Posted on Nov 7, 2023
Missouri Christian camp blames insurance company for its choice to withhold info on sexual abuse
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Kanakuk Kamps alleges its insurance company discouraged camp leadership from disclosing information about sex abuser to families.
A Branson-area Christian summer camp accused of covering up years of sexual abuse of its students is suing its insurance company, claiming it threatened to deny coverage if information about abuse was made public.
Kanakuk Kamps filed a cross claim last month against ACE American Insurance Co. as part of a 2022 lawsuit filed by a former camper who says his family was tricked into signing a “fraudulent” settlement agreement after he was sexually abused by a camp director.
The insurance company “threatened to deny Kanakuk coverage” if the camp were to disclose the abuse of former director Peter Newman to families, Kanakuk’s attorneys argue in the cross claim.
If the former camper, Logan Yandell “has suffered damages as alleged,” Kanakuk’s cross claim argues, “….such damages were caused by [ACE American Insurance Co.] and not by Kanakuk.”
Yandell called Kanakuk’s argument, “blame-shifting.”
A Branson-area Christian summer camp accused of covering up years of sexual abuse of its students is suing its insurance company, claiming it threatened to deny coverage if information about abuse was made public.
Kanakuk Kamps filed a cross claim last month against ACE American Insurance Co. as part of a 2022 lawsuit filed by a former camper who says his family was tricked into signing a “fraudulent” settlement agreement after he was sexually abused by a camp director.
The insurance company “threatened to deny Kanakuk coverage” if the camp were to disclose the abuse of former director Peter Newman to families, Kanakuk’s attorneys argue in the cross claim.
If the former camper, Logan Yandell “has suffered damages as alleged,” Kanakuk’s cross claim argues, “….such damages were caused by [ACE American Insurance Co.] and not by Kanakuk.”
Yandell called Kanakuk’s argument, “blame-shifting.”
Missouri Christian camp blames insurance company for its choice to withhold info on sexual abuse
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..."Kanakuk Kamps filed a cross claim last month against ACE American Insurance Co. as part of a 2022 lawsuit filed by a former camper who says his family was tricked into signing a “fraudulent” settlement agreement after he was sexually abused by a camp director.
The insurance company “threatened to deny Kanakuk coverage” if the camp were to disclose the abuse of former director Peter Newman to families, Kanakuk’s attorneys argue in the cross claim.
If the former camper, Logan Yandell “has suffered damages as alleged,” Kanakuk’s cross claim argues, “….such damages were caused by [ACE American Insurance Co.] and not by Kanakuk.”
Yandell called Kanakuk’s argument, “blame-shifting.”
“Our lawsuit has forced them to tell the truth, but instead of actually taking accountability…they’re trying to shift the blame to their insurance company as if an insurance company, I mean, held a gun to their head,” he said in an interview Monday. “An insurance company doesn’t make them do anything.”
The underlying case revolves around the abuse of Yandell, now 28, who sued the camp — one of the largestChristian summer camps in the country — along with its insurance company.
The case hinges on whether Kanakuk leadership knew in advance that Newman was abusing campers.
Yandell was sexually abused from around 2005 to 2008 by Newman. His family settled for a confidential amount in 2010 and signed a non-disclosure agreement after camp leadership told the family they hadn’t known about the abuse and deemed it an isolated incident, according to the complaint.
But if the family had learned of camp leadership’s prior knowledge of Newman’s sexual misconduct, Yandell’s lawsuit says, they wouldn’t have agreed to it."...
..."Kanakuk Kamps filed a cross claim last month against ACE American Insurance Co. as part of a 2022 lawsuit filed by a former camper who says his family was tricked into signing a “fraudulent” settlement agreement after he was sexually abused by a camp director.
The insurance company “threatened to deny Kanakuk coverage” if the camp were to disclose the abuse of former director Peter Newman to families, Kanakuk’s attorneys argue in the cross claim.
If the former camper, Logan Yandell “has suffered damages as alleged,” Kanakuk’s cross claim argues, “….such damages were caused by [ACE American Insurance Co.] and not by Kanakuk.”
Yandell called Kanakuk’s argument, “blame-shifting.”
“Our lawsuit has forced them to tell the truth, but instead of actually taking accountability…they’re trying to shift the blame to their insurance company as if an insurance company, I mean, held a gun to their head,” he said in an interview Monday. “An insurance company doesn’t make them do anything.”
The underlying case revolves around the abuse of Yandell, now 28, who sued the camp — one of the largestChristian summer camps in the country — along with its insurance company.
The case hinges on whether Kanakuk leadership knew in advance that Newman was abusing campers.
Yandell was sexually abused from around 2005 to 2008 by Newman. His family settled for a confidential amount in 2010 and signed a non-disclosure agreement after camp leadership told the family they hadn’t known about the abuse and deemed it an isolated incident, according to the complaint.
But if the family had learned of camp leadership’s prior knowledge of Newman’s sexual misconduct, Yandell’s lawsuit says, they wouldn’t have agreed to it."...
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