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Francis D. Shelden

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Feb 7, 2026

How did Detroit Free Press reporting in 1975 portray Francis D. Shelden before the criminal investigations began?

’ coverage presented as a wealthy, private-managing owner of and a patron of children’s outdoor programs — a genteel, blue-blooded conservationist and philanthropist with a “squeaky clean” public pers...

Feb 4, 2026

What prosecutions and legal outcomes resulted from the 1976 North Fox Island investigation?

in 1976 exposed known as "Brother Paul’s Children’s Mission," producing several criminal prosecutions but falling short of comprehensive justice: at least one associate was arrested and later sentence...