Adelphl Academies in the 1970s, a front for Child sexual abuse ring, Boys Farm, Inc. produced CP (pizzagate)

submitted ago by kestrel9

Chicago Tribune May 17, 1977 (third of a four part report)

...."Sexual exploitation of children is not only nationwide but worldwide."

M1 SAID , a clandestine for the "boy love" market that is published in Chicago, Its well known in Los Angeles. He also said boys are recruited in Los Angeles for a na- homosexual ring that is headquartered in Chicago.

A case in New Orleans, which led to arrests in other parts of the country, further demonstrates the connections that exist between child abusers In widely scattered localities.

New Orleans police, acting on a tip, last summer arrested Richard S. Hal- and Raymond T, Wood1all -on charges they had set up a Boy Scout troop for the purpose of sexually abusing children. .

Eventually 19 men were charged in the case with multiple counts of crimes against nature. New Orleans -Detective Mason Spong said the investigation extended into 34 states.

Among those arrested were Richard C. Jacobs of A'lington, Mass., mil- president of the Jet Spray Corp. and a former part-owner of the New England Patriots football team; Robert B. Mallers, a California millionaire; and Hugh Scott Mellor of Brighton, Mass., millionaire president of a real estate holding company.

New Orleans police said Jacobs has forfeited a $50,000 bond to avoid standing trial in Louisiana.

They said Halvorsen and Woodall went to New Orleans from Coral Gables, Fla., where they had worked as maintenance men for the Adelphi Academies, identified by Florida police as a former male prostitution front that-was recently sold to legitimate operators.

In 1974, Halvorsen nad Woodall organized Boy Scout Troop 137 with about 40 boys as members. From that group they selected about 10 to go on Scout trips. Police said sex sets between the men and boys occurred during these trips, and in the process one boy suffered inju- ries that resulted in his being hospitalized.

Halvorson and 'Richard A. 'Pass,, one of the 19 men charged in the case, also recruited boys for sex by working with community volunteer agencies dealing with runaways or boys from broken homes, police said. They said the two men gave the boys guitars and - cles as an inducement.

New Orleans District Att. Harry Connick said the Scout leaders also drew up applications for state and federal money to establish and operate homes for boys, but had not carried through with these plans.

PETER BRADFORD, formerly a CO- owner of the Adelphl Academies, is among the 19 men charged in New Orleans. Sgt. Tony, Raimondo of the Coral Gables police Said evidence shows that Halvorsen went to a number of mothers in New Orleans and recruited six boys for the Adelphl Academies.

He told the women he could get free scholarships for their sons to a Coral Gables school that would provide better education than they were getting.

Now Orleans police said Bradford then flew to, New Orleans and had sex with one of the boys and met the parents. Bradford flew back to Coral Gables and the six New Orleans boys subsequently enrolled at the academy.

Bradford is charged with two counts of aggravated crimes against nature in New Orleans but Has forfeited bond and remained In Miorlda, where no charges have been filed against him,

As in indication of tie close links that exist among child sex abusers, police said the address book of John Norman, now in the Illinois state prison at Pontiac, contained the name of Raymond Woodall. According to Chicago police, Norman operated a ring that sent boys around the country to serve a net- work of homosexual clients.

Woodall and Halvorsen have both been' convicted and are awaiting sentencing.

A police search of. Halvorsen's files turned up the of Rev. Claudius Ira :[Bud] Jr., 47, who operated a. home for wayward boys in Winchester, Tenn.

Tennessee authorities were notified; and began an investigation. Vermilye was eventually arrested on charges that his Boys Farm, Inc., which had been partly financed with state and county funds, was a front for child pornography and sexual abuse. Vermilye is awaiting trial on 16 charges, including 3 counts of crimes against nature, 8 of aiding and abetting crimes against nature, 4 counts of contributing to the delinquency of minors, and one of using minors in the production of pornographic materials.

Tennessee authorities were notified; and began an investigation. Vermilye was eventually arrested on charges that his **Boys Farm, Inc., **which had been partly financed with state and county funds, was a front for child pornography and sexual abuse. Vermilye is awaiting trial on 16 charges, including 3 counts of crimes against nature, 8 of aiding and abetting crimes against nature, 4 counts of contributing to the delinquency of minors, and one of using minors in the tion of pornographic materials.

TENNESSEE ATTY. Gen. J. 1 Pope said Vermilye, divorced and the father of five sons, showed obscene m- to the boys to arouse them sexually and gave them liquor to overcome . <
Then he encouraged them to engage in orgies, and filmed the with a hidden camera, Pope said. He some of the films was sold to "sponsors" to raise money and some of the sponsors came o the farm to have sex with the boys. Police seized a list of more than 270 "active sponsors" of the farm.

4 TRIBUNE investigation of the Tennessee case disclosed that a half-dozen Illinois men had bought films from the priest, Including one who paid more than $4,000.

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kestrel9 ago

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The New Orleans and Tennessee cases turned up evidence of another homosexual network involving the Church of the New Revelation of Kearny, N. J., the Ocean Living Institute of New Jersey, Brother Paul's Children's Mission on North Fox Island, Mich., and the Educational Foundation for Youth of Illinois.

Further information on these operations came with the arrest last July of Gerald Richards, a Port Eluron, Mch., man subsequently convicted of having had sex with a 1i0year old boy .

Richards told all four of these organizations were fronts for :homosexual activity involving boys and all were set up as tax dodges. He Identified himself as the organizer of Brother Paul's Children's Mission.

(This was the topic I was originally researching (Francis Shelden and Fox Island, Brother Paul's Children's Mission) when I found this article so full of names and places! The computer translation gives odd characters and misspellings so I'm posting most of it with corrections, makes it easier to read all the way around).

THE CHURCH of the New Revelation, which police said placed advertisements in a homosexual publication in California, was granted tax-exempt status by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as a charity.

"There Is no church," said Pete Bouldin, an investigator with the Tennessee attorney general s office. "It's just a referral agency which distributes porn around the country."

Police said leaders of the organization drew up plans to obtain federal, state and county funds for child care homes they planned to establish for homosexual and pornographic purposes.

A letter to Richards from Dyer Grossman, a Now York teacher and officer of the four organizations, said counties would pay up to $110 per month per boy, states would pay up to $400, and federal agencies up to $700.

GROSSMAN, A member of a wealthy Long Island family, is sought by the FBI on charges of sex conduct with 10- and 14-year-old boys In Michigan.

Francis D. Shelden,40, an Ann Arbor, Mich, millionaire sought on sex charges. with boys 8 and 11 years old, owns North Fox Island where Brother Paul's Children's Mission operated. Police said pictures that later turned up in pornographic magazines were 'taken on the island. Shelden's name also appears among "sponsors" of the Boys Farm in Tennessee.

IN NEW YORK, another pornography investigation led last month to the arrest of eight alleged pornographers on felony charges and the seizure of 4,000 copies of pornographic films involving children 8 to 12 years old.

Manhattan District Atty. Robert M. Morgenthaus told The Tribune that much of the film material processed in New York was destined for sale in Chicago.

New York undercover detectives made a $20,000 purchase of 4,000 copies of two child pornography films at Criterion Film Labs Inc. Police then raided the lab and also seized thousands of copies of 100 pornographic films at Hol-Jay Studios.

"The pornographers were duplicating films but there is no evidence any of the films were made in New York, Morgenthau said.

Part four TOMORROW: Why haven't the child pornographers been legislated out of business?

Looks like that last question was never answered openly but we know...because PIZZAGATE that's why!

kestrel9 ago

Related to Francis Sheldon and Fox Island.... http://www.truecrimediary.com/index.cfm?page=cases&id=132

1975 Oakland County Child Killings

Over a 13-month period, four white, middle class kids, two boys and two girls, were abducted, kept alive for several days, and murdered. The killer was dubbed "The Babysitter," because the children showed evidence of having been cleaned and fed their favorite foods.

The Suicide

A life of privilege wasn't enough protection in the end.

Boarding school in Switzerland, multiple homes --- they mean nothing when you're sick inside and can't, or won't, stop yourself.

It was the Monday before Thanksgiving, 1978, when police were called to investigate a suicide in one of metropolitan Detroit's wealthiest neighborhoods.

The 27-year-old man lying in bed with a bullet between his eyes had led a troubled life for a long time.

He'd been repeatedly arrested for criminal sexual conduct with minors.  His obsession was boys, many, many boys, coerced, bribed, and forced.

Neighbors would recall a parade of young boys traipsing through the house.  When things got bad, the man's wealthy parents would appear with a quiet request and a wad of cash.

Now he was dead, a 22-caliber rifle by his side.

The man's name was Christopher Busch.  Sound familiar?  You might recall the blurb about the North Fox Island child pornography ring:  "Police confiscated eight rolls of film from Christopher Busch, 25, of Birmingham."

Christopher Busch.  He was also the Oakland County Child Killing suspect who had implicated himself in the case during a polygraph with Larry Wasser, though the victims' families, and the public, wouldn't learn his name until that fateful conversation at a Las Vegas convention nearly 30 years after his death.

abcdefg222 ago

Wow. Lots of names here. I've never heard about any of this. I have a lot to look into. This is horrible. Have you looked into how much time they got? Specifically all of the active sponsors at the farm. Hundreds. what are these people doing today?

kestrel9 ago

I know, I just found the article last night...a lot of digging to do no doubt. We know how the Franklin scandal was swept over, but with such an established nationwide pedophile ring already in place in 1977, it's beyond hard to believe that there aren't ties between some of the players.

The more instances we can show of a continuity of the nationwide pedo ring, and then ties to the international UK systemic pedo nation that they are, things just keep getting uglier, and what seems like unrelated events may just be symptoms or cover up of that underlying international sex trafficking, child porn industry.