Reposted by @happynest48.bsky.social
As we dug into a little-known church, we started to see a pattern: women describing similar abuse; a preacher who knew what was going on.
And the same prescription for the problem: forgiving and forgetting it happened.
Listen to this episode of "Paper Trail":
propublica.org
The Church That Told Sexually Abused Children to “Forgive and Forget”
A man was convicted of abusing young girls in his church. Preachers had known the allegations for years. So why didn’t they report him to the police?
