Rory Feek denies 'Cult' links, slams claims his young daughter is unsafe

Rory Feek is responding to accusations from his older daughters about their concern for their younger sister's well-being.

On Saturday (August 31), the 59-year-old country star penned a lengthy blog post, titled 'love, dad', in which he responded to accusations from his daughters Heidi, 37, and Hopi, 35, that younger H sister, Indiana, 10, lives in dangerous conditions with him and his new wife.

“I'll do my best to try to respond to some of the things that are being said, in the hope that something in what I write might be of use,” Rory began his 3,500-word post. position.

In late August, Heidi and Hopie shared on Instagram that they were threatening legal action against Rory over their little sister Indiana “Indy” Boone, who has Down syndrome.

“We are taking legal action because we no longer believe Indiana is safe in our father's care and her well-being remains our first priority,” Heidi's Aug. 23 Instagram post reads.

Bulletin board was unable to locate a filed lawsuit at press time.

Following Rory's wedding to Indiana teacher Rebecca on July 14 in Graycliff, Mont., Heidi shared Instagram posts showing the 10-year-old had been staying with unknown family members while their father and his new wife were on their honeymoon in Thesauros. Situation, Taste of Country exhibitions.

Rory's first wife Joey died aged 40 in 2016 after a battle with cervical cancer. The duo appeared under the name Joey + Rory. She was first diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2014 and revealed the following year that they had decided to end treatment.

In another Instagram post on Aug. 29, Heidi reportedly expressed concerns that Indiana was “left in the care of a group” identified as the Montana branch of Homestead Heritage, which he calls himself an “agricultural and artisanal intentional Christian community.” A Texas Observer report in 2012 alleged abuse within the Waco-based group, including child sexual assault, which Homestead Heritage has he refused.

In his blog post on Saturday, Rory wrote that while on his honeymoon in Greycliff, Indiana stayed with two families who both had children close to his daughter's age, and that he “had a ball” during of experience.

“I'm not a perfect father, but I'm not an idiot either,” the singer wrote.

He also noted that Homestead Heritage is not a cult. “These people are just living in a way that other people don't like or understand, and it's much easier to call something a cult and dismiss it than to look deeper and really learn what it is they're doing and why they're doing it.” , the musician wrote.

Rory admitted, however, that every community, church and family has its share of “bad apples” but that “we need to be a culture of redeeming people, not canceling them.”

Elsewhere in his blog post, Rory explained that Indiana is no longer allowed to visit Heidi and Hopi in Alabama, but that she is allowed to talk to her older siblings on the phone.

“Every couple of months, I used to let Indiana spend a night or two with her big sisters in Alabama, but about a year ago, I stopped allowing that,” she wrote. “Mainly because they refused to respect my wishes when they were there.”

Rory goes on to explain that he is a conservative Christian and his daughters believe something “completely different” and that he was exposing Indiana to movies and music he didn't approve of.

“Indiana is my daughter and I know what Joey would want, and I firmly maintain that I am not compromising the values ​​and principles that are important to me in raising Indy,” the artist wrote. “I tell her I hope soon we will all be together again and she will talk and see them again. I'm looking forward to that day almost as much as Indy.”

On Saturday, Heidi responded to her father's blog post Instagramwriting that she and Hopie had been trying to reach him for months, but he hadn't responded to their offline efforts. He also shared a screenshot of unanswered text messages and audio of a phone conversation allegedly pleading with him to attend family therapy.