Girl adopted by Ted and Merrily Ripley
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public
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post placement
circa 198312 year old blind girl adopted from Guatemala as an infant was sexually abused by an adopted sibling from Costa Rica. He was sentenced in to six months in a juvenile institution for taking indecent liberties with the girl. Charges of sexual abuse by her father Theadore E. Ripley were dropped. Ripley's 30-year-old adopted German-born son, Kori, was charged with sexually assaulting the same girl in 1984, unknown outcome. The Ripley's adopted 18 children from Asia, Latin America, Germany, and the US.
Merrily Ripley operates a non-profit adoption agency, Adoption Advocates International. The children would have been primarily adopted through Holt prior to the founding of WACAP's Adoption Services in 1976 (which Ted and Merrily helped found and worked for from 1976 to 1983) or through WACAP. She founded AAI in 1983 and it appears the family was complete at that time.
Documents
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Letter to the Editor from Merrily Ripley | 1990 Feb 4 |
| LAWYER CLEARED OF MOLESTING BLIND GIRL; PROSECUTOR DROPS CHARGES AND THE 'NIGHTMARE' ENDS | 1989 Jun 17 |
| SPOKANE JURORS TO HEAR PORT ANGELES LAWYER'S RAPE CASE | 1989 Apr 1 |
| RIPLEY ADOPTION LICENSE IS RESTORED | 1989 Feb 28 |
| SEX ALLEGATION PUZZLES LAWYER'S ACQUAINTANCES | 1989 Feb 21 |
| ADOPTION AGENCY'S LICENSE LIFTED | 1989 Feb 16 |
| CHILDREN WILL REMAIN IN HOME OF ACCUSED | 1989 Feb 12 |
| PLEA TO REMOVE KIDS FAILS; JUDGE RULES THEY STAY WITH ACCUSED LAWYER | 1989 Feb 11 |
| PROTECTIVE RULING SOUGHT IN CHILD ABUSE CASE | 1989 Feb 10 |
| Lawyer Is Charged In Sex-Abuse Case | 1989 Feb 10 |
| LAWYER FACES CHARGE OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE | 1989 Feb 9 |
| Ripleys of Port Angeles are one of the examples chosen by Norman Vincent Peale's new book | 1988 Dec 22 |
| From non-adoptable to adorable | 1976 Nov 21 |
| Adoption program scheduled | 1971 Apr 18 |