The article "Doubts aired about Life Teen program" concentrates on concerns about the sexual abuse allegation that has been leveled at the program's Phoenix-based founder, and the money apparently paid to LifeTeen, Inc. for the dubious privilege of running the program.
The article contains something that's news to me:
Life Teen listed $8.4 million in assets in 2003, the most recent year for which records were available.
That's a lot of money.
I despise LifeTeen for its uncritical and blatant pandering to youth culture and the program's insipid rock "Praise" music, the performance of which almost always overshadows the liturgy.
Though aware of the charge against its creator, I hadn't made much of it. I don't know if the concerns about the program's creator are stand-ins for objections to the LifeTeen program itself.
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