UNION 鈥 A Franklin County-based Christian charity that for more than 50 years operated children鈥檚 homes in Mexico abruptly shut down last week after a report documented decades of sexual abuse allegations, beginning with the orphanage鈥檚 founders and continuing to the present.
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Eric Miller, left, who became a whistleblower, and Ni帽os de M茅xico Executive Director Steve Ross, pose together during happier times.
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