Both men say Bradley Earl Reger’s trips to Echo Ranch gave him access to children with little or no supervision from other adults.
A cross by the shore at Echo Ranch Bible Camp in the early 2000s. A more recent photo of the same scene now illustrates the camp’s facebook page.
Earlier this month, former Juneau resident Troy Wilson, who says that Reger abused him on trips to California, Both men described a trusted, prominent church member operating with no real oversight. They say Reger abused them for years, and that his trips to Echo Ranch gave him access to children with little or no supervision from other adults — and it’s not clear if there were any protocols for keeping children safe.
Winfrey said he was 10 years old when Reger first abused him, under the guise of a physical exam. Winfrey’s family attended the Susanville Church of the Nazarene. Reger led the church’s youth programming, including a group called SuzNaz Youth. Winfrey was a member.Winfrey and Fox both told KTOO that Reger would take about a dozen members of SuzNaz Youth to Alaska, and the trips would last for several weeks.
“The abuse was very short in duration for the most part,” Fox said. “But almost constant — like, multiple times a trip.” “There was never anyone that would have ever said, ‘Hey, you can’t take that kid over to the clinic,’” Fox said. “He did what he wanted.”Avant Ministries, the camp’s parent organization, told KTOO that Reger never worked for the camp — only that he volunteered there “in the 1970’s and sporadically over years that followed.” But a 2014for its 50th anniversary, calls Reger a “camp supporter” and describes an involvement that spanned decades.
Rhein said he managed the camp’s horse program from 1996 to 2006. He remembers Reger’s trips with SuzNaz Youth. He also said that he remembers Reger acting as the camp’s nurse for part of one summer — a memory that other sources shared. “Accountability is important,” he said. “We have not done a good job being honest about the bad things that happened in the church.”
Both men described Reger as a respected and prominent member of the church. But both men also remember Reger behaving inappropriately in public during the trips — walking around in just his briefs, or walking into children’s hotel rooms unannounced.A cabin at Echo Ranch Bible Camp. Winfrey says his church youth group built the cabin during a visit to the camp with Brad Reger in the early 2000s. in California in 1986 for child sex abuse, then again in 2003, 2006 and 2007.
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