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Here is a blog off of Bobby Morse's site North Burma Mission explaining how his charges were dropped. "Dear Friends and Faithful Supporters and Prayer Partners, Greetings! After nearly 10 months or so, it is good to finally be able to announce to you that the court has dropped the alleged false charges of child molestation of under-aged girls at the Mae Teng Hostel! After reviewing the evidence, the court has determined that the teachers intentionally brought false charges against me and my dorm parent by coercing, intimidating and forcing the girls who were under-age at the time to make false testimonies and claims that they had been inappropriately touched. That court has determined that there is no evidence to that charge. In fact, when the allegations were finally made by the teachers (2 years after the initial charge by the teachers to the police) and not by the kids or their parents, and the media had their day with this news, it was the four girls themselves and their parents who became irate and very upset and came to the defense of myself and the hostel parent. The girls, who had transferred back to their home village schools, from the school where the teachers had made the initial false charges were now two years older and were out from the daily intimidation and when they saw the allegations in the news papers and TV, came forward and gave new-fresh testimony incriminating the teachers who had made these false allegations and charges. I want to thank all of you who had confidence in my integrity and me and stood by me in prayer and support. I feel a real sense of relief and vindication. Indeed, I feel like a great burdensome cloud has lifted off my shoulders. I thank God for His goodness, mercy and grace. I know this has come about due to your many constant prayers. So, thank you!!! The spiritual battle is still not over yet, so please continue to pray for me, my wife and our children and this ministry to the Tribal Children and the new Video ministry called GospelVision Ministries. Concerning these false allegations, we know that this was a frontal attack by the enemy, Satan. So, lets not let down our guards but continue to persevere and be fervent in our prayers for God’s continual protection and guidance and continue to run the race towards that finish line. I will admit there were moments I thought what’s the use of praying? I found myself sometimes even saying; God knows everything, yet he tarries! So, what’s the use? Well, I’m glad you all continued to pray when I was wavering. So again, thank you from the depths of my heart for your confidence and prayers. There were many months I felt alone and since I had this media gag, imposed by the lawyer, and couldn’t speak about these charges, it made things worst. I thank Tassanee my wife and Melody and Bert our children who stood by me in thick and thin. Many of you have no doubt read and heard of these charges and were curious and perhaps were even upset or doubtful due to the media blackout. I’m very sorry for that. I will try to start up the newsletters and regular reports again. I thank Joshua and Krystle for doing a good job of passing on tidbits to many of you through his letters and emails. I am now ready to put this whole incident behind me and go forward with the work, which is before us. Throughout this ordeal, I never missed a day of work and have continued to work with the Hostel kids here in Chiangmai while I felt the need to close down the Maeteng Hostel due to the attitude of the Teachers in those schools there. I felt the teachers were very hostile to our children and me and didn’t want to put the kids in an environment of constant intimidation and ridicule. So, I closed the Maeteng Hostel. Throughout this ordeal, I also continued to work with my staff, working on video dubbing projects and completed dubbing the book of ACTS and are presently half finished dubbing the book of MATTHEW as well. During this time, we also recorded and finished a series of sermons on Thanks giving in the Lisu language. We also recorded and a number of DVDs of a Lisu Choir in China and a number of other sermons including a sermon by myself. There is so much work ahead of us that I feel we can’t loose a day so are already making future plans including a seminar in China on Discipleship. We are also planning a trip into China to deliver equipment and set up a recording studio as well as do more Video and Audio recording/editing training in China. We then plan to dub the book of John in China by May and June of 2010. This weekend we are having our annual Hostel Christmas celebrations. We will have a sermon and performances by the kids on Saturday evening followed by services Sunday morning. Would appreciate your prayers as we are hoping to have a baptismal service following the Sunday service. Christmas and New Year are just around the corner, so I want to take this opportunity to wish every one of you a wonderful and Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!! I just wish the very best for you and your family and loved ones and that you will be blessed with good health, happiness, success and an improved economy. That the God that sent Angels to appear to the shepherds to declare the Good News that a Savior was born would appear to you in a very personal and tangible way and bring Joy and Happiness into your home and your lives.
Again, I just wanted to let you know from me that the charges against me have been dropped. We are now just waiting for the formal notification of the court’s verdict. So thanks again for your continued support and prayers. God bless you all."
Mae Taeng Thailand Sexual Abuse
May, 2009 Other sources close to the story say that there are other missionaries at this same mission who have been suspected of sexually abusing girls as well.
Meanwhile the Morse website insists that Bobby Morse is innocent, and the website continues to ask for money. Enquiries at the US Embassy by Oregon Congressman Wu's office regarding the case and the Protect Act of 2003 were met with a rebuff, that the Privacy Act prevents the Embassy from telling a congressman anything. We have always considered that at BEST the Embassy turns a blind eye to these things given the long term relationship to powerful wartime missionaries.
Robert Moss identified as Bobby Morse on this website:
13th March One worrying thing that has been conveyed to me is that these guys are out on bail, possibly back to their alleged crimes. Despite the fame or good deeds that someone may attain or do in life, all alleged child abusers should be locked up once arrested and charged. No bail, zero tolerance. People like this leave the country. Just hope the police confiscated Morse’s passport. He would most certainly have one if he travels so frequently to countries like Myanmar and China and other global destinations. Watch out that he doesn’t get on a flight to somewhere. The abuse of children in Thailand is illegal. It is reprehensible no matter who the perpetrator is. No excuses, ever, ever. Lock up all child abusers and throw away the key.
North Burma Christian Mission
March 31, 2009 Update: Mr. Morese is already released on bail, freedom for missionary phaedophiles of course! Robert Moss/aka Bobby Morse, is a third generation missionary. Coming from one of the most powerful church familes in the north of Thailand, their history goes back 100 years or so, to Yunnan province, China, which they left in 1932, through work in Laos , Burma, and probably Vietnam, to their presence in Chiang Mai. Another powerful family such as the Youngs (Bill Young Opium Trader of Luang Namtha, Laos), missionaries, close affiliation with the US Embassy (Bill Young is CIA) and the hegemony of missions in the north of Thailand. The Akha and other hilltribe nothing more than their tools to get the money and power they want. See our page on Robert Moss - Bobby Morse The two blogs in Thailand that covered the story quickly pulled the articles, showing the power of the missions to sexually abuse Akha and other children and cover it all up. Must have been the girls fault?
Where is the US Embassy enforcing this as a case to take Mr. Moss Morse back to the US for sex abuse charges? Are missionaries exempt from prosecution? Especially old family name missionaries? Like Vern McCauley of Eden House Children's Home (YWAM Chiangrai) said (on video in the film "Prisoners of a White God") when asked about the rape of an Akha girl by a Missionary: "We wouldn't want to talk about that, it would give missionaries a bad name." How many cases will there have to be of children being raped before missionaries in Thailand are no longer immune? These phaedophiles go where there are children, where they can have control, and that means missions that specialize in setting it all up by taking the Akha children away from their families. There needs to be a bounty on these missionaries, it needs to be made unmistakably clear, till their knees are pounding together, that the best thing they can do while they are still alive is get on a plane and get the hell out of there. You can do your part by calling or emailing the US Embassy in Bangkok, and the US Consul in Chiangmai and asking about the Moss Morse case. First Story Robert Moss (seated right) and Chailong Siriwong are questioned at the headquarters of Police Bureau Region 5’s Juvenile and Women’s Protection Division.
Two men charged with sexual abuse of young girls in their care Two men, one American and one Thai, were recently arrested and charged with sexual abuse against a number of young hill tribe girls between the ages of 13 and 15. It seems that the two men’s abuse of the young girls in their charge may have been continuing unreported for a number of years. The men were questioned and charged at Police Bureau Region 5’s Juvenile and Women’s Protection Division; a search of the foundation’s premises resulted in the seizure of CDs and DVDs which will be used as evidence. Robert Moss, 55, the proprietor of Hor Fuang Fah, a foundation which supplied accommodation and access to education for hill tribe girls, with premises in Muang and Mae Taeng districts, together with his employee Chailong Siriwong, 49, are, at present, denying the charges. During questioning, Chailong insisted that he had not sexually abused the girls, and that he had loved them as would a father. He refused to comment about Moss’s involvement, stating that it was “none of his business”. Prior to the two men’s arrest, Somboon Jai-ngarm, the principal of Mae Tang’s Sop Perng Wittaya School, had become concerned about the behaviour of a number of young girls from the foundation’s Mae Taeng premises who were being educated at the school. The students seemed ill, nervous and depressed, and were often found crying. Suspecting child sexual abuse, Somboon contacted local police, and was finally able to persuade 7 of the girls to talk with police. After the subsequent arrest of their alleged abusers, the victims felt able to tell their full stories. The Hor Fuang Fah foundation was supposedly acting to sponsor selected students from impoverished hill tribe families living in Chiang Rai’s Mae Suay district, providing them with education and a place to stay in Chiang Mai. The accused Thai, Chailong, originally from Mae Suay, was employed by Moss to drive the girls to and from school and to perform housekeeping duties. At least 100 young girls were resident at the facility. However, during questioning by police, the possibility that the foundation was being run for the financial benefit of its proprietor was revealed. Each student’s family was charged 3,000 baht annually for accommodation, food and transportation to school, and another 10,000 baht for education services. It is being suggested that the bulk of the charges, plus national and international donations received by the foundation, were retained by Moss. One of the abuse victims told the school’s principal that girls staying at the dormitories often went hungry, as food was in short supply. Another said that she was afraid she would have to die before she could get away from Moss and Chailong, and that if she could escape, she would never go back. Others said that on many occasions, Moss and Chailong would force girls to go with them to their private quarters in order to ‘give a massage’. Outsiders were not permitted to enter the foundation’s premises, even when girls were sick and needed medical attention, or when the school’s principal needed to check on their health. The children were also forced to work in Moss’s orchard. Since the arrests, almost half the girls have left the foundation’s premises; a number have been sent to other children’s homes in Chiang Mai, others have been taken back to their villages by their parents. Some, who have been terrified by the constant threat of abuse, have refused to return to the facility. Pol Lt Col Thawatchai Yoomark, deputy superintendent of the Juvenile and Women’s Protection Division, said that police suspect that a further number of organisations may be acting in this manner, and that their founders’ and executives’ history and profiles were being investigated by the authorities. Data on Robert Moss - aka- Bobby Morse
From Lisu Diary, a great site of blah blah blah what wonderful fukcs missionaries are, with Jesus jargon thrown in every five minutes.
WE ARE NOW IN CHINA I want you to know that we have made a change of plans over the last couple of weeks. Originally we were intending to return to Batang, the site where Greg's and Bobby's grandparents served. We have decided not to tack that on to the end of our trip primarily because of the logistic strain after an already full week of travel by bus and so we can linger longer at various sites as we meet with Lisu Christians Posted by gregogden 05:32
ACTS IN LISU We also had a chance to hear David Morse, Bobby's cousin, describe the updating of the translation of the Lisu Bible that they hope to complete by the end of the year. This will occur along with the notes from the NIV Study Bible. So they will have the first Lisu Study Bible in print soon. When you think of the people who will count in eternity vs. those who count now, the tables will be turned. Donald Trump, who is he? (Well far as we know he isn't busy raping Akha hill tribe girls) The Morse family is off the charts amazing. (yes, you bet, first in line for sex abuse of Akha children stolen from their families) To sum it up. What can't be done? This is their attitude. (yeah, they are priveledged, they can get away with anything) With the Lord anything is possible.
So Divine A Divine Appointment By Greg Ogden Every once and a while the Lord makes His presence known in such a way that you can’t help but think, “No Question, there is a God after all!” This happened for the Ogdens the weekend of our Mission Fest. We received a last minute call asking us if we could host Don and Pam Leonard of Vernacular Video Mission International. We had never met the Leonards, nor had we any idea in what aspect of world mission they were involved. We got them settled in on the Thursday night of their arrival. Since Friday is my day off, Lily and I spent some time in the morning to get to know the Leonards before they ran off for their day’s activities. In my prayer time earlier that morning the Lord had impressed on my spirit a simple message, “It is important that the Leonards are here.” Some Background In order to appreciate the dramatic discoveries and connections that were soon to be made, you need some background. My paternal grandparents, James and Minnie Ogden, were Disciples of Christ missionaries in Tibet in the early part of the last century. In 1906 James and Minnie joined Dr. Albert and Flora Shelton in Batang, Tibet. Batang is now located in Western China, and is considered a border community at about 8500 feet elevation. Over a period of approximately 25 years 8 missionary families populated what became known as the Tibetan Christian Mission. The Mission closed in 1932 when support dwindled because of the Depression. Throughout my childhood and adult life there frankly had been only occasional interest in my grandparents work, because my own father had disassociated himself in a major way from this part of his life. Though he was raised in Batang from the ages of 2-17, certainly formative years, but because of some negative experiences, he only intermittently made reference to this part of his life.Yet, recently the interest had intensified, because I had received a speaking invitation for a conference to be held in Katmandu, Nepal in March of 2009. Lily and I had already made arrangements with my brother and sister to tie this into an adventurous excursion to Batang to reconnect with this part of our family heritage. We reasoned if we get as far as Nepal, we might as well keep going to Eastern Tibet.
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