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Boys Home of the South

Also known as Charles Aiken Academy

Closed Belton, South Carolina

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Address: 10612 Augusta Rd, Belton, SC 29627

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Boys Home of the South was a program in Belton, South Carolina.

Timeline

From the records: who ran it and the deals that moved it, its names, and the deaths, incidents, inspection findings, lawsuits and news stories on file. Point at an event, or tap "More about this", for the details.

2014
1. Incident
  Closure order
  A high-profile child sex abuse lawsuit forced Boys Home of the South to close in 2014; the campus reopened as a Christian campground.
  Closure order
  source
2. Incident
  Lawsuit
  A former resident filed a lawsuit in 2014 against Boys Home of the South and DSS alleging he was repeatedly molested by a worker over a decade earlier.
  Lawsuit
  source
2015
1. IncidentJuly 2015
  Investigation
  SC DSS investigated Boys Home of the South 36 times for abuse and neglect allegations between 2000 and 2014; outcomes not released.
  Investigation July 2015
  source

Incidents on record

2014 Closure order

A high-profile child sex abuse lawsuit forced Boys Home of the South to close in 2014; the campus reopened as a Christian campground.source
2014 Lawsuit

A former resident filed a lawsuit in 2014 against Boys Home of the South and DSS alleging he was repeatedly molested by a worker over a decade earlier.source
July 2015 Investigation

SC DSS investigated Boys Home of the South 36 times for abuse and neglect allegations between 2000 and 2014; outcomes not released.source

Documents

From the Unsilenced archive

1 document about Boys Home of the South that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their whole folder: Boys Home of the South.

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Reporting this program

This program closed, so the state agency that licensed it can no longer act against it. Other channels may still be able to: the boards that license the people who worked here, law enforcement, and the civil courts.

The South Carolina reporting channels list each one and what it can do. Time limits depend on the state, the kind of harm and the survivor's age, and many states have lengthened or removed them for child sexual abuse, so a program closing long ago does not by itself mean it is too late. Laws change, so the time limits we list were correct when we checked them but may have been updated since; a lawyer can tell you where things stand now.

Timeline

2014

2015

Incidents on record

Documents

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