At long last, the Christian founders of the “Circle of Hope Girls’ Ranch and Boarding School” in Missouri have been arrested on 102 criminal charges of abuse. It’s about damn time. All it took was the founders’ daughter leading the charge against them on TikTok, victims willing to share their stories publicly, and an attorney general willing to take action.

Since 2006, the “school” has been home to hundreds of girls who were sent there because their personal behavior or life circumstances required them to go somewhere with more discipline and oversight.

An archived version of the website shows how this place, started by Boyd Householder and his wife Stephanie, was marketed as a place with Christian values: