CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WRIC) — 8News saw several children dropped off at Fortress of God International on Tuesday, Sept. 2, even though the childcare facility of the same name was required to forfeit its religious exemption to operate on Aug. 31.
The facility’s owner entered into an agreement with the state last July to forfeit her religious exemption to operate at the end of August.
But, on Sept. 2, the day after Labor Day, children were seemingly dropped off into that same owner’s care.
The Virginia Department of Social Services agreement said the owner, Monique Ede, needed to apply for an exemption or license and have it issued “before the child day program can legally operate.”…