Fletcher Brothers
Pastor Fletcher A. Brothers is a fundamentalist preacher and author from Carthage, New York.[1]
Freedom Village
Brothers is best known as the founder of Freedom Village USA, a home for troubled teens operated from a Christian Fundamentalist perspective and founded in Lakemont, New York in 1981.[2] The campus was the site of the Lakemont Academy, a secular boys boarding school. Freedom Village also operated an office in Burlington, Ontario and it had many students from Canada.[citation needed]
Freedom Village came under fire when it was revealed to be paying workers less than minimum wage, and for the punishment practiced on students.[3]
Brothers had to sell the Lakemont property to cover his millions of dollars in debt after he was denied the ability to file for bankruptcy.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Pastor Fletcher Brothers". fletcher-brothers.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007.
- ^ Robertson, Michael James (2006). Conquerors for Christ. Xulon Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-60034-503-6. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ^ Moore, Thad; Hobbs, Stephen. "Christian teen home relocating to SC mountains punishes students on 'the woodpile'". Post and Courier. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Freedom Village property sold for $1.05 million by Gates Community Chapel". The Chronicle Express. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ Craig, Gary. "Freedom Village: Faith-based organization has long been followed by reporters, and creditors". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 29 November 2020.