July 23, 2005
State Suspends Two Church-Affiliated Day-Care Centers' License
Kids were sexually abused, forced to eat wormsJACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- 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 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. (State: Day Care Kids Forced To Eat Worms, Smell Feet)