Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
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In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.

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In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.

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  • jasoman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    You can never test a holy man to be holy, but you can trust an unholy man to be unholy.