"Close the gap" in Indiana law Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/close-the-gap-in-indiana-law.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 4 Apr 2026 02:16 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mrs Anonymous [Signature #607] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23807748?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2020 07:41:07 UTC 23807748 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #606] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23461645?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Feb 2020 02:53:34 UTC 23461645 Ms LaRita Robinson [Signature #605] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23443021?utm_medium=rss Religious abuse IS abuse.

]]> Sun, 2 Feb 2020 11:53:56 UTC 23443021 Mrs Ann Dickey [Signature #604] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23442498?utm_medium=rss Absolutely horrible this ever happened and these abuses must be stopped.

]]> Sun, 2 Feb 2020 02:35:10 UTC 23442498 Audrey Bowser [Signature #603] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23440929?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Feb 2020 01:18:10 UTC 23440929 Mr Blaine Allen [Signature #602] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23440713?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Feb 2020 11:16:38 UTC 23440713 Roxanne Coffelt [Signature #601] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23439637?utm_medium=rss Controlling contact between students and their parents is a tool that protects abusers. Parents and students should never be prevented from unsupervised contact as a matter of policy. Freedom of religion stops where child abuse begins.

]]> Sat, 1 Feb 2020 03:59:14 UTC 23439637 Anonymous [Signature #600] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23421864?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:18:17 UTC 23421864 Todd Hepler [Signature #599] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23184207?utm_medium=rss This place has a long history of abusing the already abused. Anderson Cooper even covered an expose and still it’s doors remained open. The bondage of religion needs to have bounds.

]]> Mon, 22 Jul 2019 01:04:13 UTC 23184207 miss jennifer young [Signature #598] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22718883?utm_medium=rss this place in winoa lake indiana and places like this needs to be shut down for good. there is other places,better places to send girls that cant live at home no more. these kinds of places are not Gods work its his enemies work, its the devils work. please help these girls and boys if there is places like this for boys which i am sure there is.

]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:41:54 UTC 22718883 Mr. Bob Faulkner [Signature #597] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22669012?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Dec 2018 08:16:20 UTC 22669012 mr tim Engberts [Signature #596] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21960350?utm_medium=rss Angel Care

]]> Thu, 28 Dec 2017 12:17:35 UTC 21960350 Anonymous [Signature #595] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19849514?utm_medium=rss I see that this is from 2008. I am a victim of religious abuse myself, not from this place or necessarily to the extent of the accounts given here, but I am familiar with the exploitation of religious families. Please let me know if there is anything more I can do to help.

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:51:45 UTC 19849514 Ms Meagan Imel [Signature #594] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19849230?utm_medium=rss Places like this, where basic human rights and identity are denied, are and will continue to be a disgusting shame and disgrace in our country until someone stands up and does something about it. Victims of these places have had their voice taken away and to stand aside and allow people to continue to remain legally justified in using their god as an excuse for horrendous abuse and mistreatment would be a gross crime.

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2016 06:53:30 UTC 19849230 Ms Anonymous [Signature #593] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19849205?utm_medium=rss What goes on at Hephzibah House and places like this is absolutely disgusting and should not be allowed to continue. The fact that it has operated for decades now is a shame and a disgrace to our country.

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2016 06:33:13 UTC 19849205 Laura Rolen [Signature #592] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18851906?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2015 02:50:00 UTC 18851906 Mrs Christy Tubbs [Signature #591] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18478522?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:10:43 UTC 18478522 Anonymous [Signature #590] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16930667?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Mar 2014 09:53:00 UTC 16930667 ms sharon bach [Signature #589] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16315321?utm_medium=rss everyone should be held accountable no child should be physically or mentally abused.

]]> Tue, 26 Nov 2013 02:44:19 UTC 16315321 Mr Russell Beatrous [Signature #588] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15973513?utm_medium=rss Nothing like Hephzibah House should be allowed to stand unchallenged. Not here, not overseas, not anywhere.

We, as a species, should be better than this. We should be better than to let this happen without fighting it in any way possible.

Taking action to put an end to this abomination is something that doesn't require a belief, or lack of belief, in any God or other creed: it only requires a basic understanding of what you should and should not do to others, and a willingness to defend that understanding.

Whether this comment is read is immaterial. All that matters is that Hepzhibah House, and the monsters that created it, are driven out and hounded like the sick, repulsive scum that they have proven themselves to be.

]]> Wed, 9 Oct 2013 08:19:13 UTC 15973513 Scott Zuber [Signature #587] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14248405?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Dec 2012 02:11:45 UTC 14248405 Joshua Toten [Signature #586] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14202474?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Dec 2012 01:01:27 UTC 14202474 Nathaniel Thames [Signature #585] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14201667?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Dec 2012 07:42:08 UTC 14201667 jade tran [Signature #584] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12467517?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:18:47 UTC 12467517 lori james [Signature #583] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12327868?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Mar 2012 08:24:13 UTC 12327868 Mr. Ethan M. Griffiths [Signature #582] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12286490?utm_medium=rss It's always the religious isn't it...

]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:11:12 UTC 12286490 Sam Shekut [Signature #581] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12281012?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:38:59 UTC 12281012 Anonymous [Signature #580] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12267438?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:04:39 UTC 12267438 Ms. Sarah Boyk [Signature #579] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12266847?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:55:28 UTC 12266847 Anonymous [Signature #578] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12261956?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:27:16 UTC 12261956 Elora Scamardo [Signature #577] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12260743?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:56:44 UTC 12260743 Mr Jalen Daoust [Signature #576] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12260732?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:55:23 UTC 12260732 Mr. Thomas Yoder [Signature #575] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12260717?utm_medium=rss Hi

]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:52:39 UTC 12260717 Olivia Tharp [Signature #574] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12260704?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:51:15 UTC 12260704 Karena Amy [Signature #573] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12260703?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:50:43 UTC 12260703 Sarah Wilmore [Signature #572] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12260676?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:45:04 UTC 12260676 Ms Cecily White [Signature #571] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12260675?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:45:02 UTC 12260675 Alexandra Lewis [Signature #570] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12260667?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:43:47 UTC 12260667 Mrs. Regina Evina [Signature #569] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12214608?utm_medium=rss I was one of these young girls. All the reports of abuse are true. It was Hell on earth and no escape. Please help SHUT IT DOWN!!!!

]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:10:47 UTC 12214608 Julianna Lownsdale [Signature #568] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11996305?utm_medium=rss The fact that this place is still allowed to exist unsupervised is appalling and frightening. If nothing else, this needs media attention and political pressure.

]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:03:45 UTC 11996305 Mr Roger Mudd [Signature #567] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11864085?utm_medium=rss If my vote counts for anything let it be for the safety of kids.

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:38:17 UTC 11864085 Rev. Stephen James [Signature #566] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11808412?utm_medium=rss It is horrific that this is happening in Indiana, or anywhere. I cannot stand by and allow people to be treated this way. If you have the ability to change Indiana laws, and do nothing, then shame on you.

]]> Tue, 6 Dec 2011 04:46:21 UTC 11808412 Mr. Mark Ehle [Signature #565] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11738186?utm_medium=rss This is why I hate Christianity. Disgusting men and their women accomplices spreading their twisted version of the word of God, terrorizing and ruining young women. May the Williams rot hell.

]]> Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:29:51 UTC 11738186 Dishon Williams [Signature #564] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11734490?utm_medium=rss Do the right thing...

]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:12:43 UTC 11734490 Anonymous [Signature #563] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11427010?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 12:47:44 UTC 11427010 Mr. Michael Strait [Signature #562] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11326841?utm_medium=rss Ron Williams needs to go away for good.

]]> Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:06:00 UTC 11326841 Rhonda Richter [Signature #561] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11300083?utm_medium=rss This upsets me terribly! We need to teach with love, not fear. I wish I could hug each and every one of these girls.

]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:57:08 UTC 11300083 Ms. Karla Keffer [Signature #560] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11252524?utm_medium=rss I am appalled that this horrible place is still open!

]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 07:23:21 UTC 11252524 Ari Moore [Signature #559] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11204347?utm_medium=rss It's insane - and totally immoral - that this school is still open.

]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:41:37 UTC 11204347 Brian Shively [Signature #558] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11198730?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:49:14 UTC 11198730 Kelsea Jeter [Signature #557] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11195852?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:19:37 UTC 11195852 Ms Caitlin Latimer [Signature #556] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11186998?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:15:27 UTC 11186998 Ms Jennifer Guillen [Signature #555] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11184907?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:50:05 UTC 11184907 Ms. Lori Geer [Signature #554] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11182181?utm_medium=rss I cannot believe how long this has been going on. Someone needs to put an end to this - NOW. Save these poor young men and women.

]]> Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:07:34 UTC 11182181 Ms Sheil Cartwright [Signature #553] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11162829?utm_medium=rss I am disgusted to know I have driven past hephziba house for years never knowing it was there or the horrible abuse these girls have endured. My own 15 yr old girl was sent "away" because of problems. She is in a loving facility, I would die if I sent her to a place like hh & found out later. My heart aches for all the girls that have been there & for the mothers that didn't know where they were sending their girls. These girls NEED LOVE as well as discipline. Change these laws now! Protect them

]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:17:58 UTC 11162829 Ms. Ricki m. Warren [Signature #552] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11157745?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:35:24 UTC 11157745 Mrs Kayla Johnson [Signature #551] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11156682?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:25:32 UTC 11156682 phyllis knisley [Signature #550] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11153670?utm_medium=rss this is just like david corish and how can kosciusko county authroties allow this to continue.if the local authoriyies can not shut it down bring the feds in

]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:53:59 UTC 11153670 Kelsea Jeter [Signature #549] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11151821?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:20:08 UTC 11151821 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #548] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11146161?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:20:29 UTC 11146161 Gabriela Buzulak [Signature #547] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11145217?utm_medium=rss Shut Hephizbah HOuse down!!!

]]> Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:30:35 UTC 11145217 Natasha Littlepage [Signature #546] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11135366?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Sep 2011 01:23:36 UTC 11135366 Ms Alexandra Frith [Signature #545] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11135338?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Sep 2011 01:18:45 UTC 11135338 Mrs. Faith Konrath [Signature #544] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11127642?utm_medium=rss As a survivor of a similar institution as Hephzibah house, I implore you Governor Daniels to consider the lives at stake here. These are innocent lives being tortured because no one is getting involved. Although I believe in privacy and freedom for religious institutions, this has crossed the line. These girls need your help. Please step up and do something. Your actions will save the girls who are currently being abused as well as future victims of Hephzibah House.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2011 07:38:04 UTC 11127642 Mrs Allie Peach [Signature #543] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11127032?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 04:34:18 UTC 11127032 Maeve Oertly [Signature #542] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11126567?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 03:01:53 UTC 11126567 MS Rachel Garvin [Signature #541] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11126185?utm_medium=rss God is a God of love and this is absolutely disgusting in His eyes! Hurting so many young women who could have found His true love otherwise and be living a free life.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2011 01:49:02 UTC 11126185 Mr. David Buzulak [Signature #540] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11126036?utm_medium=rss I met Ron Williams and went to a church that believed just like him. We outed that Pastor. He beat his kids like mules-as we found out later. That pastor is in hiding in Fla., now. Same pattern in that church like at Winona. The children of that pastor have suffered much physical and menta trauma as well. JUSTICE needs to be served in a form of JAIL TIME. Remember the Nuremburg trials? Let's do the Winona Lake trials!!!

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2011 01:20:29 UTC 11126036 Mr Victor Gonzalez [Signature #539] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11123484?utm_medium=rss This place needs to be checked out. I know of many places that need shut down, as Fairhaven, run by Roger Veogtlin. Worse things have occured there, beatings resulting in broken bones, force feeding, starvations, seperation from family, alleged molestations by staff members, etc. Yet the state does nothing to investigate; does this church or pastor have that much political power?

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2011 12:05:21 UTC 11123484 Scott Logan [Signature #538] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11118625?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:17:30 UTC 11118625 Melanie Carter [Signature #537] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11118600?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:08:13 UTC 11118600 Mr Lance Goldsberry [Signature #536] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11118273?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 06:34:00 UTC 11118273 MRs Erica Barnes [Signature #535] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11118215?utm_medium=rss Every organization should be held up to public accountability/scrutiny. Religion is no excuse for abusive practice and any organization that has nothing to hide shouldn't fear.

]]> Sun, 4 Sep 2011 06:08:49 UTC 11118215 Mrs Erica Manglona [Signature #534] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11115400?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:38:18 UTC 11115400 Judy Peterson [Signature #533] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11115340?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:21:20 UTC 11115340 Lewis Wells [Signature #532] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11115318?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:15:00 UTC 11115318 Ms Grace Donoso [Signature #531] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11114959?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 07:01:57 UTC 11114959 Dr Anna Eklof [Signature #530] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11114046?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 12:29:38 UTC 11114046 Ms. Channah Grace Hinseth [Signature #529] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11114006?utm_medium=rss My sister was a Hephzibah House girl. Following the care she received there, Ron Williams advised that my sister go into a mental hospital. Because of his recommendation, we had her committed where she remains heavily medicated. After reading dozens of accounts the story of H.H. is the same, and it is unconscionable for agencies involved to suggest the girls’ stories are unproven. How many victims does it take? Hephzibah House needs to be closed permanently, and those monsters brought to justice

]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 11:56:18 UTC 11114006 Mrs. Laurie Mathers [Signature #528] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113982?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 11:41:51 UTC 11113982 Mrs Julia Pazdziora [Signature #527] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113870?utm_medium=rss Hephzibah House and other "schools" like it are just sickening. We cannot stand by and let these helpless girls be imprisoned any longer. Stop the child abuse!!!

]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 10:13:14 UTC 11113870 Mr Eric Pazdziora [Signature #526] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113583?utm_medium=rss It is a moral outrage that our laws permit this systemic and ongoing abuse in the name of religion. No religious doctrine condones these abuses; thus it is a disgrace to allow religious freedom to protect abusers. If there's a law preventing us from prosecuting those who take advantage of the innocent, that law is by definition unjust. End Hephzibah House now!

]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 06:54:58 UTC 11113583 Mr. Anonymous [Signature #525] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113147?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 03:57:11 UTC 11113147 Barbara Hatcher [Signature #524] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11112798?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 01:39:58 UTC 11112798 Ms. Christina Leslie [Signature #523] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11112502?utm_medium=rss Please put a stop to the violence these children face by changing the law in Indiana so that the government can get involved in helping the children and closing down this school.

]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 11:53:57 UTC 11112502 Mr Eugene Field [Signature #522] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11112445?utm_medium=rss I am formerly of Nappanee, Indiana. I visit Warsaw often and I am shocked that this type of institution exists there.

]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 11:31:47 UTC 11112445 Ms. Lucie Field [Signature #521] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11112437?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 11:29:15 UTC 11112437 Ms Laura Schroeder [Signature #520] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11111076?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 11:53:50 UTC 11111076 Linda Clark [Signature #519] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11110883?utm_medium=rss My niece was forced to go to this horrible place. She endured abuse and was isolated from her family. Just because this is a church affiliated organization should not mean they are exempt from following the law. We need to stop pretending they are doing nothing wrong and start protecting our young girls. Shut this place down, send these disgusting individuals to prison!

]]> Fri, 2 Sep 2011 08:42:38 UTC 11110883 Jennifer Cecere [Signature #518] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11110070?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 03:24:43 UTC 11110070 Mrs. Becky Dessellier [Signature #517] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11109495?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:35:49 UTC 11109495 Julie Beherns [Signature #516] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11109164?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 11:16:55 UTC 11109164 Mrs Cynthia McClaskey [Signature #515] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11108264?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 08:16:54 UTC 11108264 samantha njenga [Signature #514] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11107302?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 03:53:37 UTC 11107302 Ariel Olson [Signature #513] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11107044?utm_medium=rss It is atrocious and almost unfathomable that such horrific abuse and degradation is sanctioned by the state of Indiana. I wonder: would the governor and other political leaders be motivated to make a change if such indefensibly abusive treatment were perpetrated against their own daughters? How many more girls and women have to be held captive for years, cut off from family, repeatedly assaulted, traumatized & demoralized before someone with the power to help them makes their safety a priority?

]]> Fri, 2 Sep 2011 02:21:43 UTC 11107044 Anonymous [Signature #512] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11106904?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 01:16:26 UTC 11106904 Ms Tammy White [Signature #511] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11106882?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 01:03:14 UTC 11106882 Elizabeth Stroud [Signature #510] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11106826?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:24:04 UTC 11106826 Mr. Paul Deeds [Signature #509] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11106791?utm_medium=rss Hephzibah is not the only home that needs regulation. Any facility that cares for children needs someone regulating their practices or they will take advantage I have seen it first hand.

]]> Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:00:39 UTC 11106791 Adam Smith [Signature #508] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11106745?utm_medium=rss My heart goes out to the girls who have suffered at the Hephzibah House in Warsaw Indiana. I honor their bravery in coming fourth and speaking their truths. We must stop turning the other cheek, and stop child abuse.

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