Ringheim was a counselor at K-1 until a camper’s parent brought forth allegations of misconduct in the early 1990s He was not fired or reported but rather moved to maintenance at Kanakuk Kamps, then later volunteered with the K-LIFE Orlando program. Ringheim was accused of criminal misconduct that occurred in 2008 and 2011. He regularly chaperoned bus trips to Kanakuk’s Missouri camps and other activities. He was ultimately charged with seven felony sex crimes against underage boys. He was arrested in 2011, was found guilty of seven felony sex charges involving underage boys, and was sentenced to 15 years in Florida state prison. He is expected to be released in 2031.

A Kanakuk counselor in the 1990s who later volunteered with the Kanakuk-affiliated KLIFE program in Florida, was convicted in 2012 of seven sex-related felonies involving underage boys. One of the victims was a boy he had chaperoned from Florida to the Branson camp.