dianeolsen You are assuming way too much. I was on a survival trip and Larry Olsen was Richie's assistant. After that trip I would occasionally see Larry in passing. Did not get close to him after that. I very much appreciate your concern for your children. Nevertheless I do not understand how you could put Rick Lazio's name out there and not back up your contention that he cou
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dianeolsen How did Rick Lazio enter the dialogue? What could possibly be the connection?
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According to "The Foibles of Abba" article one 35 year old former elder said he would like to tell Hickman this: "You took the most precious thing in a man's life-the desire to reach out to God, to be spiritual-and you used that...That's inexcusable. I left the Hickman community in February 1982. I will not go into all of the wandering of the ensuing years; never
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In a recent pm I was informed that I was mistaken in my understanding that I was to remain anonymous as I stated in my first posting. Let me just say it is my hope that I will someday hear of the community being dissolved once and for all; and perhaps many could begin that moving on adventure.
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Being aware that current members may peek in at this site I am addressing this post to Richie Walsh. Dear Richie, I came upon this site two years ago. I would have thought the whole "Community" thing would have been dissolved long ago. Instead, not only am I reading of all the hurt, disillusionment, and shattered lives; but now I read that a new generation has been spawned
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