We finally joined a church that we visited for 3 years about 6 months ago. A couple we have known since we moved here 15 years ago has a adopted son that is actually their grandson. They go to our church(went there before we did). I am very close to this child - I actually nursed him while I was nursing my youngest daughter so he would get the great things from breast milk. He is 6. They are homeschooling him, but letting a 16 yr old son of the pastor school him while she cleans the church. Yesterday, he was very nervous in the bathtub and it came to light that he has been molested by this 16 yr old. There is no reason whatsoever to not believe him. He named him specifically. This is just devastating. They have a meeting this evening with the associate pastor(we have 2 pastors who share responsibility for sermons - neither are paid and they are wonderful). Please pray for this meeting and the parents. They are just angry and not wanting to be consumed by this. They want to get proper counseling for their son and get this other young man the help he needs and away from other children - apparantly as fast as this has progressed this has probably been done before, but he is so young-maybe it was done to him too. They are considering leaving the church. We don't want him around our kids either although he really seems to keep to himself most of the time. He does help with children's church and our daughter does too. Really scary. Thanks for listening - needed to talk and ask for prayers
Wow, Sabrina...you have my prayers. What a difficult situation. I pray that God's wisdom and glory will prevail.
That boy needs help and I would not want my child anywhere near him. He is probably a victim himself. Sad situation. Praying here.
I agree with Tiffany, my children wouldn't be anywhere around that young man until everything was clear and cleaned up
What a terribly sad situation! :cry: I hope, as Ava Rose said, that God's wisdom and glory will prevail!
I thought I would update you all on this.. Last Monday CPS contacted the 16 yr old boys family. They were devastated, of course. I don't know and probably never will, what happened there. They decided along with the other pastor that biblically they needed to leave the church(as an elder) "for a season" and be with each other and try to heal and deal with this. The other family is staying with the church and we will all expect things to work out for the good of all. The pastor's letter to the church was read last night and stunned many people. Our church is "medium", not small and not huge either. Everyone was crying - it was so sad. We will go on and we will all miss him and his family. The little boy is going to get counseling and hopefully will overcome this.
This is the first I have read this.. not sure how I missed it, but I did. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved. I really pray that the little boy can over come this without any lasting effects which, sadly, is often the case. I also pray that the young man who was committing these horrible acts will find the healing he needs to get past his problems with this.
Well, they confronted the issue and are dealing with it. That's good! To sweep it under the rug or blame the boy for some twisted reason (which is actually very common!) would have caused so many more heartaches and problems! I too hope the older boy and the younger boy can get the help they need! That is soooo sad! :cry: They are all in my prayers!
I agree with the others that it's good they dealt with it. So sad! I'll keep them in my thoughts and prayers. I hope that both children and both families are guided to a place of healing.
