Nation singer Rory Feek is talking out following his used daughters’ issues over their 10-year-old sister Indiana’s well-being.
On Aug. 31, Feek shared a long blog post titled “love, dad” and wrote that his youngest daughter “has never been more loved or better cared for than she is right now.” He additionally famous that his eldest daughters’ claims have “broken my heart.”
“I never in a million dreams would have imagined that my older girls would be doing what they’re doing now, and I would be sitting here writing this blog post,” Feek wrote.
“But here we are, and here I sit, trying to make sense of all the texts and pictures, the online articles and accusations that people have been sending me, and even more than that, the things my oldest daughter, Heidi, has been saying and doing—all in the name of what I’m sure she thinks is for the good of her little sister.”
Feek wrote that “Indiana has never been more loved or better cared for than she is right now. She’s ten years old now, and for the first time in her life, she has a mother. She’s, of course, always known that she has a real one—Indy’s seen all the pictures and videos and heard all the songs—but it’s different when she can wake up in the morning and climb on Rebecca’s lap and say, ‘Good morning, Mama.’”
Feek married Rebecca on July 14 in Greycliff, Montana in line with a previous blog post. The marriage took park 8 years later he misplaced his spouse Joey to cervical most cancers.
“When Joey passed away, Indiana had just turned two, and so she doesn’t really remember her,” he wrote. “Since then, she has desperately wanted and needed a mother in her life, and it has finally come to be. It is a beautiful, beautiful thing to see happen for her and for all of us.”
On Aug. 29, Feek’s oldest daughter Heidi posted a few Taste of Country article the place she and her sister Hopie have been requested “about growing up in our father’s care.” In her Instagram submit, she claimed “Rory often left Hopie with people who took advantage of us.”
She additionally alleged, “Recently Indy was left in the care of a group with a well documented history of physical and sexual abuse of children. Indiana, who has special needs, deserves to be in a safe and stable environment where her well-being is the top priority.”
Heidi up to now posted on her Instagram tale that she and Hopie are pursuing criminal motion in opposition to Feek referring to their more youthful sister, according to Style of Nation.
Feek addressed allegations that Indiana was once removed from contributors of an alleged “cult” when he and Rebecca went on their honeymoon.
“Now, if you’re asking if Homestead Heritage or Greycliff is a cult, the answer is no,” the singer wrote in his weblog submit Saturday. “Those folks are just living in a way that other people don’t like or understand, and it’s a whole lot easier to call something a cult and dismiss it than it is to look deeper into and actually find out what it is they are doing and why they’re doing it.”
Feek wrote that age he and Rebecca have been on their honeymoon, Indiana “stayed with two families, both of who have little ones that Indy is very close to.”
He additionally famous that “if you visit Homestead Heritage in Texas or Greycliff in Montana… what you’re going to find is a bunch of people who have learned how to truly love each other in community. To die to themselves and to put God first, and the fruit of it is everywhere you look. It’s especially visible in everyone you meet. Exactly the opposite of what some of these silly, salacious online reports are saying.”
When addressing the allegations he left her “with child molesters,” Feek wrote, “I am not a perfect father, but I’m also not an idiot.”
The “Gentleman” singer additionally spoke back to claims Indiana isn’t allowed to talk with or see her sisters. Feek wrote that the siblings have been up to now allowed to talk, “even through this past spring when the sheriff showed up at my door with a summons saying that I was being sued by Heidi and Hopie, and I had to hire a lawyer to defend myself and my little one.”
On the other hand, Feek wrote “when Child Protective Services called me out of nowhere, saying that it had been reported that Indiana was being neglected, along with other accusations, Heidi and Hopie forfeited their right to speak to their little sister.”
When addressing the allegations he left her “with child molesters,” Feek wrote, “I am not a perfect father, but I’m also not an idiot.”
The “Gentleman” singer additionally spoke back to claims Indiana isn’t allowed to talk with or see her sisters. Feek wrote that the siblings have been up to now allowed to talk, “even through this past spring when the sheriff showed up at my door with a summons saying that I was being sued by Heidi and Hopie, and I had to hire a lawyer to defend myself and my little one.”
On the other hand, Feek wrote “when Child Protective Services called me out of nowhere, saying that it had been reported that Indiana was being neglected, along with other accusations, Heidi and Hopie forfeited their right to speak to their little sister.”
On Sunday, Heidi shared more than one posts on her Instagram account commenting on parts of her dad’s weblog submit.
The primary submit started, “Hi, dad. This is Heidi and Hopie. As sad as it is to say, we’re just happy to hear from you.”
Please see slide famous that they assuredly the web “isn’t the place to settle this,” including that they’d been achieving out to Feek, however had no longer gotten a reaction. The after slide was once alleged texts that have been despatched to their dad.
“Love is action, not words. We forgive you for your unkind words. You called us cowardly in your blog post for not facing you. We forgive you. The last time we sat down to have this conversation, without a mediator as you requested, you told us you were done being our father. We forgive you.”
The overall slide had a photograph of Heidi and Hopie and skim, “We have found peace in our own lives and have taken the long journey of healing. We have come out stronger on the other side of our childhoods.”
“Love is action, not words. We forgive you for your unkind words. You called us cowardly in your blog post for not facing you. We forgive you. The last time we sat down to have this conversation, without a mediator as you requested, you told us you were done being our father. We forgive you.”
The overall slide had a photograph of Heidi and Hopie and skim, “We have found peace in our own lives and have taken the long journey of healing. We have come out stronger on the other side of our childhoods.”
“Over a decade ago, our church pastors reported four individuals to local authorities for sexual assault, and all were rightly convicted and sent to prison,” Dan Lancaster, a Home Heritage spokesperson, stated in a observation to Fox Information Virtual. “Only one of these was a member of our church when the crime was committed. Unfortunately, one of our parishioner’s estranged daughters is trying to rewrite history to gain leverage in a family custodial dispute that has nothing to do with our church.”
The observation persevered, “Like any church, having even one parishioner that commits such a heinous crime is one too many, but it is also heartbreaking to see our 1000-plus local parishioners and our church’s 51-year history smeared in the press for the crimes of others that we proactively reported to authorities.”
Fox Information Virtual reached out to Feek for remark.
On Heidi’s Instagram Tale on Monday, she shared a video she up to now posted in 2022 that displays her with Hopie and Indiana consuming out of mugs. The caption learn, “I [heart emoji] my little sisters so much.”
Feek shared in his weblog submit that he loves his daughters “with all my heart. And I do not want to hurt them, even if their desire is to hurt me deeply.”
He ended the submit by means of asking fanatics to “Pray for us. Pray that we will put our selfishness aside and choose to love each other. Pray that we will put our devices and our accusations down, swallow our pride, and get in the same room, without legal counsel or mediators, and begin talking and listening to each other, even if it’s hard and uncomfortable.”
