Jeri M. Massi (born September 4, 1960 in

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) is a technical writer and an

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author whose novel ''Valkyries: Some Through the Fire'' (2003) was nominated for a Christy Award. Since 2001, Massi has attacked the response of

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churches in cases of child molestation committed by members of the clergy in which the leadership (and sometimes the entire congregation) enforced silence on the victims. In 2005, Massi produced a five-part audio documentary, ''The Lambs of Culpeper'', and released it onto the

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. The documentary addresses alleged abuses against children at Calvary Baptist Church of Culpeper, Virginia, a church then pastored by Charles Shifflett. In 2007, Massi founded the Conference of the Lambs, a two-day conference designed to assist adults who had been molested as children in Fundamentalist churches. In 2008 Massi self-published ''Schizophrenic Christianity'', which denounced corruption within Protestant Fundamentalism that had resulted in harm, especially to children. In 2009, Massi conducted interviews of former residents of Hephzibah House in

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, a Protestant Fundamentalist Children's home for girls. She then produced ''The Lambs of Hephzibah House'', an audio documentary that alleges severe abuse of residents at Hephzibah House. In 2011, Gary Tuchman, a

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journalist reporting for '' Anderson Cooper 360'', interviewed many of the same former residents and produced an episode about Hephzibah House on CNN's "Ungodly Discipline" series.

Works

* ''Derwood Inc.'' (June 1986; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 1) * ''A Dangerous Game'' (June 1986; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 2) * ''Treasure in the Yukon'' (October 1986; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 3) * ''The Bridge'' (1986; Bracken Trilogy, Book 1) * ''Courage by Darkness'' (December 1987; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 4) * ''Crown and Jewel'' (1987; Bracken Trilogy, Book 2) * ''The Two Collars'' (April 1988; Bracken Trilogy, Book 3) * ''Llamas on the Loose'' (June 1988; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 5) * ''Abandoned'' (1 May 1989; Peabody Adventure Series, Book 6) * ''Valkyries: Some Through the Fire'' (2003) * ''Valkyries: All Through the Blood'' (2003) * ''Schizophrenic Christianity'' (2008) * ''Hall of Heroes: A Novel Set in Peabody, Wisconsin'' (14 October 2013)

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