A Police Recording Reveals How a Minnesota Old Apostolic Lutheran Church Enabled an Abuser
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ProPublica reporter Jessica Lussenhop received a roughly 40-minute recorded conversation between sheriff’s detectives and two preachers at a Minnesota church. The recording reveals how repeated sexual abuse can continue as an open secret.
https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-sexual-abuse-police-recording?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Church leaders held meetings where children were told to forgive the man who sexually abused them and forget the abuse. An internal church document also suggests that, when appropriate, both parties be brought together for a discussion.
https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-investigation-takeaways?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.
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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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Church leaders held meetings where children were told to forgive the man who sexually abused them and forget the abuse. An internal church document also suggests that, when appropriate, both parties be brought together for a discussion.
https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-investigation-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Minnesota #Duluth #Abuse #Church #Religion #Law #Crime #Epstein

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

#News #Minnesota #SexualAbuse #Church #Religion #Law #Crime

NEW: “No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office

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A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit, an expert said.

https://www.propublica.org/article/fort-worth-mercy-culture-church-campaign-university

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"Previously, churches risked losing their tax-exempt status by discussing or engaging in politics. Then this summer, the Internal Revenue Service decided to allow religious leaders to endorse political candidates from the pulpit, a decision Schatzline took as a green light for him and other pastors to ramp up political activity."

https://www.propublica.org/article/fort-worth-mercy-culture-church-campaign-university

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"Previously, churches risked losing their tax-exempt status by discussing or engaging in politics. Then this summer, the Internal Revenue Service decided to allow religious leaders to endorse political candidates from the pulpit, a decision Schatzline took as a green light for him and other pastors to ramp up political activity."

https://www.propublica.org/article/fort-worth-mercy-culture-church-campaign-university

#CivicEngagement #1A #religion #government #candidates #elections #TaxExempt #texas #USpol

NEW: “No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office

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A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit, an expert said.

https://www.propublica.org/article/fort-worth-mercy-culture-church-campaign-university

#government #religion #texas #IRS #News #Politics

The IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates. That Could Give Texas Pastors More Power Than Ever.

While the IRS move applies across the country, Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence, one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-churches-endorse-candidates-texas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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The IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates. That Could Give Texas Pastors More Power Than Ever.

While the IRS move applies across the country, Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence, one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-churches-endorse-candidates-texas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Texas#Church#USPolitics#GOP #Religion#Elections