Sexual Abuse in OALC Church Spans Generations in Wyoming, Minnesota, Washington — ProPublica

The church's culture of forgiving and forgetting sins has absolved abusers and silenced victims across the country.

This story contains descriptions of sexual abuse. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches , a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights A National Problem: Old Apostolic Lutheran Church congregations around the U.S. have been forced to deal with child sex abuse. In many cases, they haven’t reported allegations to police. Across Generations: In some OALC families, the victims include mothers, daughters and granddaughters, showing just how persistent child se

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