Recently the parents of three young girls have sought legal damages on claims that three teachers and a guidance counselor lured their children into a demented, religious cult without their consent. The girls, one 21, one 19 and the youngest who claims to have broken free at 16, have declined to make a formal statement and prefer to remain nameless. The parents claim that around the time the teachers began spending time with the girls, they began to experience horrific mood swings, suicidal thoughts and speaking in a strange primitive language. The high school is being sued for bot better monitoring their faculty, as well as Wellesley College for facilitating the continued presence and influence of the teachers during the girls' time there. The college is currently preparing a statement, while the other defendants have declined to comment. The lawsuit additionally claims the girls have been out of communication with the rest of their family. The accusers are seeking unspecified damages and a change in school policy.
This is a really strange situation. If the girls were influenced in negative ways by their faculty, that warrants further investigation and a possible change in school policy. But some of the parents' claims seem almost typical of rebellious teenage behavior. They spoke of their daughters' loss of empathy and humor, which are both generally associated with an average hormonal teenager. Though if the parents are correct in their accusations, their should be repercussions. The problem is, a lot of the information surrounding this case has been sealed and few are speaking out about it, so it's very difficult to tell who is in the right and who is in the wrong here.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/23/justice/connecticut-religious-cult-lawsuit/index.html?hpt=us_c2
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