Broken Circle

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🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The owners of Circle of Hope Girls Ranch and Boarding School, Boyd and Stephanie Householder, promoted their school as a place for students to follow a strict regimen of chores, school work and Bible study. But when Boyd is accused of abusing his students, his daughter Amanda must decide whose side she’s on. Keith Morrison reports.

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0:00.0	I'm Lester Holt, tonight on Dateline, a secret too long in the shadows.
0:06.5	One woman's courageous fight to bring it to light.
0:11.9	My parents were supposed to help these kids.
0:15.5	You would expect this to be a good Christian place.
0:18.8	No parent would have sent their child there knowing what happened.
0:21.9	Who was in my hand there?
0:24.0	It was hell.
0:25.0	I was sexually abused.
0:27.0	There?
0:28.0	Yes sir.
0:29.0	Yes sir.
0:30.0	I felt like I was nothing.
0:32.1	There were numerous concerns about abuse going on at this facility.
0:35.6	My dad would pick a girl up by her neck, roll her to the ground.
0:39.2	He would trip you and shove you.
0:41.8	Knock her out.
0:42.8	Yes sir.
0:43.8	I'm eating it.
0:44.8	I guess posted it to TikTok.
0:45.8	Knock her out.
0:46.8	It just blew up.
0:47.8	These allegations need to be looked into.
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