Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.---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.propublica.org/article/sexual-#News #Minnesota #SexualAbuse #Church #Religion #Law #Crime

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[–] 1 point 11 months ago

@ProPublica I think that's more than enablement, that's complicity ☹️

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @ProPublica still not drag queens!

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @ProPublica One longer-term solution might be the addition of an 11th commandment: "Thou shalt not sexually abuse children."Too bad god didn't think of that.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @ProPublica It's not at all surprising that people, especially young people, are leaving the "Christian" church in droves.The rampant misogyny, racism, and other forms of bigotry that are taught as "Christian doctrine" combined with the criminal hypocrisy of church "leaders". None of this has anything to do with the teachings of Jesus Christ.That's why I left the church over 30+ years ago, and it sounds like nothing has changed. If anything, it's gotten worse.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @ProPublica Fine upstanding Quristians following moral guidance laid down by an integrated bible, quran annd book of mormon mixed with convenient passages from voodoo, the book of trumpstein and whatever else fits their narrative of a righteous life. Religion is the root of all evil.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @ProPublica The only child molester that I know, I mean actually know personally is my cousin. Funny, but he also attended some fundamentalist Christian church.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @ProPublica "Thou shall not lie - unless it is to benefit a human that claims to serve God"Yeah, i think i would get kicked out of that cult

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @ProPublica When was the last time Trump visited Minnesota?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @ProPublica The perversion of Christian values.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @ProPublica Kleffman is a hero for not walking away from the investigation. Such cases are so shocking because so many people just walk away from doing what’s right. The purpose of the church is to help us do what’s right and they become these perverted structures to enable abusers. It’s disgusting.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @ProPublica Religion; fucking people (over) for thousands of years.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @ProPublica exactly the same as the Amish's rule regarding this. People really gotta stop believing their wholesome reputation.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @ProPublica this perv only got 7.5 years for two decades of abuse, which is an insult.

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