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Florida Suspends Two Day-Care Licenses
Florida Suspends Two Day-Care Licenses, Alleges Kids Were Molested, Forced
to Eat Worms
By RON WORD Associated Press Writer
The Associated Press
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Jul 22, 2005 - The state suspended the licenses of two
church-affiliated day care centers where children allegedly were sexually
molested, forced to eat worms and pick each other's noses during
employee-led games of "Truth or Dare."
The former director of the Kid's Palace centers and one employee have been
charged, and the investigation is continuing.
The emergency suspension order issued Thursday bars Kid's Palace from
reopening either center without appealing, said John Harrell, spokesman for
the Florida Department of Children & Families.
"The suspension is due to the serious nature of the allegations," he said.
Terry Bork, an attorney for Kid's Palace, wouldn't comment Friday.
The former director of the day care centers, Joshua Palin, 25, has been
charged with molesting 10 children, some of them during what investigators
said were twisted games of Truth or Dare. He is the son of the affiliated
church's pastor.
Palin was charged last month with molesting two girls, ages 12 and 13, and
more charges were added this week after Clay County sheriff's investigators
interviewed children at the child care centers.
Palin is charged with "daring" children age 5 to 14 to fondle him or each
other or to perform oral sex on each other over a one-year span ending last
month.
The centers, which were licensed for 176 children, were operated by Faith
Ministries. The church did not return calls Friday or earlier in the week.
The church closed the day care centers June 15, but they could have been
reopened without the license suspensions.
Palin is being held on $500,000 bond in the Clay County Jail. His attorney
Alan Rosner said Palin has pleaded not guilty, but declined further
comment.
"We intend to respond in the courtroom setting in regard to the
allegations," Rosner said.
A day care center worker Tammy Sue Warren, 29, is free on $5,000 bond on a
charge of lewd and lascivious exhibition. According to the DCF report, she
lifted up her shirt during a game of Truth or Dare with the children. Her
attorney, James Thies Sr., wouldn't comment.
A third employee, Claudia Foster, was accused in the DCF report of making
children eat worms, smell each other's feet and pick each other's noses
during Truth or Dare.
Assistant State Attorney Rebecca Zima said she does not intend to prosecute
Foster on those allegations, saying the actions did not rise to the level
of criminal conduct. There was no answer Friday at Foster's telephone
number.
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