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@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 16 hours ago

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.
https://www.propublica.org/article/sexual-abuse-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-minnesota?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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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.
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Darwin Woodka
@darwinwoodka@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@ProPublica

still not drag queens!

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MrEdgarBass
@MrEdgarBass@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours 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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Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

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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.
https://www.propublica.org/article/sexual-abuse-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-minnesota?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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@RnDanger@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 14 hours 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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Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦
@Yoshi@toot.community replied  ·  activity timestamp 14 hours 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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Jerry507
@jerry507@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours 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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EndicottRoad59
@EndicottAuthor@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@ProPublica The perversion of Christian values.

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@hittitezombie@mastodon.me.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@ProPublica
When was the last time Trump visited Minnesota?

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