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Advisors threw urine to a 12-year-old boy and forced him to go to Rev. . Raphael Warnock, the former camper, now an adult, claimed in an interview.
Anthony Washington, 30, spoke to the Washington Free Beacon Monday about his summer 2002 experience at Camp Farthest Out in Carroll County, Maryland, which Warnock oversaw in his capacity as pastor for Douglas Memorial Community Church.
Washington was 12 years old when he was sent to the camp serving downtown Baltimore children. He told the outlet that after wetting his bed one evening, he was forced to sleep outside without a pillow, blanket, or anything else to keep him warm.
« [The consultants] wouldn’t let me in at all, » he told the Free Beacon. “Close the door to the cabin and lock it. ”
« It was dark, » Washington recalled, noting that there was nothing outside but a nearby basketball court. « You are not in a tent, you are not in anything. You’re out right now, God knows where. ”
Consultants also threw urine on him, which was left in a bucket that was used when they were unable to access a bathroom.
Washington said it saw consultants « snap up » children, but failed to make allegations of abuse, adding that it feared for himself and his sister.
Campers were forbidden to call their parents, he told the point of sale. When Washington was finally able to call his mother, she went to court.
That same year, Warnock, then 33, was taken away in handcuffs after disrupting a police interview with a camp counselor about possible cases of abuse.
However, the August 2002 incident did not result in charges being brought, and law enforcement later called what happened « a miscommunication. ”
“We noticed that they had misunderstandings. They were very helpful in further investigation. It would not have been judicious use of resources to prosecute them, « said then-prosecutor Tracy Gilmore in November this year to the Baltimore Sun.. .
Warnock was defending himself at the time, telling the Sun in August of that year that he and the other pastor in the camp “did well within the law and I am confident that we will be exonerated. ”
« It’s just unfortunate that our children had to handcuff their pastors away. My concern simply had to do with the presence of a lawyer. We cooperated fully in their investigation. We have nothing to hide. ”
All eyes were on two Senate battles in Georgia, both with GOP incumbents. The current Senate balance is 50 Republicans and 48 Democrats, which means that whichever party controls the upper chamber of Congress will be decided regardless of which way those two seats go.
If the Democrats win both seats and split the body evenly, Vice President Kamala Harris would break the tie, effectively giving the Democrats a majority of one vote.
President-elect Joe Biden carried Georgia just above President Trump, making it the first time a Democrat promoted the southern state since Bill Clinton had President George H. had defeated. W.. . Bush in 1992.
Democratic strategists have said that once red Georgia is within reach for their party, but GOP analysts have argued that it will be harder for the left to convince its voters in an election without Trump on the ballot to stand.
Warnock, currently senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where civil rights icon Rev. . Martin Luther King Jr.. once preached, Sen faces. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga. ).
Loeffler was not elected to their seat; She was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp for Sen. Johnny Isakson, who resigned in December for health reasons.
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