Church Makes Girl Apologize for Being Raped

06-16-2010 02:35 AM


'Like many victims of rape, she felt shame and was afraid she would be blamed. After she realized she was pregnant, she told her rapist, Ernest Willis. Willis offered to drive her out of state for an abortion or to punch her in the stomach to force a miscarriage. At that point, Tina thought she should tell her mother, who advised her to tell her Pastor, Chuck Phelps.

It turns out, Tina was right. She was blamed. Phelps reacted by telling her to go before the congregation and apologize for her sins. He said that while Willis might have been 99% responsible, Tina needed to be punished by admitting to her 1%. "He told me that I should be happy that I didn't live in Old Testament times because I would have been stoned".'

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That's just messed up. More than messed up, but i'll be kind with my words today.

This is one of many reasons that I can't stand any form of 'religion'. They're all messed up in their own ways.

The pastor was wrong. You don't get stoned for being raped. But the bible does say that the person who raped her is now obligated to marry her. Now that's messed up.