Ex-members told the AP of at least two dozen such cases, which they attributed to the church trying to keep minors from leaving the congregation. In a statement to the AP, Bridges said she met Blanton at the clerk's office but then developed a friendship with her. THE FOSTER CHILDRENWhen Donna Whitworth showed up for a medical appointment in 2011, she recalls the nurse practitioner commenting on how healthy the foster children who accompanied her looked. Burnette's former supervisor, Dawn Stover, declined comment, citing confidentiality laws governing foster children. For church member Tim Cornelius, obtaining a foster child also was a snap.

Source: Fox News November 13, 2017 05:03 UTC