Note: The names of the victims and their families have been changed and are in italics. There are no distribution restrictions on any of these documents.
#1 Private Document 1 (MVBC Timeline)
A timeline of the events at MVBC from Jan 1995 to Dec 6, 2000.
#2 Private Document 2 (Letter from Luke Jones)
This letter was written by Luke Jones, father of Mark Jones and former elder of MVBC for the Informal Council.
Some quotes from this document containing details that were not reflected in AC Part II Report:
“Not long afterward Tom approached me again with the request that he be allowed to spank Mark if he didn’t pay proper attention or apply himself in class. Looking back, I should have known better because Mark had never been any kind of a problem in class and had always made excellent grades, which is still the case.” [paragraph spanning pages 1 and 2]
“Tom would regularly threaten Mark with spankings and actually spank him if his work wasn’t perfect, even to the point of having him do his catechism over Tom’s knee with a swat at the end for each mistake without telling him what the mistakes were and then repeating the process. The private classes ended after Mark spent the night with Tom as a favor to us. During the night Mark said afterward that Tom spanked him bare bottomed (with his underpants pulled down) for what Mark said was no reason at all.” [page 2, paragraph 2]
#3 Private Document 3 (Letter from Mark Jones)
This letter was written by victim Mark Jones for the Informal Council.
Some quotes from this document containing details that were not reflected in AC Part II Report:
“After the second spanking, Chantry made me sit in his lap. There he explained that I could not try to relieve the pain, but he could if he chose to, and he almost always did. Yes, that does mean he rubbed my ass after spanking me.” [page 3, paragraph 2]
“After the movie, Chantry’s true intentions revealed themselves. He had constructed two new paddles just for the occasion that he was just waiting to try out.
First he made me stand up and bend over and grab my feet while he spanked me with his paddles. He claimed that he was punishing me for the sins that I committed but had not been caught. Things went from bad to worse. I will say this clearly so that nobody will be able to misunderstand me. He took my pants off and bent me over his knee while he spanked me with his paddle. He told me that he wanted to see my buttocks turn red while he spanked me.” [page 4, last two paragraphs]
#4 Private Document 5 (Letter from Lois Jones)
This letter was written by victim Lois Jones for the Informal Council.
Some quotes from this document containing details that were not reflected in AC Part II Report:
“The most serious offense was spanking Mark bare-bottomed (bare-bottomed: pants and underwear pulled down, nothing covering my child front or back, laying over Tom’s knee) and then denying it had ever happened.” [page 2, first paragraph]
“When he [Tom] came, he told us that he was applying as a foster child abuse advocate with the State. This meant that he would have contact with foster children one on one to see how they were doing and report back to the State on their behalf. We assumed that Rich and Shorty knew about this and were somehow involved. According to Rich, he had only found out about this right before Tom resigned. With the four children that Tom assumed authority over and spanked inappropriately, and now putting himself in a position of authority over foster children is extremely frightening to me. I do not know his motives behind this, but I can’t help but think with his secretness with the elders and his actions with the church children he was again setting the circumstances to be able to abuse more innocent children.” [page 4, last paragraph]
#5 Private Document 8 (Letter from Connie S. Laver)
This letter was written by the mother of Daniel Laver for the Informal Council.
Some quotes from this document containing details that were not reflected in AC Part II Report:
“Tom proceeded to take Daniel into his bedroom, have him pull his pants and underwear down around his ankles, put his head into a pillow so Tom (or anyone else for that matter) couldn’t hear Daniel if he cried out. He then began to spank Daniel ten time with a large, thick board.” [page 1, paragraph 4]
“Daniel said o.k. and showed me his bottom and thighs. He had severe bruises that were dark purple across his bottom about 4 inches wide- also 4 inches across his upper thighs on both legs. It was no wonder he could hardly walk. [page 1, paragraph 4]
“I was also trouble by the fact that Daniel would have to pick with what ‘instrument’ he wanted to be spanked with. He had his choice of a wiffle ball bat, a switch from the bush in Tom’s yard or the board. If he picked something like the wiffle ball bat, which he said didn’t hurt as much, he would get more swats. Even during the weeks that he had completed all his assignments there were sometimes ‘play spankings.’” [page 2, first paragraph]
#6 Private Document 9 (Walsh Family Letter)
This letter was written by Walsh Family for the Informal Council.
A quote from this document containing details that were not reflected in AC Part II Report:
“We had Tom over on many occasions in the following months, up to the revelation of Daniel’s spankings. This opened up old wounds in our children after we asked again about the situation last summer of them being disciplined by Tom. We then found out that Wayne had been spanked separately in Tom’s office, and Wayne had never told us about until now. They were playing in the front yard and Tom asked Wayne to come to him. Wayne didn’t hear him because he, Jane, and Daniel were playing. Tom got angry because Wayne didn’t come immediately, so Wayne got spanked in Tom’s office. Also, that Daniel was spanked in front of them as well as him being there when they were spanked. Jane told us that she cried out loud so hard in hopes someone would hear her, the day she was spanked. Tom repeatedly threatened Jane, Wayne, and Daniel with an oar, a ruler, and his hand after telling me that he wouldn’t spank our children or any others. Our children told us that his anger was terrible and scary.” [page 3, paragraph 4]
#7 Private Document 10 (Letter from MVBC Elders to Walt Chantry)
This letter was written by the MVBC elders to Walt Chantry in response to his letter to them.
Some quotes from this document containing details that were not reflected in AC Part II Report:
“Tom was spanking a young boy he was tutoring after school with various objects (boat oar, whiffle-ball bat, ruler, hand) on numerous occasions, including one bare bottom spanking that left welts and bruises on the child’s rear end and leg.” [page 1, last paragraph]
“In all, Tom has inappropriately disciplined three boys and one girl, all under the age of 13, and all in a tutorial setting in the parsonage. Why? Missed math problems…putting a drink on the table…forgetting a missed word in reciting a catechism problem! We are hard-pressed to fathom all of this. The Elders and the parents are in the process of documenting all of these reports in writing. We would be glad to provide them to you upon request.” [paragraph spanning pages 1 and 2]
#8 Private Document 11 (Notes on the Informal Council Regarding Tom Chantry by Don Lindblad)
These are notes on the Informal Council Regarding Tom Chantry written by Don Lindblad.
Some quotes from this document containing details that were not reflected in AC Part II Report:
“The three men [Tedd Tripp, Mike McKnight, and Rich Jensen] met with Tom and Don late the next day. Immediately, they claimed they found the claims of the elders, the parents, and the children believable. Tom should be careful what he now said.”
“…but they concluded that the intent, frequency and intensity of spanking might be more than what he admitted. Again, when Tom asked to respond, they said no.” [page 2, #7]
#9 Private Documents 12-14 (Recommendations for the Families)
These are the recommendations the IC wrote for the families. They are almost identical, so they are being addressed together.
A quote from this document that seems to acknowledge that Tom had not sought forgiveness:
“We recommend that you and/or a counselor work through the material in Jay E. Adams’ book, From Forgiven to Forgiving…You will find the sections on helping children experience forgiveness and on forgiving those who have not sought forgiveness particularly helpful.” [#4 in each recommendation]
#10 Private Document 15 (Letter from Walt Chantry to MVBC)
This is the letter Walt Chantry wrote to the MVBC elders. A typed transcript has been included for easier reading.
Some quotes from this document containing details regarding how Walt Chantry wrote to the MVBC elders “strongly criticizing their actions in relation to Mr. Chantry” that were not reflected in AC Part II Report [AC Part II Report page 11, paragraph3]:
“My understanding of the situation (from Tom) is the following: Tom committed very specific and
concrete acts which we would all call indiscretions.” [page 1, paragraph 2 of typed transcript]
“When you proposed the specific measures of Monday the 6th, you recommended the intolerable. You
were proposing diabolical procedures regularly employed by Marxism and cults with the intention of
breaking a person psychologically.” [page 1, paragraph 8 of typed transcript]
#11 Private Document 16 (Exhibit 153 Review Report: Don Lindblad April 15, 2002)
This document contains a report Don Lindblad wrote for Earl Blackburn regarding the Informal Council.
Some quotes from this document containing details that were not reflected in AC Part II Report:
“When I raised the issue again of Tom not being permitted to speak, which was the fourth time I had raised the question in three days, all three assented to the following: they could not allow Tom to speak because if they did he would have incriminated himself. Once that happened they would not have been able to give him back his life in the way that they had. They would be forced to deal with him differently.” [page 4, paragraph 4]
“Instead of pressing for some form of church discipline or civil charges, they told us they wanted to give Tom back his life. They believed he had not been forthcoming, that he was far guiltier than what he was willing to admit, but they also believed he was a gifted young man and should return to the ministry someday.” [page 3, paragraph 3]
“Mike wanted to hear what Tom had to say about the various incidents, but that he should be cautious in responding because the investigators believed entirely what the children had told them.” [page 2, paragraph 1]
Ephesians 5:11 