This is a staff list for Evangeline Christian Home for Girls in St. Martinville/Lafayette, LA
(aka EvangelHouse, EvangelHouse Christian Academy, Live Oak Behavioral Health Group, LLC)
(we are working to acquire the complete records for ALL years)
We advise current and/or former staff to report any abuses you may have witnessed while working at Evangeline Christian Home for Girls. For information on your rights and how to take action, visit www.heal-online.org/blowthewhistle.htm. If you were fired or forced to resign because you opposed any illegal and/or unethical practices at Evangeline Christian Home for Girls, you have the right to take action.
If you were harmed (family or survivor) by Evangeline Christian Home for Girls, please contact info@heal-online.org if you remember the long-term employees and from which years. This will help! Also, if you recognize any of these staff as having worked at another program, please send in any information about their past or present employment at other facilities and/or cults.
Please don’t place your loved one in ECHG and rescue them if they are there now.
|
Name |
Unit/Position |
Additional Information |
| Mark Barrentine | Founder/Executive Director | Also worked at Cypress Behavioral Health Hospital. He was also the Executive Director of Teen Challenge in Acadiana (Lafayette, LA). Teen Challenge is a confirmedly abusive cult. |
| Leslie Beckman | Home Director | Beckman has been with ECHG since 2004. |
| Tola Olufade | Home Director | |
| Karen Barrentine (Mark's wife) | Teacher | Mrs. Barrentine combines the Teen Challenge curriculum with supplemental materials. This is stated on the ECHG website as of July 20th, 2009. |
| Verity DeJean | Teacher | |
| Dana Gates | Office Staff | |
| Laura Clark | Office Staff | Licensed minister with Assemblies of God church. Teen Challenge is affiliated with the Assemblies of God. |
| Lynn & Peggy Aurich | Retreat Staff | Retreats held in Pensacola, FL. |
| Tommy & Lisa Faulk | Retreat Staff | Pastor/Wife of Lafayette First Assembly of God church (associated with Assemblies of God/Teen Challenge). |
| OTHER | OTHER | Affiliated with NATSAP. Also, they use a 5 level behavior modification phase system. This is standard coercive thought reform and psychologically damaging to children/teens. They are also associated with confirmedly abusive Lighthouse Christian Academy (a.k.a. Victory Christian Academy). |
| NO OTHER NAMES | NO OTHER TITLES | Please contact us to report additional staff/staff information.* |
| *(Evangeline Christian Home for Girls, like many other programs in this industry, keeps a "tight lid" on any specific information regarding their staff, qualifications, and practices. Please contact us with the names of any staff of which you have firsthand knowledge or experience. Thank you for your help.) | ||
| Teen Challenge Information--See www.heal-online.org/StraightandTeenChallenge.htm | ||
| HEAL is in the process of reviewing the enrollment materials for EvangelHouse Christian Academy. In the meantime, we recommend families compare the EvangelHouse contract to the contract and review of Teen Challenge Ranch's enrollment materials. | ||
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