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NOW ON KGW NEWS GOHN IN SEVEN SECONDS JUST A VERY, VERY
QUICK THING DOESN'T TAKE SKILL
SURVEILLANCE SHOWS JUST HOW
QUICK THIEVES CAN TAKE OFF WITH
ONE PRECIOUS PIECE OF YOUR CAR.
PLUS THE LOCAL COUNTY TRYING TO
MAKE SURE NO ONE ASKED TO SEE
PROOF THAT YOU'VE BEEN
VACCINATED.
VACCINATED. THERE SHOULD BE NO PLACE IN A
FREE SOCIETY FOR REQUIRING
PRIVATE MEDICAL INFORMATION
AND IT'S AN ORGANIZATION BUILT
ON HELPING PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD.
WORLD.
WORLD. BUT IT'S NOW CLEAR HOW FAR THE
COFOUND OF MERCY CORPS STRAY
FROM THAT MISSION.
I FEEL A HUGE WEIGHT
OF RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP
TELLING US THEIR STORIES IN MY
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. WE
STORY. WE HEAR FROM THE BRAVE WOMAN
WHO EXPOSED HORRORS FROM THE
PAST INSIDE THE PORTLANDER
GRUSOME.
GRUSOME.
GRUSOME. >> HELLO FRIENDS.
WELCOME THE KGW NEWS AT 11:00
AM IS THURSDAY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M LAURA PORTER.
WE BEGIN WITH A COVID VACCINE
EFFORT IN OREGON AND A
NEW INCENTIVE GOVERNOR KATE
BROWN IS TURNING TO THE OREGON
LOTTERY TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO GET
THE COVID 19 VACCINE TOMORROW
SHE'S HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE
AND OFFICIALS WITH THE OREGON
LOTTERY WILL JOIN HER KGW HAS
LEARNED OREGON PLANS TO OFFER
CASH JACKPOT PRIZES FOR THOSE
WHO'VE BEEN VACCINATED.
WINNERS WILL BE PICKED AT
RANDOM AND STATEWIDE CASH IS
LIKLEY A MILLION DOLLARS
SMALLER COUNTY CASH PRIZES ARE
ALSO LIKLEY OREGON SEEN
DWINDLING DEMAND FOR
VACCCINATIONS ESPECIALLY IN
RURAL COUNTIES.
RURAL COUNTIES. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS
WE LEARN THE DETAILS TOMORROW.
STAY TUNED.
STAY TUNED. THE FREEDOM TO MOVE AROUND
WITHOUT A MASK IS SUPPOSED TO
BE ANOTHER INCENTIVE TO
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET
VACCINATED.
VACCINATED. BUT OREGON BUSINESSES THAT WANT
TO LET PEOPLE DO THAT ARE
SUPPOSED TO ASK FOR PROOF
OF VACCINATION AND MANY ARE
PUSHING BACK HARD ON THAT
REQUIREMENT.
REQUIREMENT. THAT INCLUDES THE LEADERS
OF YAMHIL COUNTY.
AS KATHERINE COOK REPORTS,
THEY'RE EXPLORING HOW TO STOP
PEOPLE FROM ASKING OTHERS ABOUT
THEIR VACCINE STATUS THIS
INFORMATION HAS BEEN COMING
FAST AND FURIOUS.
>> WE HEARD FROM YAMHIL COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CHAIR
MARY STARRETT IS ON A MISSION
SHE WANTS THE COUNTY TO
PROHIBIT ANYONE FROM ASKING
CUSTOMERS OR EMPLOYEES ABOUT
THEIR VACCCINATIONS STATUS AS A
CONDITION FOR ALLOWING THEM
INSIDE WITHOUT A MASK.
SHE'S FIGHTING THE RECENT
MANDATE SET IN PLACE BY THE
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. THEY DID THAT AFTER THE CDC
RECOMMENDED FULLY VACCINATED
PEOPLE CAN NOW GO MASK FREE IN
MOST PUBLIC PLACES MEAN THERE
SHOULD BE NO PLACE IN A FREE
SOCIETY FOR REQUIRING PRIVATE
MEDICAL INFORMATION AS A
CONDITION OF JUST OPERATING IN
A FREE SOCIETY.
>> STARRETT IS ASKING THE BOARD
TO PASS AN ORDINANCE MAKING
YAMHIL COUNTY A SANCTUARY FROM
SO-CALLED VACCINE PASSPORTS.
THE BOARD MET THURSDAY TO
DISCUSS WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK
LIKE AND IF IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE.
>> COUNTY COUNCIL SHARED SOME
CONCERNS IF WE ADOPT ORDINANCES
THAT THAT ARE IN CONFLICT WITH
STATE LAW WE RUN THE RISK OF IN
THE EVENT OF A CLAIM NOT HAVING
INSURANCE COVERAGE.
INSURANCE COVERAGE. >> STERRETS SUGGESTED THAT THAT
IS NOT THE BIGGEST ISSUE AT
STAKE.
STAKE.
STAKE. YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE YOU
KNOW, IT'S A RISK BUT
SOMEBODY'S GOT TO SAY AT SOME
POINT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
I WOULD RATHER GO TO THE MAT
ANY DAY FOR STANDING UP FOR
THOSE BASIC FREEDOMS THAT WE'RE
NOW SEEING DESTROYED AT EVERY
TURN MANY BUSINESS OWNERS ARE
FRUSTRATED BY THE STATE PLACING
THE BURDEN OF CHECKING FOR
VACCINE PROOF ON THEM.
SOME HAVE FIELDED THREATS FROM
CUSTOMERS, OTHERS JUST A LOT
OF FRUSTRATION.
OF FRUSTRATION. >> WE'RE NOT THE VACCINE POLICE
.
.
. >>
. >> WE
. >> WE TRUST OUR CUSTOMERS.
HALEY ROGERS OWNS REAL DEALS ON
HOME DECOR IN MCMINVILLE.
SHE ASKS THAT PEOPLE WHO
HAVEN'T BEEN VACCINATED WEAR
MASKS INSIDE THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN DON'T HAVE TO.
>> THOSE POLICIES ARE POSTED
AROUND THE STORE AND ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
MEDIA.
MEDIA. BUT AS PEOPLE WALK IN THE DOOR
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE CHECKING
FOR VACCCINATIONS CARDS
AND CHECKING IT AGAINST THEIR
IDS.
IDS.
IDS. WE
IDS. WE AGAIN TRUSTING THAT PEOPLE
ARE MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR
THEMSELVES AND FOR OTHERS.
>> ROGERS SAYS SHE'S NEUTRAL ON
AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BAN
PEOPLE FROM ASKING ABOUT
VACCINE STATUS.
VACCINE STATUS. BUT WHAT SHE WOULD APPRECIATE
ABOUT IT IS A DEFINED DIRECTIVE
WITH EVERYTHING BEING SO
UNDEFINED IT MAKES OUR JOB MUCH
HARDER AS A BUSINESS OWNER IN A
PANDEMIC THAT'S ALREADY SO HARD
AND THIS IS REALLY CONCERNING
TO ME FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT
WEEK THE BOARD WILL LOOK FOR
POSSIBLE LEGAL STICKING POINTS
AND WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO
CHANGE IN THE DRAFT BEFORE
VOTING.
VOTING.
VOTING. >> BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE
SURE HAPPENS AT LEAST IS THAT
COUNTY EMPLOYEES KNOW THEY CAN
COME TO WORK WITHOUT BEING
ASKED YOUR PAPERS PLEASE.
>> SOMETHING OUT OF THE THIRD.
KATHERINE COOK KGW NEWS OUR
VERIFY TEAM LOOKED INTO THE
QUESTION OF PATIENT PRIVACY
WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESSES
ASKING FOR PROOF OF VACCINES.
NOW THERE'S A FEDERAL LAW
REFERRED TO AS HIPAA OR THE
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.
OUR EXPERTS SAY THE PRIVACY
PART OF THAT ACT APPLIES TO
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
AND INSURANCE COMPANIES
PREVENTING THEM FROM DISCLOSING
YOUR MEDICAL INFORMATION
WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT.
SO WOULD IT BE A HIPAA
VIOLATION FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
GROCERY STORE SAY OR A BAR TO
ASK ABOUT YOUR VACCINE STATUS
ACCORDING TO A HEALTH PRIVACY
EXPERT, THE ANSWER IS NO.
>> ANYONE REALLY CAN ASK YOU
FOR YOUR INFORMATION UNDER
HIPAA AND IT'S YOU THE PATIENT
WHO HAS TO MAKE THE DECISION.
YES, I'M GOING TO GIVE THAT
INFORMATION OR NO I'M NOT
BECAUSE THAT'S MY DECISION.
BUT THAT ISN'T REGULATED BY
HIPAA.
HIPAA.
HIPAA. >>
HIPAA. >> SEVERAL POPULAR OREGON
ATTRACTIONS ANNOUNCED TODAY
THEY'LL STILL REQUIRE YOU TO
WEAR A MASK VACCINATED OR NOT
AND THAT INCLUDES OMSI THE
OREGON ZOO, THE PORTLAND ART
MUSEUM, THE OREGON COAST
AQUARIUM AND EVERGREEN AVIATION
AND SPACE MUSEUM AMONG THE
OTHERS LISTED ON YOUR SCREEN IN
A JOINT STATEMENT, THE
ATTRACTION SAID THEY WANT THEIR
SPACE TO BE WELCOMING FOR KIDS
WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE YET FOR
THE VACCINE AS WELL AS PEOPLE
WHO ARE UNABLE TO GET
VACCINATED.
VACCINATED. >> TWO YEARS AGO IT CAME TO
LIGHT THAT THE FOUNDER
OF PORTALND BASED MERCY CORPS
SEXUALLY ABUSED HIS DAUGHTER
FOR YEARS THE INTERNATIONAL AID
GROUP THEN HIRED A FIRM TO FIND
OUT THE FULL EXTENT OF THE
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. THAT FIRM JUST RELEASED A
REPORT SAYING EIGHT PEOPLE
PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED WITH MERCY
CORPS MAY HAVE SEXUALLY ABUSED
AS MANY AS SIX CHILDREN IN THE
NINETEEN EIGHTIES.
NINETEEN EIGHTIES. TONIGHT PAT DOORIS TALKS WITH
THE FOUNDER'S DAUGHTER WHO
FOUGHT FOR YEARS TO GET SOMEONE
TO LISTEN TO HER STORY A
WARNING THERE ARE VERY
DISTURBING DETAILS YOU MAY NOT
WANT TO HEAR TONYA KOLBER
HUMPHREY IS WEARY.
IT'S BEEN AN EXHAUSTING COUPLE
OF YEARS.
OF YEARS.
OF YEARS. I'M TIRED.
I'M TIRED. I'M REALLY TIRED.
>> SHE MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT
TALKING IN A HOTEL LOBBY BUT
SHE'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE
TOUGHEST FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD
FOR DECADES SHE TRIED TO TELL
POWERFUL ADULTS IN POSESSIONS
TO DO SOMETHING THAT HER
REVERED FATHER ELSWORTH
COVER CO-FOUNDER OF MERCY CORPS
HAD SEXUALLY ABUSED HER
AND OTHER GIRLS.
SHE SAID IT HAPPENED BOTH IN
PORTLAND AND OVERSEAS THAT ONE
GIRL DIED AS A RESULT AND SHE
WAS IGNORED.
WAS IGNORED. MERCY CORPS IS AN INTERNATIONAL
RELIEF AGENCY BASED IN PORTLAND
THAT WORKS ON THE FRONT LINES
OF CRISIS AROUND THE WORLD.
NOW A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER THE
OREGONIAN NEWSPAPER
OREGONIAN NEWSPAPER INVESTIGATED CULVER HUMPHREY'S
ALLEGATIONS AND FOUND THEM
CREDIBLE, A SECOND
INVESTIGATION PAID FOR BY MERCY
CORPS BACK THAT UP.
THEY INTERVIEWED CULVER COMFREY
FOR ONE HUNDRED HOURS
AND FORWARDED THE NAMES
OF OTHER POSSIBLE PERPETRATORS
NO LONGER WITH MERCY CORPS TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT. >> ON THE ONE HAND I I'M I'M
REALLY I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT
THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY
THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY AND VALIDATION
AND VALIDATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT'S HUGE.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WANTED.
>> BUT SHE ALSO WANTS MORE.
SHE WANTS YOU TO KNOW
INTERNATIONAL AID WORKERS ARE
IN UNIQUE POSITIONS OF POWER
OVER THE VULNERABLE AND THAT IT
WOULD BE EASY FOR A PERPETRATOR
LIKE HER OWN FATHER TO ABUSE
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. I FEEL I FEEL A HUGE WEIGHT
OF RESPONSIBILITY AS YOU KEEP
TELLING US THEIR STORIES AND MY
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. >>
STORY. >> SHE WANTS YOU TO HEAR ABOUT
A DISTURBING INCIDENT THAT
HAPPENED WHILE SHE WAS NINE
YEARS OLD IN ON A TRIP TO
THAILAND WITH HER FATHER.
>> THE DETAILS ARE GRUSOME YOU
MAY NOT WANT TO HEAR IT AT
FIRST ANOTHER AID WORKER WAS
INVOLVED WITH JUST ME.
UH, WHERE HE RAPED ME AND HURT
ME AND THEN SHE WAS BROUGHT
THIS IS A PICTURE OF TANYA WHEN
SHE WAS NINE AT THAT HOTEL
BANGKOCK SHE SAID SHE WAS TOLD
TO BE GOOD AT SEX BECAUSE IT
WOULD HELP OTHER CHILDREN.
>> THE THING THAT I WAS TOLD
WAS THAT DIDN'T I WANT TO DO A
GOOD JOB LIKE THEY KNEW HOW
MUCH I CARED ABOUT THE REFUGEES
BECAUSE I HAD JUST BEEN THE
REFUGEE CAMP.
REFUGEE CAMP. I HAD JUST BEEN LET LOOSE TO
PLAY WITH THESE KIDS WHO HAD
NOTHING THEY CARED ABOUT AND I
DIDN'T FEEL GUILTY THAT I WAS
THE ONLY ONE WITH A BED, SHE
SAID A LOCAL NINE YEAR OLD WAS
BROUGHT IN AND HER FATHER
AND THE OTHER MAN SEXUALLY
ABUSED THEM BOTH AND LATER IT
TURNED VIOLENT.
TURNED VIOLENT. HE CHOKED ME BUT I DIDN'T DAY I
SAW THEM CHOKING HER AND NEVER
REMEMBER HER WAKING UP.
THEY PUT HER IN THE BED WITH ME
TO TAKE CARE OF HER WHICH MADE
ME FEEL EVEN WORSE BECAUSE I
FELT LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO
TAKE CARE OF HER.
>> SHE SPENT THE NIGHT NEXT TO
THE GIRL AND THAT IN THE
MORNING THE GIRL WAS DEAD.
THE MOST RECENT INVESTIGATORS
SAID THEY COULD NOT VERIFY THE
CHILD'S DEATH BUT THAT THE
TIMES AND DATES OF THE TRIP TO
BANGKOCK DID MATCH TANYA'S
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. THE HORRORS LASTED UNTIL TANYA
CULVER HUMPHREY WAS IN HER
TEENS.
TEENS.
TEENS. MERCY CORPS CALLED THE REPORT
FINDINGS ABHORRENT.
FINDINGS ABHORRENT. THE CURRENT CEO THANK TANYA FOR
HER COURAGE AND PERSISTENT
APOLOGIZED FOR THE ACTIONS
OF PAST LEADERS AND PROMISED TO
CONTINUE STRENGTHENING SYSTEMS
OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND
.
. >>
. >> NOW
. >> NOW ALL THESE YEARS LATER
SHE CANNOT FORGET DOESN'T WANT
TO.
TO.
TO. THE
TO. THE INVESTIGATION IS OVER BUT
SHE'S JUST BEGINNING TO WARN
THE WORLD ABOUT THE DANGERS
OF PEOPLE LIKE HER FATHER, A
PEDOPHILE HIDDEN IN AN
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AGENCY.
>> I FEEL SO MUCH RESPONSIBLE
LIKE I WANT TO GET THIS RIGHT .
I WANT TO TELL HER STORY.
I DON'T WANT TO TELL ALL THOSE
KIDS STORIES.
KIDS STORIES. I WANT PEOPLE TO LISTEN BECAUSE
I SHOULDN'T BE THE ONLY ONE
THAT GETS TO SAY SOMETHING.
>> PAT DOORIS, KGW NEWS AND WE
ARE LISTENING TELLING YOU THAT
STORY JUST MAKES YOU SO SICK
RIPS YOUR HEART OUT.
WE THANK TANYA FOR HER BRAVERY
AND SHARING IT WITH US.
WE ALSO WANT TO TALK TONIGHT
ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE IN PORTLAND
.
.
. COMMUNITY LEADERS AND LOCAL
POLITICIANS ARE CALLING FOR
ACTION TO CURB THE CITY'S
RECENT SPIKE IN SHOOTINGS.
PASTOR MATT HENNESSEE LED THE
EVENT TODAY VANCOUVER AVENUE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
HE WAS JOINED BY PORTLAND'S
MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF.
>> OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS
AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
>> WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW ARE
DIRECT INTERVENTIONS WITH THE
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE
AND THOSE BEST POSITIONED TO DO
THOSE THAT WORK ARE THOSE
TRUSTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY
REPRESENT.
REPRESENT. >> IT'S TIME OUT FOR PEOPLE
BEING SILENT ABOUT IT
AND ASSUMING THAT IF IT DOESN'T
SEEM TO BOTHER ME AND IT
DOESN'T TOUCH MY FAMILY THEN I
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. >> PASTOR HENNESSEE IS A
LONGTIME ADVOCATE FOR HELPING
YOUNG BLACK MEN IMPACTED BY GUN
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. LAST WEEK IT HIT HIS FAMILY
PERSONALLY.
PERSONALLY. HIS STEPSON JALON YOAKUM WAS
SHOT AND KILLED IN NORTHEAST
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. THIRTY TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED ON PORTALND STERRETS
THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. POLICE SAY THAT'S ON TRACK TO
BE THE MOST IN CITY HISTORY.
MANY ARE GANG RELATED
AND RETALIATORY.
AND RETALIATORY. POLICE SAY THEY'RE STEPPING UP
PATROLS AROUND VIGILS
AND FUNERALS AND ARE WORKING
WITH THE FBI AND ATF.
THERE'S ALSO A COMMUNITY