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
    22·
    23 hours 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
      4·
      23 hours ago

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

  • the_q@lemmy.zipEnglish
    141·
    22 hours ago

    The whole point of religion is power and control over the vulnerable. That’s it. It’s an easier path than trying to deal with unpleasantness alone and awful people will take advantage of that.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    21 hours ago

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

  • gustofwind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    23 hours 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·
    22 hours 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.