Former residents told The Guardian , a British newspaper, about abuse they suffered at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch. The ranch said at-risk boys and girls can be placed there by their parents, a managing conservator or guardian. Cal Farley’s dedicated a new dormitory to a former superintendent at the ranch alleged to be one of the worst abusers. Heimlich first came into contact with Smith and the Facebook group after writing a blog post in 2015 praising Boy’s Ranch for an advanced therapeutic model. Heimlich agreed that Boys Ranch, which opened in 1939, had cleaned up since the 1990s and emphasized that it still maintains a “flagship model” for child therapy.

Source: National Post December 22, 2017 00:50 UTC