A federal lawsuit filed by two former residents claims that Liberty Ridge Farm, located in McAlisterville, violated federal laws against human trafficking.
In a federal lawsuit against the Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church, two plaintiffs said they were deprived of food and restrained with zip ties at a forced-labor farm.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church and associated entities have been accused in a federal lawsuit of exploiting boys and young men through a program they claimed would reform “troubled boys."
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) A federal lawsuit filed this month claims boys and young men at a church-related farm business in Pennsylvania were subjected to forced labor and punishment that included dragging chains and breaking up rocks with a hammer.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church and associated entities have been accused in a federal lawsuit of exploiting boys and young men through a program they claimed would reform “troubled boys."