A doctor for Agape Boarding School accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old student

A Missouri doctor charged late last year with more than a dozen felonies on suspicion of child sex abuse now faces a civil lawsuit from a 14-year-old boy.
In recent years, David Smock served as physician for the Agape Boarding School, an unlicensed Christian institution located in Cedar County.

For two years, multiple people linked to Agape Boarding School have faced criticism, criminal charges and lawsuits over allegations of severe physical, sexual and emotional abuse of children.

On Monday, the teenage plaintiff and his mother filed a civil lawsuit in Cedar County, naming both Smock and the school as defendants. Court records do not disclose the plaintiff’s name.

The lawsuit alleges that in 2018 and 2019, the 14-year-old boy was sexually abused at Smock’s Cedar County compound.