The child that had injuries found dead in 1985 was 17 Month old Brent Stevens. Brent was discovered to have eight broken bones, all of them broken at different times. At 15 months he finally received medical care for injuries that had caused him pain for just about all of his brief life. So he was removed from the Bolingbroke household and transferred to the custody of his natural father in Texas. A few months later. the investigator of the alleged abuse, Paul Ciolino, discovered to his dismay that Brent had been returned to the custody of Dave and Brenda. Detective Ciolino warned the Children’s Services authorities that he believed that Brent’s life was in danger in that house. Not long afterward, Brent was found dead in his crib. Dave Hyles had been the only adult in the house with Brent the previous evening, and there was a prescription bottle of Actifed, filled only the day before and now empty, in the house. It was collected as evidence. Inquiries were done but charges were never brought.
The child who fell out of the car in 1999 and run over while Brenda Stevens Hyles was operating the vehicle was 5 year old Jack David Hyles. David Hyles was not present when this occurred.
The Known affairs/abuse in hammond were 2. Could have been more. 1 Teenager who has more recently (last 15 years) brought up her charges from the late 70's early 80s and 1 married lady who repented and stayed married. Both true both clearly documented. The details have become increasingly hyperbolic from the original telling. I knew both. I have stayed in both their homes.
If you think it improbable that women would have sex with David Hyles you never met David Hyles. He was gifted with incredible charisma, charm and ability to influence like very few men I have ever met and yes I knew him and had spoken with him on multiple occasions. Placed into the hands of a Godly man and under the power of the Holy Spirit they could be an incredible tool to bring the lost to Jesus. In the hands of a boy with power too early, unaccountable and privilege it ends in the disaster we have seen play out in front of the world. But Satan plays the long con. He wasn't going after David Hyles. Brother Hyles committed the iniquitous sin of Idolatry by choosing the love for his son over obedience to the word of God. Instead of instructing the church leadership in the disciplining his son, he chose to send him away to Garland to lead another ministry. Satan was setting a time bomb that would keep exploding generation after generation while other ministries employed the same tactic of covering the sin of a ministry leader and sending them off somewhere else in IFB ministry after IFB Ministry as a hack of the "Pastor School/HAC" affiliation. All these who would seek advice on what to do when a leader fails sought advice and much of that advice found its way to a phone call to the CLA where the practice was seemingly codified.
So many want to question the entire doctrines of IFB churches, many who have nothing to do with First Baptist Church of Hammond. Many still want to attack the current Administration at FBC Hammond who also had nothing to do with this practice. While disputed, and we could get into it in another thread, Jack Schaap's situation is when this practice ended for good at FBC Hammond. At some point the results of not following God's word proves itself out and the consequences are too unbearable to again go back to the practice that cause so much pain. Finally with the Disciplining of Jack Schaap which had its spits and starts at its inception until clarity he was correctly rebuked BEFORE ALL and removed with authorities alerted. Some may say it took too long but for the sake of argument from the time of the initial discovery to the removal was 5 days. And subsequent disciplining of many more since give has given me more confidence that the right track has been chosen in dealing with these issue.
(I'm making fun of past interactions with him, Jo. Not really reacting to your post.)