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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  • TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    4 months ago

    Someone once asked me why I had a problem with religion. My answer was “I don’t have a problem with religion, I have a problem with a lot of people who claim to be religious”

    • jasoman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      4 months ago

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

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    4 months ago

    Any institution that cares for children needs to have strong checks and policies to protect children.

  • gustofwind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    4 months ago

    Catholics just make it easy by being so organized

    Non Catholic denominations have the same or worse pedophilia problems. Much harder to discover because they’re decentralized and small.

  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    4 months ago

    Apply the same logic to the abuser. Disable them so they have a trauma to carry for life and tell them to forgive and forget.