Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Potomac Falls Lacrosse beats undefeated Tuscorara

After 4 straight losses to the Huskies the Panthers take charge.

see full details here:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/girls-lacrosse-sydney-knego-and-potomac-falls-knock-off-tuscarora/2015/04/30/6481032c-ecfe-11e4-8666-a1d756d0218e_story.html

Friday, May 1, 2015

Potomac Falls High School Track Team places well at Wolverine Classic Track Invitational

Both the girls team and boys team took a respectable 3rd place out of 16 schools at the Wolverins Classic Track Invitational held at Woodgrove High School, April 17, 2015 in Purcellville Virginia.  A win in the 3200 meter relay led the Potomac Falls girls in scoring.  Ayveri Lane, Natalie Clemm, Kelly Mogensen, Deirdre Gilmore finished with a time of 10:07.36

For complete details, see:  http://www.loudountimes.com/sports/article/Briar_Woods_runs_girls_title_Wolverine_Classic_Track_Invitational274

Calvary Temple’s contentious history | LoudounTimes.com

Calvary Temple’s contentious history | LoudounTimes.com



In December 1982, eight people were charged with kidnapping two Calvary Temple women 

Threats of blackmail against Sterling’s Calvary congregants investigated

The blackmail Troxell refers to came from head Calvary pastor Starr Scott's son, Starr Scott II. 

In a post on former congregants Facebook page, where they continue to plan protests, Scott II wrote: 

“I have DIRT on everyone! Both sides. Protesters included! I was trying to stay neutral in the matter but if my name is gonna start being thrown around then everyone else's texts, videos, emails, backgrounds, etc. will go public! You don't want to piss me off.” 

UPDATE: Community protests Sterling’s Calvary Temple church amid allegations of sexual abuse | LoudounTimes.com

UPDATE: Community protests Sterling’s Calvary Temple church amid allegations of sexual abuse | LoudounTimes.com



Families who all say they had experienced some type of abuse at the hands of the Pentecostal church's leaders – whether it was physical, sexual or emotional – found they had a safe haven with each other. 

Some had not seen each other in decades. Others had been communicating via social media about their experiences for years, but together they found a camaraderie: expose the public to practices they say have gone on for years behind Calvary Temple's closed doors. 

Broken trust

...For 19 years we laughed, cried, served and prayed together at Calvary Temple. We were married there. Two new babies. Friends. Family. Community. Then our spiritual journey took a different path.
In 2007 the leadership got wind of our plans to leave. During a worship service we were summoned to a pastor’s backroom office for an hour long interrogation. “Get your things and go.” Nineteen years, just like that. A few tearful goodbyes and phone calls. Within 24 hours every relationship was obliterated.

EDITORIAL: When law enforcement is more than a matter of faith | LoudounTimes.com

EDITORIAL: When law enforcement is more than a matter of faith | LoudounTimes.com



...former members of Calvary Temple returned to the church they once called home. Rather than driving their vehicles into the half-empty church lot off of Tripleseven Road in Sterling, they parked their vehicles on the side of the road, gathered across the street from the church and waved signs protesting tactics by church leaders that, they said, resulted in the sexual and physical abuse of minors, kidnapping, brainwashing, coercion, divorce and the break-up of families.

Loudoun deputies ask public for information about alleged Calvary Temple sexual assault | LoudounTimes.com

Loudoun deputies ask public for information about alleged Calvary Temple sexual assault | LoudounTimes.com



The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office on Thursday ask anyone with any information regarding an ongoing investigation into a sexual assault allegation at Sterling's Calvary Temple church to contact detectives. 



Detectives from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Sex Crimes Unit are asking anyone who has any information regarding this investigation to call the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at 703-777-0475.