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I was there for maybe 6 months when I was 12 years old. There was a guy there who worked there who tried to have sex with me in the younger guys

I went there when I was 12.

You have a beautiful heart❤️

I watched your video to the end. I really appreciate all that you shared. I’m hoping to find more information such as yours regarding freedom Village. Unfortunately, I donated a lot of money to them for over a decade. I thought I was doing some good I should’ve known better. I was at my ex’s house the other day and a mailer came through from Pastor Brothers somewhere down in Mississippi. I cringed because I realized how much I supported them. Probably when you were there. I regret that, and I apologize to people such as yourself if I anyways supported Freedom village.

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You are not a terrible person you look so nice and i like you beard don't blame yourself we are human its our nature to make mistakes and you really have a beatiful accent if you'll come to egypt everyone will like yoir accent just love yourself and envolve yourself with postive people dont think of the past انت جميل ❤❤❤❤❤

Your all cry baby’s to soft to follow a few rules I was in the program followed the rules I never hauled wood I never felt like I was in a cult and when I wanted to leave I left no one stopped me it’s was a good program helping teens get their life together. This is not a cult this guy is full of crap

I went to FV in 90. Graduated in 91. I was 18. It must have gotten worse after I left because I was never mistreated there. I hated the fact that he called us out one by one about our write ups in front of everyone but the staff did treat me with respect so I don't know....

Hey Malcolm thank you for sharing your story . I was in freedom village usa in the 80's. I knew very early that something was off. Love to chat with you if possible

This was the single most traumatizing time in my life. Right off the bat they did not like me. And to a child it seems like they were out to make an example out of me. I would be forced to carry ridiculously heavy logs in a circle from 7 a.m. until 10 I was sent there because I was a troubled youth so every time I would call my parents and tell them about the inhumane conditions the school in staff would intervene and say that I have a problem with authority. Then they would make my life even harder. I would be forced to carry that wood. Until I felt like I was going to collapse and die. They wouldn't let me stop and pee and I would find myself having to walk and pee. I was born with osteogenesis imperfecta so my bones were very fragile. They were a lot of bullies and the school and staff would never do anything to ensure my safety. I remember one day a bully came up to me and started assaulting me. He threw me down the stairs and I broke my elbow in a manner where the doctors didn't even know how to approach fixing it. I wound up needing to go for surgery when they called my parents they said that I was out of control and it was all my fault. Which couldn't have been farther from the truth. It made a 12 year old boy shower with grown men. In the end I wound up having two surgeries one to put the screws and pins in and one to get them out. It also did a lot to me psychologically. I am now forty years old and everytime I think of that place and that experience I become a little traumatized again. I am forever altered because of that place

Thanks for sharing this. It has motivated me too tell my horror story of my 2 years at freedom village. I was the 2nd youngest person to ever attend freedom village USA. I arrived there at 13 years old and left when I was 15. My story gets super dark and will leave chills down your spine. Freedom village was the epitome of a religious cult. Everything you said is true.

Oh wow so you attended this cult school way before I did. How interesting.

Hello Malcolm: I would love to get in touch with you. Great video! What year did you attend freedom village? I attended from 2010-2011. I also made a video on my channel about that hellish school the way that you did! 😊

This was not the video I was looking for but I’m too nosey not to watch

I was there for a stint. Was on my own voluntarily... All by myself. I had nothing and i had no one. No home to csll no family to come visit. It was just me. Inknew i need3d more than what i could do for myself. I knew someone who was already there so ... I gave it a shot. I was used as an example a lot beacause of being alone an showing up knocking on the door with packed bags. It was not a good life experience. I was the first C level to be allowed what they call a lil brother. When i got there i was 18 turning 19 had already finished highschool. But even with top grades in the college program i still couldnt earn my place and elevate myself. I saw unsoeakable things worked voluntary at the food "warehouse". They changed head cooks hored new staff. But no one was ever paid. Or treat3d 4ight. I watched a kid who had a cast from his hip to ankle ge5 snatched up by the dean of men who was a black belt martial artist and could bench press 500 lbs. For practically no reason at all. I always referred to it as a christian commune

Me thinks that Grockblues is in denial.

I was there in 04 for about 6 months. I did wood pile for the first time my last month there and I’m like man fuck this shit 😂 and I was out

So you knew all this stuff in 1 month??...nonsense!...you are just against Christ...so naturally you would speak all this nonsense...

i do not believe for 1 second that Pastor Brothers was a racist...I knew him very well...easy for you to talk so much baloney when he isnt there to defend himself...

I strongly disagree with this hateful video...I was a member of Pastor Brothers church before he opened Freedom Village...he was a Godly man who loved his church...he was a straight shooter and went strictly by God's word...apparently you didnt like that...Pastor Brothers definitely wasnt some cult leader...

When I was a kid in the late 1980s, I saw their talk show/Infomercial on the Christian channel. It was the glory days of cable. At the time, I was really into hard rock and heavy metal. I remember how they were trying to tie all of the kids problems to rock music. I remember the main man in charge holding an issue of RIP magazine, talking about how dangerous rock magazines were.

It’s too bad this happened to the kids. I thought this was a godly ministry. Well, as with anything else in life, there are hypocrites. That damages the cause for Jesus. Jesus was never that way…

I was a staff child born their lived till I was 7. My parents both met in the program. I know the long term affects this place can have on people and their mental health.

Yep.....go by it when I go to Watkins Glenn when I travel on rt 14 south from Geneva....always wondered why it closed down. It stands there abandoned.

I just finished watching the video a couple days later after leaving my original comments, and you mentioned a huge Warehouse. I remember when I was there I was also sent to a huge Warehouse with a bunch of other kids, but we were removing several tons worth of packs of carbonated water, and I do remember it being very hot inside of that warehouse. I guess it's no surprise that we went through similar things since we were there only two years apart,

I'm commenting as I watch the video. You're absolutely right about things like Pastor Brothers being racist because I remember we had a lot of Korean kids there from New York City, and he forbid them from hanging out with each other and creating what he called clicks, and he made a rule that they were not allowed to speak in Korean but only English. I also remember him Banning certain brand-name clothing like Tommy Hilfiger, even though he would stand behind the pulpit wearing Tommy Hilfiger clothes as he would make that rule. And I remember him saying that if any kids joined the place afterwards, they would have all of their certain brand name clothes thrown away. You are so right about him being a hypocrite and a racist.

I also lived at Freedom Village USA, I remember the exact date when my mother sent me there. It was February 26th 1997, and I was there for 11 months, and while I personally didn't have a horrible experience there, I knew a couple of the boys there who I could only imagine imagined that place as a living hell. I had only been on "no level" a couple times including once where I was given two weeks of no level for getting into a fight, and like 3 or 4 "6-10's" but I knew at least one boy who I at one point was a roommate with who spent almost the entire time there on no level and I never even really know why they kept him on that level let alone why so often. Having to haul wood all day long starting at 5 a.m. no level really sucked, so I can't imagine what that poor boy went through. I remember his name but I will not mention it here in respect of his privacy, but that was pure abuse. I also remember hearing at that time that many of the staff members went several months without even being paid. To make a long story short, I ended up going home a couple days after a boy attempted to rape me in the shower room. I was only 13 years old add hadn't even hit puberty yet, and this wasn't the first place my mother had sent me to where this sort of thing happened, but this was the first time where an older mature boy actually tried to penetrate me. It was reported a couple days later the head Dean "Mr. Baker" had my mother come and pick me up to take me home. If you were there a couple years later, do you remember the staff members mr. Baker, mr. Siegfried(assistant pastor at the time), Mr Si, Mr weigh, Mr kilroy, mr linzmeier? Those are staff members I can remember off the top of my head still to this day. I also what's made a guest on three of his episodes on his TV show Victory today, one of which I was duct taped to a chair to illustrate how Pastor Brothers felt about 13 year olds? Sorry that you went through what you went through, and even though I didn't go through many of these things, I certainly seen a lot of other boys who certainly did.

Loyalty. It’s great being loyal. But being too loyal can often be a detriment to oneself.

I was there 97 98 and 99 that place was a nightmare there's a special place in hell for pastor Fletcher brothers with plenty of room to spare for pastor stout

Thank you for sharing! I was there for 3 years and it was a complete mindfuck. Took a long time heal and change from this.

Why is this man still walking around free after the years of abuse?

I was there in 03-04. Cult money grab all the way, saw some messed up stuff in my year there.

Fletcher brothers was a very scary man.

I was there in 07. It was horrid

I was there from like January 1997-end of July 1997. I wormed my way outta there even though I was court ordered there for some bullshit from my parents. It was all bullshit. The whole troubled teen thing was largely bs. Most of these kids were just stoners railroaded by asshole parents. A couple were junkies. There were some cool guys there. Murphy, Stoner, Gosnell, for over a year when I was there.

Thank you SO much for sharing!!! I ended up there for 7.5 years. I went through the program, graduated to senior staff after 4 years. I was termed a “lifer” and they match-made me with someone I didn’t like. They didn’t start paying me as staff until I was in the middle of nursing school…yes, they coerced me into going to a local vocational school 1 hour away for practical nursing. They gave me 5 minutes to decide, and I was indoctrinated for 5 years to never say no. They promised to pay my student loans…they didn’t, and I had them federally discharged due to disability. Then they wanted me to pay gas money…but I didn’t have an income. The nurse at the time convinced them to “pay” me…$98.71 per MONTH after taxes, if I even got paid. That didn’t increase when I began working as an LPN, 18-20 hours per day. I burned out HARD after 1.5 years of that, with ENORMOUS stress. I left being pressured with INTENSE guilt. Told I would go to hell if I left, I would be “leaving gods will,” and a bunch of other shit. There’s a reason my name is “Phoenix Rose.” #callmephoenix.

Malcolm I am glad you are speaking your truth. I also attend FV and would like to connect with you.

Thank you for your sharing! That's meaningful ><!

i gained a new insight from this.. thank you for sharing your answer and i hope you're doing well ☺️ *virtual hug

Keep growing man don't stop

Great video, loved you explanation and how you thought that there isn't an overrated virtue. You gave me a different point of view, highly appreciate you opinion.

Glad you're well enough to make a video!! Take care of yourself❤

you and i feel the same

Hey Mike, great to see you again!

They are so cute 🥰 thank you for sharing ☺️

I already love my grandpups!! I can't wait to love on them❤

I love Addie's look at you like, "why you disturb my rope chew?" Lol

I love them both so much!

I loved you when I met you, but your videos revealed more reasons why you have a special place in my heart. I may never have said this but I will now. I'm brought to tears when listening to the song "Vincent", by Don McClean, the line, " this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you", I think of you.