightway Adolescent Hospital, in St. George Utah. Im now a father. . Cameron Pullan had way more to do with the program. Hope all is well with you man. As much as I hated that place, I dont hold any resentments towards it. Associated Asset Management (AAM), a leading homeowners association management company, provides professional services in Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina and Texas. In 2001 Litchfieldgave him the job as Director at Academy at Dundee Ranch. In 1996, he then opened Spring Creek Lodge with the Pullan brothers, serving as Vice President. We had to be within arms reach at all times? Kay currently serves as superintendent of Browning Distance Learning Academy, a homeschooling curriculum company owned by Robert Litchfield. He apparently the served as a Trustee for the company. Thank you for getting this website going! OMG this is Tonya Martin from Washington. I remember Craig too and the kids in his group were always fucked up and acted stupid ass shit. They were kind loving people who truly cared about the kids that went through the program. One Survivors Report Kelly Adams. In 1998, he became majority owner of Morava Academy, which was shut down later that year. I went to cross creek for about a year! I checked to see if the door was locked, and when I noticed it wasnt, I quietly went in and closed the door behind me. I think the place is shutdown now right? Some were doing it because night shift was simple, they were old, but wanted something to do. The ironic part of all this is that I own and operate a legal Cannabis Company in CA, go figure. She was so smug eating her candy everyday and talking shit. The gymnasium and dining hall are completely closed off but I was able to take some pictures and video through the glass of the dining hall. They have morphed into Youth Foundation, Inc. and Youth Foundation Success Academy. In February 2016, Midwest Academy was raided and closed by authorities after an allegation of sex abuse against Trane. Copyright 2012-2021 WWASPSurvivors.com - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. I spent 16 months in cross creek, what a waste. God bless this mess. I think my subconscious has pushed it all down. His license to teach was subsequently suspended by the state of Nevada in relation to his pending charges in Georgia. Your name sounds familiar, Rob, when were you at CC and what group were you in? He was at Cross Creek when I was there, 1993-1995. Pretty sure I was in group 5 with a tall counselor (he went to BYU) and a family rep who seemed to always be crying (his wife worked there and they had a son who attended the school years prior). The brother of Robert Litchfield, Narvin appears to have gotten his start with WWASP in 1998 when he opened Carolina Springs Academy, functioning as both owner and Administrator. I know she played by their rules to get by, but I could always see it in her eyes. This will probably be scrubbed as legally actionable but its true. Im a union electrician I have two beautiful kids and a loving wife. Rules and Regulations. I never got Child abuse but who knows what went on there. I still have dreams where im trapped there not knowing when im gonna be able to leave. Now, Firstly, child abuse can mean a few things to a few different people. I want to share my experience I was incarcerated in group 2 Darrel group as horizon academy shares the property with cross creek anyways this place is torture fucked me up real being there time goes by real. Reading through this thread and seeing so many familiar names really brings me back, justin, Colin, I knew lots of these guys, one day we all need to meet back up and exchange stories, wish all of you the best, I know first hand how hard it can be adjusting to life outside after going through such a traumatic event, God bless! Many of the staff had dreams to get rich and own nice cars and big houses. I am so glad they shut it down. Robinson is the current owner and director of Horizon Academy, which was originally opened in the Amargosa Valley Nevada however is now re-opened on the Cross Creek Manor/ Cross Creek Center property, in La Verkin Utah (Owned by WWASP head, Robert Lichfield) and currently renamedYouth Foundation Inc./ Youth Foundation Success Academy. What group were you in? I managed to get my diploma in a year even though I had to finish tenth, eleventh and twelve grade. Jay Kay was eventually given the job as Director at Tranquility Bay, where he served until the facility closed in January 2009. I dont honestly know how she was so strong to endure all of the mental abuse and assaults she had endured. But I had no exit plan they dumped me 100 miles into mesquite Nevada with 5$ and 10 Camel cigarettes. I suggest that you remove his comment, Bill. I was there 02/03, I had Thane as a therapist. I can name at least 3 other people in the same situation but ill keep their names off the post cause I havent seen them on here. He and his wife were house parents and I later lived with them. Forgot to add I was in group 6 with Hanson as my theRAPIST. That stone cold prick can rot in hell. He then went on to start his own program, which with the help of former LifeSpring cultist David Gilcrease, and his marketing seminars Resource Realizations, WWASP quicklyspannedinto an umbrella corporation of specialty programs with programs located all over the world including countries such as Samoa, Mexico, Costa Rica andJamaica. If youre struggling, just known youre not alone. You sound like the typical idiot who would believe that it helped you in some way. I was sent to SUWS wilderness survival school in Idaho before I was sent to Casa by the sea, are they affiliated? I graduated from Tranquility Bay as well, until I got home and my school district did not accept any of the credits. Cross Creek Center | 1000 places You don't want to be as a teenager, Sinead McCarthy: How I Survived a Brainwashing Facility. Goodwin would not agree and insisted his son be sent to Cross Creek in LaVerkin, Utah. Before founding Eagle Ranch in 2005, Paul, like his brother Dave, served as a college and professional football coach. The program was originally located in the former location of Cross Creek Manor (a notoriously abusive and now-closed WWASP program) at 150 N State St, La Verkin, UT 84745. Now if staff were not using force for reasonable situations, then that is abuse. He was asked to enroll his son into a new WWASP program, High Impact, on a short-term basis while they worked out the details of his transfer to Cross Creek. If it wasnt for people like Colin, my group members, my friends. Long story short at 32 years old Im still fucked in the head. And if it did then it is definitely gone). What was his position in Morava Academy? As Administrator of both the girls and boys side of Casa By the Sea, Robinson was in charge during the time period of several reported cases of abuse and maltreatment of the students of CBS including violentrestraints, rape and other forms of sexual abuse. It made me very sad because i felt I had been abandoned again. Robert W. Lichfield It was previously named the Red River Academy. Ft. 1008 E Brentrup Dr, Tempe, AZ 85283. Opened in 1988, by Robert Lichfield and Brent Facer, CCM was Lichfields first facility and largely considered the hub of the WWASP conglomerate. They led everyone including myself believe that is where i went. Before he rejoined, though, he made this statement: These people are basically a bunch of untrained people who work for this organization. Doug, if I remember you correctly, you stayed well after your 18th birthday. }wasp pseminars I cant say how I actualy would like to make justice of what they have done to her,someone pleaase help us get invbolved in any and all litigation that is available to her ,she is and was a great kid and never deserved such alienation and dibilitating treatment she was just a confused little girl????? These guys are like hiding Nazi SS rats, just follow the smell, and the exterminate. I hope that asshole is dead. you want to make a movie. i knew Brian when he ran Paradise Cove, debatably the worst WWASP program of a. Around 2003 he attempted to open a program called Bell Academy in California which was swiftly shut down due to licensing issues. After Tranquility Bay, in 1998he again served as Assistant Director, this time for Carolina Springs, working under Narvin Litchfield. Robert Lichfield Because I had been in there for so long and heard every tape a million times and actually paid close attention to them and usually read the books from the library later, I could fill out the sheets without listening to the tape and would have the rest of the time to write poems, which I was really into at the time. The World Wide Association Of Specialty Programs and Schools ( WWASPS or WWASP) was an organization based in Utah, in the United States. Hes been in trouble and jail since he came home. Damn I remember Dallas haha. Justin remember me? Randall Hinton was something of a jack-of-all-trades for WWASP. Anyone remember Dallas? Cross Creek Manor was the Lichfield's first WWASP facility to open and is widely considered the "hub" of the WWASP conglomerate. You mother fuckers will pay. Another graduate claimed to be supervised by a male staff member when she was showering at the age of 13. Cross Creek Programs was a reform school[2] facility in La Verkin, Utah, operated by the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS). Mice/rats in our rooms, youd find their feces in the drawers on your clothes. Anonymous, 2007 I can go on and on about his endless abuses. Because I came straight from the juvenile system in California Mr Sam and R3 Dallas did my intake. I got sent to Dundee ranch when I was 13 and almost died of malaria and they didnt tell my parents. I went to cross creek in 2006 but got kicked out and sent to Distant Drums. I am Willy Modisetts mom. Be seeing you Ron. It was WWASP that designed and supplied the Policy and Procedure Manual to its member schools, listing the responsibilities of its member schools,including Spring Creek, and it was Lichfield who formed the network of entities responsible for the operation of the school. And my son was beat up daily while staff watched and did nothing. You were kidnapped, had your freedoms withdrawn, and were forced to follow a regiment that has no benefit whatsoever in the real world. He definitely helped ease my time there. [1] Inhad brian parker as my therapist and he was a fucking beedy eye I can be found on social media if anyone wants to get in contact with me. He would flip out for no reason at all, and was a danger to himself and others. If I wasnt a kid back then I would have known better to sue their asses off! I bless everyone on here for the accountability of your thoughts and feelings. FILE UPLOADS LIMITED TO 30MB IN TOTAL SIZE AND MUST BE OF TYPE DOC, DOCX, JPEG, JPG, PDF, OR PNG. Since leaving Cross Creek, I relapsed on drugs specifically heroin. Plot Plan must be submitted indicating location of submittal and include applicable measurements and dimensions. The point of everything is is that these programs lied and manipulated your parents for their financial gain. When I went in I only read shit like Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. One was a therapist, the other a high level staff. I was there from February 2002 until March of 2003; group 8 w/ John Rhodes. Id really like to know what went on. I attended Cross Creek from 2006-2008. Another graduate claimed that male staff members performed rape re-enactment on girls who have been sexually abused, stating that other students were instructed to yell insults at the victim during the re-enactment. Again, theres a sign on the door saying storage. I have tried contacting years ago with no response. He lost his original one. HOT HOME. Like a lot of you, I had problems sleeping for many years, and only into my later twenties did I start to really deal with everything. I was the 24th girl at Casa. Midwest Academy was raided and closed by authorities, http://www.utcourts.gov/directory/staff.cgi?location_id=428, Youth Foundation Closes Amid Scandals, Lawsuits | WWASP Survivors, There Are Few Congressional No Brainers This is One | The News On Time, 385. The Cross Creek Programs, often referred to Cross Creek Manor for the girls program and Cross Creek Center for the boys program were (and still is)operated by the controversial World Wide Association of Specialty Programs (and Schools) WWASP(S). If places like this still exist they should burn to the ground. I remember this being the place I saw my family for the first time on pass. I was in group 4 with thane for all of 2006. They have been evicted from the Cross Creek property in La Verkin and are moving to the old Diamond Ranch property in Hurricane next weekend. I was there in 1999.i was 17 and had my 18th birthday behind that white fence. Wwasp is a bad organization. Been over 10 years and I still remember every detail. I remember Nick Leema and Taylor Meeker, Also this on small nerdy looking kid Dallas used to fuck with all the time he and I got sent to distant drums together. Cameron Pullan One such program, Horizon Academy, owned by Jade Robinson, former administrator of Casa By the Sea, shares the Cross Creek facility and has been reported to have bought them out effectively merging the two programs. The same sick beds are even still there, with mattresses and blankets still in them. My intake was a little different. He was never unkind. Been trying to find you forever now. I was small, still have a chip in my hip from the abuse, I struggled for years after I left from the abuse. Kay also said in August 2004 during his testimony in the WWASP vs. WWASP PRESS RELEASE ON UTAH LAWSUITS (In November, 1998, two lawsuits were filed in the State of Utah against Cross Creek Manor, Teen Help and the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs. The detailed stories she would share whenever she needed to were heart wrenching to hear, I could not even imagine having to physically and mentally go through that! Id like to catch up with you. Oh I didnt graduate after the little scuffle in the cafeteria with Preston and Raphael and a come clean done by a group mate I was too much of a liability to the state of Utah and was sent to camas ranch an affiliate of spring creek in Montana. Ron Garrett is a bitch ass nigga. Any one who ever had to enter those doors you are never alone! Three Points Center has been a NATSAP member since 2014. Hey guys, I know its been years since you commented or even were in this hell hole lol but I remember most of you here. Yet always ran past the time because he never wanted to get off the phone. Its there. In 2001, he left CBS in order to move to New York and open the Academy at Ivy Ridge. [2] Before founding Cross Creek, Lichfield had worked at Provo Canyon School. My name is Hannah and I attended CCM for 2 years.. from 2007-2009. Im 32 now and I still get the occasional nightmare of being there. Although . Red River was its own kind of hell. Dave Ansalanian I wish so badly I could have that time I lost back, Im sure you all feel the same way. Looking back now Im ashamed that I became a pawn of the program and contributed in prolonging anyones stay. The Roaches were arrested and charged, but escaped the country and have never faced trial. Dace Goulding Thats good to hear man. Do you have any information on the US Youth ServicesNon-Profit, Inc. in Lecompte Louisiana? I just want to apologize for the way I treated you while I was there. Its crazy to think that those SN boxes are still there, just behind that wall. Tammy Johnson Many former students have reported abuse at the facilities. Then went to group 10 when that was made. What is your# ? I was at academy at Ivy ridge 20+ years ago and still have dreams about that place. d/b/a Cross Creek Program d/b/a Cross Creek Admissions is a "WWASPS Enterprise" associated-in-fact residential school and is owned by Robert B. Lichfield, Brent Facer, and Recaf, Inc. you want to hear about my story of this place back when they was called cross creek programs must of had to change names for the fact torture to children got out.what happen to me i was restrained by three big 250- 350 + pounds guys and they would take me down hard then lay a cross my back one on my upper back one on the lower part of my back and one a cross my legs and they would lay on me intell i was choking and more then not they would wait intell i passed out.one time i passed out i woke up from passing out with them still on top of me.i still have back issues to this day . I mean that literally, I would have committed suicide. Ron Garret deserves to endure the horrible things hes done to his victims. Its 2021 and I know of a school here in indianapolis. Vorheese as my therapist. Oh and I was illegally taken here when I was 17. Royal George Academyit (m there) April 2007 To 2008 Call it either a prison with a nicer outfit or a Gladiator School (Prison). Phoenix Community Association Manager Nominated for G.E.M. I recall a ton of abuse, no mental help. Some managed that damage, others didnt. I learned quick that if you complied (no matter how dumb the rules) your time there would be a lot easier. I been good man. I then graduated and went to another shit hole, not quite as bad as CC but still no place for anyone specially growing teens with young minds called Discovery Academy where I was later pulled in late 05 damn near 06.. Id really like to get in touch with everyone who was there around the same time to catch up. Only for that, I thank my parents, not the program itself. Dallas that asshole. Facts are facts. rob seher i watched you come and go brother i was there for 22 months i still have a lot of internal struggles the place was fucked no doubt about it and all in the name of money i got to catch up with some of you guys who were there around my time from 03 to 05, hey man, i was there in 2003. about 8 months, jeff cannon, quiet guy never talked to anybody.