Myself, and many others are glad that this place closed. I was one of the first children to have suffered the confines of this horrible place. Physical, sexual, and mental abuse went unnoticed until one of the local Physical Education teachers noticed the bruises I had received from house parent, at the time, Danny Kilpatrick. Thanks, BISD, for helping me get out of the Brazoria County Youth Home.
I wasn't allowed to visit with any of my family during the seven year period I lived there, although, I was allowed outings with child molesters.
To think of how much some of those hypocrites profited from my abandonment makes me sick. So sick, in fact, that I suffer from degenerative disc disease, because of all the beatings, major depression & PTSD from the sexual abuse.
Recently, I learned that the following sex offender received probation in a case I was involved in as a victim while at, BCYH.
https://records.txdps.state.tx.us/SexOffender/PublicSite/Application/Search/Individual.aspx?IND_IDN=5731712
I was told, at the time, (1972), he received a 40 year sentence.
I witnessed Aaron Gibson, with his polio cast still on, get beat down with two leather belts by Doc Wier, while I was there. And many other violations.
Just in case were interested to know the facts about some of the history, there.
William Edgar Gant
Review from Guidestar