One lawsuit brought on behalf of five men ages 37 to 64 alleges they were sexually abused as boys by a man who worked as a teacher at Mountain View Whisman School District and Santa Cruz City Schools. Linwood T. Wells, Asst. [10] 42 Am.Jur.2d Inheritance, Etc., Taxes 212, 215, 216 (1969). Get free summaries of new Western District of Virginia US Federal District Court opinions delivered to your inbox! See Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, 356-57 (1978). The Christiansburg standard is applied with particular strictness when the plaintiff is proceeding pro se. People enjoy the Leave No Trace atmosphere as they walk along litter-free trails, watch wildlife that has not been tamed by food handouts from people, and challenge each other on who can hang a better bear bag. (Emphasis in part added). Feb 8, 2023 Updated Feb 8, 2023. Bloch again filed a habeas corpus petition in this court, and again this court denied his petition on April 1, 1982; Bloch v. Grissom, et al., Civil Action Number 81-0217-B (Western District of Virginia). Seen 'n Heard - Aug, 1993 Issue (page 3). We also agreed with the district court that the additional facts developed on remand justified a finding that Judge Persin's threat to revoke Bloch's probation if he participated in a suit against Mountain Mission School was not action taken in the clear absence of all jurisdiction. Including informational articles and books, hotlines and helplines, advice, a directory of related websites, how-tos, recommendations, support, and much more." [2], The school enrolled girls ages 13 to 18, offering therapy, college preparatory education, and recreation for girls of above average intelligence who were "in crisis." Another former student, Perry Parsons, stated in deposition that he had testified falsely in court that Bloch had molested him because the Swineys had told him to give this testimony. Over the years they have had students . Book Mission Teens - Mountain of Mercy, a drug rehab in Honeydew, CA. His theory that he was injured as the result of a conspiracy motivated by animus against orphans was initially held on appeal to be sufficient to satisfy the class-based animus requirement of Sec. United Brotherhood of Carpenters v. Scott, ___ U.S. ___, ___, 103 S. Ct. 3352, 3360, 77 L. Ed. Facebook page. Thus, the Court's opinion resolved the previous controversy among the circuits concerning the construction of 1985(2). After talking to the boys, he took them from Virginia to Beckley, West Virginia, in a rented car. unaware of the abuse their children have experienced and often firmly believe the program saved their child life. Clipping found in Daily Press in Newport News, Virginia on Apr 24, 1986. It operated from October 1, 1990, . [3] The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals did not have the benefit of the recent opinion in which the Supreme Court reversed Scott v. Moore, 680 F.2d 979 (5th Cir.1982), when they wrote: Since Griffin, the Supreme Court has not faced the question of what classes are protected by the portions of 1985 that require class-based animus, and the decisions of the lower courts are impossible to reconcile, see cases cited in Scott v. Moore, 640 F.2d 708, 718-24 (5 Cir.1981). (See the discussion *589 of the law applicable to the second ground, infra). From that point, he put them in his own airplane and transported them to Clearwater, Florida. It was dark and raining. "Child Abuse and Deceptive Marketing by Residential Programs for Teens", Full Committee Hearing on HR 5876, April 24, 2008. denied,454 U.S. 1110, 102 S. Ct. 687, 70 L. Ed. 5876 aka Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008. are based on the torment suffered from former detainees at this . 1988 is a matter within the discretion of the district court, we may reverse its decision only upon a finding that the court has abused its discretion under the standards set forth for the exercise of that discretion by Christiansburg and Hughes. The plaintiffs in this case cannot allege anything to distinguish them as intended victims other than that they belong to a class that has been denied the advantage of one or both parents a circumstance true of all potential children born but one, nevertheless, subject to change. The expression, "an orphan," very often elicits the imagery of poverty of a poor widow rearing her fatherless child in the cruel, harsh world. An estimated 120,000 to 200,000 children are at risk for abuse or worse within these schools at this very moment in the US alone. Dear Alumni, Parents and Friends. NTEE code info. Email: jmarsh@bcda.org Email: modellick@bedfordctc.org. No matter how honest one's belief that he has been the victim of discrimination, no matter how meritorious one's claim may appear at the outset, the course of litigation is rarely predictable. Mission Mountain School was a therapeutic boarding school for girls located in Condon, Missoula County, Montana. Bloch v. Mountain Mission School, No. at 102, 91 S. Ct. at 1798. Grundy, VA. See Arnold v. Burger King Corp., 719 F.2d 63, 65-66 (4th Cir.1983), cert. Because Judge Persin was contacted in his judicial capacity and was exercising his discretion over a matter within his judicial authority, i.e., the interpretation of his probation order, we upheld the district court's finding that judicial immunity would bar any damage award. 880, 888 n. 2 (E.D.Va.1983) (the plaintiff failed to allege any discrimination based on an impermissible classification and does not fit within the protective contours of 1985(3)); Ferguson v. Estelle, 718 F.2d 730, 732 (5th Cir.1983) (court affirmed the denial of writ of habeas corpus filed by the petitioners who had been convicted for riot by arson stemming from their participation in the union/antitrust melee at a Texas construction company, see Scott v. Moore, supra); Pawelek v. Paramount Studios Corp.,571 F. Supp. As discussed earlier, Bloch presented the deposition testimony of an attorney who stated that Judge Persin had threatened to revoke Bloch's probation if he testified in a federal suit to be brought against the Mountain Mission School. In this regard we noted that it was a condition of Bloch's probation that he not contact, directly or indirectly, any of the children in the school. Letter submitted by Mission Mountain School to Congressman George Miller, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, to be included in the public record for testimony on HR 5876. The "foundation for the class-based animus requirement" to which the Fourth Circuit Court refers is based on a key passage given in Griffin v. Breckenridge,403 U.S. 88, 91 S. Ct. 1790, 29 L. Ed. Phone: 814-623-4816, 301-331-1348 . Final. may have been chemically dependent or are prone to dependence and may have engaged in or been suspected of substance abuse. Nor does the record support the district court's finding that Bloch brought this action solely to harass those involved in his prosecution for kidnapping. Mission Mountain School - Unsilenced. Reporting Center - frmCentralDirectory.aspx - PRD. Safe Harbor of the Smokies Child Advocacy Center Executive Director Maggie McNally . As the Third Circuit Court of Appeals put it: "[S]ex, like race , is an immutable characteristic determined by the accident of birth." [15] 77 Am.Jur.2d Veterans 165 (1975, Supp. 1980-81. This suit was brought against The Mountain Mission School and forty-two individuals, including officials of the United States, Virginia, Ohio, and Florida. MMS. STATEMENT BY KATHRYN WHITEHEAD, Former Student at Mission Mountain School, Montana, October 25, 2005 SOURCE: www.cafety.org Community Alliance for the Fair and Ethical Treatment of Youth . The Court's language essentially implies that a class falling within the ambit of 1985(3) cannot be defined merely as a group of victims of tortious actions. Mission Mountain School was a therapeutic boarding school for girls located in Condon, Missoula County, Montana. Relying on the intervening decision of the Supreme Court in United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners v. Scott, 463 U.S. 825 (1983), the district court held, contrary to our earlier ruling, that Bloch's allegation that the conspiracy was motivated by animus against orphans did not satisfy the class-based animus requirement of Sec. 2d 413, 418 (1983). After serving four months of a ten-year sentence, Bloch has devoted his time to filing suits in his own behalf and on behalf of other children at The Mountain Mission School against the School and anyone connected with his arrests, trial, and conviction in Buchanan County, Virginia. The school thrived for 20 years as a four-year boarding school. Also in the record is deposition testimony from former student Johnny Dotson to the effect that the Subletts threatened and beat him to have him falsely testify that Bloch had molested him. Char-Koosta News. We agreed with the district court that the Supreme Court's decision in Scott, supra, justified a conclusion that animus against orphans does not satisfy the class-based animus requirement of Sec. Thus, the private conspiratorial actions alleged against orphans are not the kind of conduct that triggers the proscription of 1985. But we were aware of his views in Griffin, 403 U.S., at 102 n. 9, 91 S.Ct., at 1798 n. 9, and still withheld judgment on the question whether 1985(3), as enacted, went any farther than its central concern combatting the violent and other efforts of the Klan and its allies to resist and to frustrate the intended affects of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. The most difficult aspect of the job was that I had three different managers who didn't always know what the others had instructed me to do . Legal name of organization: Mountain Mission School. Nearby homes. [3] The curriculum was divided into four program components: daily life skills, outdoor recreation, emotional growth and academics. Mission Mountain School is a therapeutic boarding school for adolescent women in crisis incorporating academics, daily life skills, and outdoor recreation and therapy. At the time the children were taken from The Mountain Mission School, Bloch approached the boys from under a porch as they were returning from breakfast to the boys' dormitory at about 7:15 a.m. See Askew v. Bloemker, 548 F.2d 673, 678 (7th Cir.1976); Lopez v. Arrowhead Ranches, 523 F.2d 924, 928 (9th Cir.1975). Just a week after receiving a scathing report detailing a pervasive culture of abuse and neglect at the Mission Hill School, the committee voted Wednesday to permanently shut the school down. Atty. Bloch, who has proceeded pro se throughout this litigation, filed suit against Mountain Mission School, an orphanage located in Grundy, Virginia, and various school and public officials, alleging that officials at the school had abused children; that Bloch had attempted to uncover and stop these abuses; and that the defendants had, in turn, engaged in a conspiracy to stop Bloch and keep abuse and neglect at the school hidden. The Mission Mountain Program's partners and founders attended the meeting to recognize and reward the crew for their hard work, as well as . Legislative Watch Abruptly rising above town, the Mission Mountains, St. Ignatius eastern flank, soar upwards nearly 7,000 feet in in less that 10 miles from the valley floor, ranking this area as having of one the greatest reliefs in Montana. Bloch subsequently filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in this court: Because of the petitioner's failure to exhaust state remedies, the court dismissed the petition on September 19, 1979. First, a group of orphans does not possess "common characteristics of an inherent nature" and such a group is not afforded special protection under the equal protection clause. Newspapers.com makes these newspapers available for the purpose of historical research, and is not responsible for the content of any newspapers archived at our site. [9], Mission Mountain School operated as an accredited member of the Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools (PNAIS)[10] and the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools (NAAS),[11] and was a full member of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP). 1985(3), and that Bloch should be afforded the opportunity to develop these claims on remand. The Intermountain Indian School in disrepair, December 2012. Bloch contends that Judge Persin conspired with Mr. Sublett, President of The Mountain Mission School, to intimidate him from testifying in state court proceedings in California and in Ohio; that defendant Williams, Commonwealth's Attorney of Buchanan County, Virginia, conspired with Mr. Sublett to send one Edith Justus to Ohio to murder him; that defendant McGlothlin, a member of the Virginia Legislature, conspired with Williams and Sublett to frame him in his trial in Buchanan County, Virginia; that defendant Osborne conspired with Sublett to have the plaintiff assaulted in jail by prisoners; that his two attorneys, Sawyer and Sergent, who were employed by him, obstructed justice and hindered him from testifying freely, fully and truthfully in court; and that Roger J. Makeley denied his constitutional rights to the full faith and credit of court orders guaranteed by Article IV of the United States Constitution by intimidating Robert *585 Watts and Johnny Dotson from testifying freely, fully and truthfully. 351, 366 n. 6, 385-386 (D.N.J.1983) (a claim of discrimination against the plaintiff's husband, a German immigrant, does not fall within the class of victims of "historically pervasive discrimination"); Betlyon v. Shy,573 F. Supp. To avoid a chilling effect upon plaintiffs seeking to vindicate their civil rights, the Supreme Court, in addition to establishing more stringent criteria for fee awards to defendants, has cautioned: In applying these criteria, it is important that a district court resist the understandable temptation to engage in post hoc reasoning by concluding that, because a plaintiff did not ultimately prevail, his action must have been unreasonable or without foundation. 1985(3)), Bloch's allegation that the conspiracy was motivated by animus against orphans satisfied the class-based animus requirement. It operated year-round and the average length of enrollment was 18 to 22 months. An equine-guided education program was offered.[4]. 1988 for an award of attorney's fees in the amount of $32,826.72, covering the fees incurred from the inception of the litigation to the date of filing the fee request. Mountain Comprehensive Care Center's mission is to provide quality behavioral healthcare that offers recovery and hope. Hughes, 449 U.S. at 15. In 2005, the Jensen family moved to Martinsburg, West Virginia. For more information, visit the . Program Map The appropriateness of practices at the school have been disputed. [11] 29 Am.Jur.2d Evidence 116 (1967). On appeal we held that the district court erred in dismissing Bloch's claims under both halves of 42 U.S.C. Although the district court found, with the defendants, that the record failed to establish a reasonable foundation for Bloch's pursuit of this action, we disagree. Your contribution will help us continue our work advocating for survivors and youth. Conspiracy claims, by their nature, present problems of proof for a plaintiff. Oct. 18, 1982) (unpublished). United Brotherhood of Carpenters v. Scott, ___ U.S. at ___, 103 S. Ct. at 3361. Seen 'n Heard - Jan, 1991 Issue (page 1). ELLA NILSEN. Options were limited to the BIA-operated Mt . . In support of their fee request they claimed that although Bloch had been given "every reasonable opportunity to do so, all three Court levels of the Federal Court system ruled unequivocally that [he was] unable to present even the most minimal amount of evidence required to escape a summary dismissal of [the] entire Complaint." The court's decision is based on two grounds. Director: Lisa Brenner, PhD ( Lisa.Brenner@va.gov) VISN 20 Northwest MIRECC. (such as work or school). We also held that, while a racial or class-based animus is necessary for a violation of Sec. For many of the Soldiers, it is the toughest . Both Sublett and Persin denied the existence of any conspiracy. (Emphasis added). Mission Mountain School: Monarch Center for Family Healing: Monarch School: Morava Academy: Mount Bachelor Academy: Mountain Brook: Mountain Homes Youth Ranch: State Legislation Reports [2] The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reached the same conclusion, although it did not have the benefit of the Kush opinion. Finding persuasive other courts' decisions, the Fourth Circuit Court reasoned that "[t]he `equality' language that is the foundation for the class-based animus requirement in 1985(3) is conspicuously absent from the first half of 1985(2) but is present in the second half of 1985(2)." Request Records [8], Yet another former participant has said that the program induced students into "self-obliterating submission" by instilling fear. Housed within Mission Children's Hospital since 2016, the organization provides vital crisis intervention services to victims, a comprehensive abuse education and . abuse,; interviewees reported physical and sexual abuse at theWrangell Institute. 2d 651 (1981) and Jones v. United States, 536 F.2d 269, 271 (8th Cir.1976) (same). Condon is the site of a U.S. post office, using ZIP Code 59826. Street, Grundy, Va., Birg E. Sergent, Pennington Gap, Va., Wade Massie, Abingdon, Va., L.T. It operated from October 1, 1990, to August 16, 2008. 422, 425 n. 4 (D.S.D.1983) (a claim was stated under 1985 on behalf of the decedent who was struck intentionally by the defendants with a door of a moving pickup truck: the court noted the primary intent of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871); Shultz v. Sundberg,577 F. Supp. 1985(2). Thus, the plaintiffs fail to state a claim under the tenets of Scott[17] because of the lack of the requisite class-based animus. Dock Mennonite High School described by Daniel Kabakjian. Mountain Mission School. Daniel Bloch appeals an order of the district court awarding attorney's fees against him under 42 U.S.C. Second, even if one assumed arguendo that orphans should constitute a class, animus directed against them would be motivated by an economic status rather than by a political or racial status:[3] The United States Supreme Court recently held, however, that " 1985(3) [does not] reach conspiracies motivated by economic or commercial animus." On January 26, 1974, James M. Swiney appeared before Carl Boyd, a justice of the peace of Buchanan County, Virginia, and under oath, accused the plaintiff Bloch of abducting Robert Watts, an infant of the age of thirteen years, from The Mountain Mission School, Grundy, Virginia. LAKEVILLE, Conn. (CBSNewYork) -- For the third time in less than two years, a former student has filed a federal lawsuit alleging sexual abuse at the Indian . The mission board was forced to make public statements about abuse allegations involving a different former missionary in 2002 three decades after William McElrath, a longtime Indonesia . Mountain Mission Abuse Claims For questions about our Child Abuse prevention and treatment please call the Mountain Child Advocacy Center located at Mission Children's Hospital: 828-213-9824. Bloch's continued litigation of these claims after the decision in Scott was reasonable. (construing Novotny), cert. Condon is an unincorporated community in Missoula County, Montana, United States. It operated from October 1, 1990 to August 16, 2008. See, e.g. The conspiracy, in other words, must aim at a deprivation of the equal enjoyment of rights secured by the law to all. 2. They often have displayed significant acting out . 1982). May 2, 1986) (unpublished). He then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus before the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia which, in turn, denied the petition. 79-1771 (4th Cir. Annie Malones Residential Treatment Facility, Makana Leadership Academy/Makana Outreach, Sequel Pomegranate/Torii Behavioral Health, Grace Christian Home and Academy for Girls, Love Demonstrated Ministries Christian Boot Camp, Teen Challenge (AK, DC, FL, GA, LA, NJ, WI, Intl), Thanks to Calvary Baptist Boarding Academy, Timber Ridge Preparatory School for Girls. Because the record does not support the conclusion reached by the district court, we reverse the court's award of attorney's fees against Bloch. Condon Map. EIN. Our children enjoy the benefits of a quality Christian education. After this Court affirmed the entry of summary judgment and the Supreme Court denied certiorari, various defendants associated with Mountain Mission School petitioned the district court under 42 U.S.C. He alleges that The Mountain Mission School was an orphanage and that children were illegally abused and that he has been the subject of harm by the defendants in an effort to cover up the abuses. U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor, This page was last edited on 4 July 2022, at 03:58. Volunteer. We believe that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect. - St. Lawrence Mission, Mountain Village. [6] See generally Joseph G. Cook and John L. Sobieski, Jr., Civil Rights Actions 13.09[A] (1983) for a detailed discussion of the term "class-based animus". Because direct proof of the conspiracy often rests exclusively with defendants, a plaintiff may be forced to rely on inference and circumstance to establish the existence, nature, and extent of a conspiracy. See Kush v. Rutledge, 460 U.S. 719 (1983). 1970-80 - Jesuit Community, Anchorage. Coordinates . Stated another way: Kimble v. McDuffy, Inc., 445 F. Supp. At that school, . 1988 in the amount of $32,826.72. Mission Mountain School described by Kathryn Whitehead. The rock climbing requires Soldiers to make their own routes up cliff faces, day and night, and secure their own anchors with their climbing partners. Mission Mountain School held great promise, as it was sold to us as a small family-like therapeutic environment for girls ages 12-18 with above average . Unsilenced is a survivor-led non-profit organization that serves young people and adults who experienced institutional child abuse. [17] Since July 5, 1983, the date on which the Supreme Court rendered the Scott opinion, other courts have cited the principles of this decision. Had Bloch ultimately been permitted to proceed on a legal theory that animus against orphans satisfies the class-based animus requirement of Sec. Project SPEAK School attendance zone. 1985(2), prohibiting conspiracies to deter any person from testifying in federal court. This website uses cookies and third party services. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed on certain grounds and remanded this case with the following directions to the district court: Johnny J. Dotson and Daniel F. Bloch v. The Mountain Mission School, et al. Unsilenced Truthlist Specifically, we found that Bloch's allegations could state a claim under the first half of Sec. Marshall Coleman, Louie L. Wainwright, Rosemary Griscom,Paul H. Coleman, David W. Schwertfager, Donna Jean Gallion,Sharon Mullett, Robert Beck, Asa Mellor, Wanda Mellor, GaryOyler, Ruth Oyler, Charles Robert Lambert, Lynda Lambert,Griffin Bell, William Webster, Edward C. Sawyer, BirgSergent, Willard Osborne, Roger I. Makely, Ottmar G.Gallion, Richard L. Gibson, Defendants. Support Groups This kind of hindsight logic could discourage all but the most airtight claims, for seldom can a prospective plaintiff be sure of ultimate success. Even the courts have confronted this well-known economic perception and its legal or social overtones. The school often caters to neglected, abused or . See Vandenplas v. City of Muskego, 797 F.2d 425, 429 (7th Cir.1986) (suit is brought to harass where plaintiff sues not in hope of winning but solely to put defendant to burden of defending himself). Mountain Mission 66. Adventure Christian Academy: . Recovery & Hope. 13 (and known as the Ku Klux Klan Act) was to outlaw five broad classes of conspiratorial activity. (en banc) (class-based discrimination is required), cert. This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ. [1] Section 1985 of Title 42 of the United States Code states (with emphasis added): (1) If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the United States, or from discharging any duties thereof; or to induce by like means any officer of the United States to leave any State, district, or place, where his duties as an officer are required to be performed, or to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, or while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, or to injure his property so as to molest, interrupt, hinder, or impede him in the discharge of his official duties; (2) If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire to deter, by force, intimidation, or threat, any party or witness in any court of the United States from attending such court, or from testifying to any matter pending therein, freely, fully, and truthfully, or to injure such party or witness in his person or property on account of his having so attended or testified, or to influence the verdict, presentment, or indictment of any grand or petit juror in any such court, or to injure such juror in his person or property on account of any verdict, presentment, or indictment lawfully assented to by him, or of his being or having been such juror; or if two or more persons conspire for the purpose of impeding, hindering, obstructing, or defeating, in any manner, the due course of justice in any State or Territory, with intent to deny to any citizen the equal protection of the laws, or to injure him or his property for lawfully enforcing, or attempting to enforce, the right of any person, or class of persons, to the equal protection of the laws; (3) If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws; or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted authorities of any State or Territory from giving or securing to all persons within such State or Territory the equal protection of the laws; or if two or more persons conspire to prevent by force, intimidation, or threat, any citizen who is lawfully entitled to vote, from giving his support or advocacy in a legal manner, toward or in favor of the election of any lawfully qualified person as an elector for President or Vice President, or as a Member of Congress of the United States; or to injure any citizen in person or property on account of such support or advocacy; in any case of conspiracy set forth in this section, if one or more persons engaged therein do, or cause to be done, any act in furtherance of the object of such conspiracy whereby another is injured in his person or property, or deprived of having and exercising any right or privilege of a citizen of the United States, the party so injured or deprived may have an action for the recovery of damages occasioned by such injury or deprivation, against any one or more of the conspirators. More importantly, both grounds confirm the conclusion that Congress in 1871 did not intend the Ku Klux Klan Act to reach tortious acts against a group of orphans, nor should the courts today recognize them as a class within the scope of those portions of 1985 requiring class-based animus. Decisive facts may not emerge until discovery or trial. Grundy, VA 24614. Seen 'n Heard - Apr, 1992 Issue (page 2). Oct 24, 2014 Oct 24, 2014 Updated Apr 14, 2016; 0; Facebook; Twitter; July 28, 2016 / 1:14 PM / CBS New York. The school has approximately 250 students from K-12 grades. The law may change or clarify in the midst of litigation. Saginaw Chippewa tribe uncovers death records of 227 Indigenous children. Unsilenced is a survivor-led non-profit organization that serves young people and adults who experienced institutional child abuse. Pocono Mountain School District To Prepare All Students for Tomorrow's Challenges and Opportunities [12] 53 Am.Jur.2d Mechanics' Liens 37 (1970). Students at Mountain Mission School are getting back to normal- a day after the boy's dormitory caught fire Tuesday night.The residential Christian school is home to students from all over the world. The Mission Mountains Wilderness is bordered by the Salish- Kootenai tribal wilderness; please contact 406-675-2700 for information . at 101, 91 S. Ct. at 1798. 1985(3) and the second half of Sec. at 273. 1985(3) and the second half of Sec. Your contribution will help us continue our work advocating for survivors and youth. Safe Harbor's mission includes education on abuse. In a separate opinion, the court will state its decision concerning the allegations which apply to the first half of 1985(2); it now considers whether the plaintiffs' cause of action can lie under the second half of 1985(2) and under 1985(3). 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