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Port St. Lucie (FL) (May 2, 2008) – Victory Forge Military Academy will remain open despite the recent allegations from the Department Of Children and Family Services. Victory Forge has been and continues to cooperate fully with the investigation hoping that these serious allegations will come to an end as soon as possible, so that they may continue their work rebuilding the lives of ‘at risk’ boys and their families. 

Adamantly denying the accusations from a former cadet and any allegations of abuse from the DCF, Victory Forge remains steadfast to carrying out its mission. While it appears that DCF has illegally strong armed many of the parents to remove their children from the program, DCF does not have the legal authority to close the academy. With the support of many of the parents, its board of directors, volunteers and many community supporters Victory Forge will continue its program, projects and many community service initiatives such as the Memorial Day Tribute and Cadets for Vets.

Dr Alan Weierman president of the academy states that, “DCF has themselves committed child abuse in their own handling of this case. The academy, the staff and I are not guilty of what is being alleged and when this investigation is complete this will come to light. As a victim of child abuse, I am and will forever be committed to the welfare and betterment of children. I have spent my entire life and career helping those children and families subject to abuse and will do everything in my power to save the life of a child. In the meantime we are cooperating with the investigators to resolve this issue, we are also discussing with our attorneys the possibility of filing formal complaints and possibly charges against DCF. In close we would like to thank our friends, families, the parents of displaced cadets and the community in general for their overwhelming support.”

For more information about Victory Forge, a tour of the facility or to request an interview with Dr. Alan Weierman regarding this matter, please call 772-879-7181 or 772-370-8390. 

1. Victory Childrens Homes (the predecesor to Victory Forge) had its license revoked by the State in 2001. (FACT - check the records)

2. In 2002 accusations of child abuse started and continued until last month (when DCF removed kids from there). (The COL will agree with this)

3. The Col was also a troubled youth who was sent to a similiar home by a court order. (The Col will agree with this)

4. In 1992 a home the Col. were running did not get United Way money because the organization was not running according to non-profit rules and regulations. (Fact check with the UW)

5. Does the name Brinkhaven Homes for Youth ring a bell. A girl there charged that she had sex with Alan Weierman, a Brinkhaven staff member, more than 30 times between August 1985 and June 1986. She was 16 at the time. How old was the Col? (Stark County Sheriff dept investigation)

6. Speaking of the Brinkhaven Homes for Youth, want to guess who ran that facility and how The Col is related to that person? More importantly what happened to that facility? (This is well known to most people who have followed this saga since the beginning).

There is so much more to this story that you are being told. Bottom line, there is some good coming from these schools for a certain percentage of the kids there, not for all of them. The Col has had a awful history of abuse, neglect and skirting the spirit of the law and one judges conduct and characted by history.

Please allow me to respond to this poster: I am Alan Weierman, The President of Victory Forge Military Academy.

What is the point of youir comments? You need to check your facts. We did not have our license revoked in 2001.

Yes I was a troubled child. I sufferd physical abuse by my alcoholic father until he shot me in the back when I was 14. I did have a very sordid past. Thanks to God and people who cared I put my life back together.

Your allegation about the teenage girl is correct she did alledge in that she had sex with me, however it was not the Stark County Sherrif but another local Police Department who investigated and found no truth to the allegations.

Jim Mock ( no relation to me) filed bankruptcy protection on Brinkhaven Homes for youth after multiple allegations arose that had nothing to do with me. Check your facts.

Your comments are evidently based on anger and hostility. Maybe you are a former employee. Maybe you are a longstanding critic. I don’t know.

The fact of the matter is that there have been many allegations of many things over the years. Any agency that is operating in the State of Florida is prey to the anonymous child abuse hotline that we have. Every allegation that was investigated by The Port St Lucie Police was closed UNFOUNDED. DCF on many occasions became enraged at the police for not supporting DCF’s Findings. Lorene Egan has been the common denominator at DCF for every case. hmm? I wonder if there is a correlation.

According to DJJ Director they have over 1000 cases of reported child abuse every month. I would ,like to know how many of those are founded and why hasn’t DCF removed the youth under the care of DJJ?

In 99-2000 I served on The local Human Rights Council. It was my job to investigate the Investigators of DCF anytime we had an Instituitional Abuse case. I was appalled at the inconsistent way that they handled Licensed agencies as opposed to non-licensed agencies. We had a case one time where a little boy in a Licensed well known agency, alledged that he was locked outside with raccoons. The Protective Investigator closed the case without even talking to the boy UNFOUNDED. I immediately asked the committee to review the case. I was appointed lead investigator because of my experience. I called the Executive Director of the agency and before I could make an appointment to talk with her. I had a phone call from DCF telling me to drop the issue. I even had a Prominent Politician come to the committee meeting along with my foremost critic isn St Lucie County as a form of intimidation.
Don’t tell me this is not personal!!!!

Needless to say I dropped the investigation and several of us resigned from the committee shortly after that.

DCF lives in a grey foggy cloudy area and uses intimidation, smoke and mirrors to exist. This needs to change.

To those who read this post who support us I say Thank YOU! to those who have questions I give my phone number 772-879-7181, to those who believe the lies and non-factual statements that have been said about us I say I am sorry.

To the youth of our great nation I say I BELIEVE IN YOU! You can do whatever you put your mind to… We are here to help.

There he goes again. Making things up, crying foul, and getting on his soap box to rant about things that are not in questions. You want to talk about evidence, let’s talk:

1. In Feb 2001, you surrendered your license right before the case went in front of the judge. You knew very well that the revocation would be upheld and you would be forced to do so. It is symantics, but the fact was that the state asked for the license to be revoked.

2. The allegations against you were made when you were 23 and the girl was 16. It is called statutory rape. Stark County has records as well - you may want to call and get copies.

3. Brinkhaven filed for bankruptcy, but why did it head down this road. Rev. Brink was the cause of its downfall. Do you know what he did and what happened after that? Care to share? Mock was just the caretaker after the problems caused by Brink and his team (which included you and your buddies). Who is Ken Beck?

I have so much more and you don’t seem to get it. The fact is that there is some truth to these allegations. The fact is that the DCF is doing what it has to do to protect our children. Had you been accomodating rather than vindictive you would have received a fair hearing from the public. Right now you have nothing and nobody on your side. You can only manipulate so much, but the truth will come out.

You can still redeem yourself and do gods’ work by changing how you run the home. Start from the beginning. This is 2008 and you need new tactics to fit the world that we now live in. Wake up before you take yourself and your wife down. Ask for forgiveness.

First of all, everybody is innocent until proven guilty. You have already tried and pronounced the Program as guilty without giving them a fair hearing.

Second, you may not agree with how they perform their jobs, but these types of programs are needed and necessary. I am sure people disagreed with what Mother Theresa was doing was well (not saying this is the same thing).

Finally, if allegations are proved to be founded, the Col can learn from that and change his approach. Hope the State will not cause them further harm because, like I said, what they do is needed to help our children.

Sorry. I recind my statements made above. I have heard additional information which makes me reconsider my support for them.

Please, share any and all information available. We’d appreciate the views from every angle to form our own opinions.

as a former resident of brinkhaven homes for youth. I witnessed the abuse of both the men and women of the facility. I am glad that the home is no longer open. I have become a responsible citizen since the late eighties and early nineties. Rev brink deserves all the punishment he gets and more if people knew exactly what went on in those houses. That place didnt benefit anyone except the people that were lining their pockets and getting all the pedophile fun they wanted. Sure i might be sour but i wouldnt put this in writing if i hadnt seen it with my own eyes.