Children in This Church Were Sexually Abused. Then They Began Abusing Other Kids. Some Continued as Adults.
For two sisters raised in a family of 11 children that moved back and forth between Washington state and South Dakota, danger didn’t come from outsiders like they’d been warned by their church. It came from their brothers in the next bedroom.
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For two sisters raised in a family of 11 children that moved back and forth between Washington state and South Dakota, danger didn’t come from outsiders like they’d been warned by their church. It came from their brothers in the next bedroom. Lynn said she was still in diapers when her abuse began. Two older sisters told her how they caught one of their brothers touching her.
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- For two sisters raised in a family of 11 children that moved back and forth between Washington state and South Dakota, danger didn’t come from outsiders like they’d been warned by their church. It came from their brothers in the next bedroom.
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Children in This Church Were Sexually Abused. Then They Began Abusing Other Kids. Some Continued as Adults.
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