Ralph St. Clair Rapes Julie Again. September 1994 - Birmingham, Alabama:

Review of previous posts:

In 1990, at the ripe old age of 16, Julie was forced into an arranged marriage with Donny Ridgeway who was an NTCC minister 7-8 years older than she was [ more ]. Consequently, the couple was moved from Donny's place of ministry in San Antonio, TX to Washington state so Julie could attend the NTCC version of Bible School. During this time, Julie alleges, Michael C. Kekel raped her at his custom house on the NTCC Seminary Campus in Graham, Washington. When word of Julie's abuse got back to the board members, they were furiously angry at Julie and moved the Ridgeways [Donny and Julie] back to San Antonio in what we see as an attempt to hide Kekel's raping her and to discredit Julie [ here ].

In 1992 when she was 18 years old, Julie alleges, she was again raped by Kekel, this time at the NTCC National Campground in Monroe County, Missouri. The woman who gave Julie a ride back to the hotel after this rape shared what she had seen and how she tried to question Kekel about what had happened and was angrily rebuffed and later dealt with by both Rodger Davis and Ralph St. Clair; (which was odd since Julie had been married to Ridgeway for two years) [ here ]. During this same conference in the fall of 1992, Julie alleges, her so-called 'father', Ralph St. Clair, also raped Julie at her hotel room while her husband Donny Ridgeway was out with their infant son Thomas and while Ralph's wife Joan - Julie's so-called 'mother' - rested in the St. Clairs' hotel room. Perhaps that is why Ralph St. Clair confronted the woman who had given Julie the ride back to the hotel; perhaps Ralph was afraid that Julie had mentioned his raping her to this woman?

NTCC's 'Darling Couple' Ralph and Joan St. Clair.
They seem to work together to rape Julie.
And the Kekels Reward Them with a free trip
to the 2014 conference in an odd show of love?

In 1993, once again at the NTCC Campground in Monroe County, Missouri, Julie alleges that, Kekel grabbed her in front of Davis, Ashmore, and Olson - all NTCC Board Members - who allegedly did not question Mike. Kekel then raped Julie as described [ here ]. After this rape in which no one came to Julie's aid, despite others being present, the Ridgeways returned to San Antonio until Kekel once again summoned Julie to return to the NTCC Bible School in Graham, Washington. This is where we begin this post:

September, 1994

He [ mike kekel ] leaves me alone until I moved back to Washington to continue stupid pill school or as I use to call it as a child “The Cemetery”

When Kekel decided it was time to move me back. I am stressed out. I want to share with someone the fear I was feeling. I was scared. What would happen? Would I get more spanks? Would I have to have sex again with others? I started being snappy to everyone around me making the move an unpleasant thing. I want to disappear or die. I didn’t want to go.

 San Antonio, TX to Graham, WA Direct  Route is 2,163 miles by automobile.
 As pictured here in the blue route Alabama is off the chart.

We leave Texas, we stop to visit with Ralph and Joan in Alabama on the way to Washington. I think I will be able to avoid Ralph no such luck. They sent Donny on an errand for some reason. Joan decides she is going off with Thomas. I am really upset I don’t want Thomas out of my sight. Ralph doesn’t give me a chose. I must stay and help him.  We were alone. He says it is time. I need you to give unto me. He strips me of my clothes and forces himself on me. I am sick to my stomach stress of these actions send me to the bathroom to puke after he is done. I am relieved he had no other opportunity to get a hold of me while in Alabama. I want to tell but fear keeps me silent. I am in the kitchen helping cook dinner later the same night. Joan makes a comment. She said did you make Ralph (can’t say the other word) happy today? I was puzzled by her comment then but I think she knew what had happened. I told her I hated him. She slaps me saying I needed to respect my elders. I am lucky to have such a loving and caring person in my life a lot of people would give anything to have such a man in their lives. Puke.

Summary and Analysis Thus Far:

In September 1994, after being summoned by Kekel to return to the Bible School in Graham, Washington, the Ridgeways, Donny and Julie with young son Thomas, leave San Antonio, Texas. They stop in Birmingham, Alabama - a strange route to go on the way to Washington.  Using conservative route estimates this "detour" added 1,242 extra miles and an extra day or two* of drive time to their already long trip - *(17 hours - see both maps for times and mileage) . While visiting the St. Clairs, whom they already see twice a year at the required ministers' conferences, Donny is sent out, Joan takes Thomas against Julie's wishes and despite her protests, and Ralph once again forces himself on Julie, causing her such distress she actually pukes after being forcibly raped by this cretin who is supposed to be her 'father' - but instead treats her as an object or thing to be used.

Joan and Ralph St. Clair, and maybe, just maybe, Julie's own husband Donny Ridgeway (?) all appear to be implicated in this rape by either being the rapist [ralph] or by their sheer willingness to look the other way and conveniently disappear when the monster wants to attack Julie one more time, just like what had happened at the Missouri hotel during the 1992 conference when ralph raped Julie. 

Now, Julie has never once in this e-mail said anything negative about Donny Ridgeway. She has talked with us about maintaining a relationship with the father of her beloved son Thomas. But as we read these accounts, we had to question how this older man could have been so blind as to not notice or suspect anything amiss with his young bride.

Several people have commented that upon meeting Julie for the first time they felt troubled that something was wrong in her life; but they didn't know what.  Shouldn't the man married to her sense something too?  After all, he is ~ 7-8 years older than Julie.  And even by NTCC standards, as her husband, he is considered to be responsible for her welfare.  Couldn't he sense that something was wrong?  If not, why not? Was this the reason why Donny was hand-picked by the organization to marry Julie when she was only 16 years old back in 1990 and he was 23 - 24 years old (in the standard NTCC fashion of marrying off young teens to adult men)? Did the NTCC leaders know they could control this man and how he thought and how he treated his young bride?  It all seems so odd to us.

San Antonio, Texas to Graham, Washington via Birmingham, Alabama - Why?  Why take this huge detour when you already see the St. Clairs twice a year?

 San Antonio, TX to Graham, WA via Birmingham,  Alabama?
 That's 3,405 miles by one route.  The extra mileage is a long way 
 out of route. Why would you do that?  You  already see
 each other twice a year at conferences. That's more
 face time than most NTCCers get with their families. 

Conclusion:
Everyone in the NTCC is subject to the whims of the borg leaders and expected to move from state to state on a moment's notice. But why would you stop through Alabama on the way to Washington when the St. Clairs will already see you twice a year at the semi-annual ministers' conferences? It did raise a question for us. Only God knows the answer. But we had to ask just the same.

Even more troubling was Joan's questioning of Julie later that night.  She asked her "did you make Ralph (can’t say the other word) happy today?"  Now why would Joan ask that unless she knew that Ralph had raped Julie? We don't have the answers; and we bear no malice for anyone, unlike Ralph, who allegedly raped Julie, and Joan, who allegedly slapped Julie. This information is so disturbing we had to make it an individual blog post of its own. Next week we hope to discuss the Ridgeways Return To Washington in September of 1994.

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