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SWBTATTReg

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2. I hope that the sponsering organizations are sued...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2019, 01:03 PM

Nov 2019

They had a responsibility to ensure that whomever they chose was competent and not a predator...also, I hope that they pay for counseling services for these young boys. Pathetic. Why is it that most (IMHO) religious organizations seem to have no background check other than how hard they can pray?

The Ohio charges were filed after Mast confessed to the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office in May that he abused boys over a period of about 15 years in both Ohio and Haiti, where he was working for Christian Aid Ministries, a Berlin, Ohio, organization supported by various Mennonite, Amish and related groups.

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Ohio ex-missionary sentenced to 9 years in prison in child sex abuse cases [View all] left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 OP

9 years is not enough. Delmette2.0 Nov 2019 #1

I hope that the sponsering organizations are sued... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #2