Please can I have some advice
We are a young family would like to begin to attend our local parish Church so that my DC cab begin to learn about our chosen religion.
However at this church there is a man who is a convicted pediophile and have been in and has been in prison for crimes against young boys. I know this is true because he groomed a close relative in my family.
This man is a dedicated Christian but due to the horrible crime he has commited my partner will not allow my DC to attend this church whilst he is there.
Nobody at this church knows about his past and he is treated with respect and this sickens me and my partner. I can't talk to the churches clergy as at this present time the priest is off sick with stress and to put this problem onto him would not be good just now (the vicar kniws of this man's previous conviction)
I attended this church as a small girl until my teens until I moved out of the area and I want my DS to recieve the same upbringing and memories of this church that I did.
I really dont know what to do about this,please advice
If this man was told not to come back to the church I firmly believe this man would end his life. The church is he life and he does so much for the church. He self harms (I know all this because my mother still attneds this church, she only gives him the time of day because noone at the church knows what he has done and she doesn't want to cause trouble)
There is absolutely no way that I can attend this church whilst this man is going. My OH has firmly said that he will not allow our children I to an environment where there is a convicted pediophile. We have asked the member of my family who this man groomed exactly what this man did, and his response was 'I'm not saying, its very disturbing, but he did tell us that one of this man's victims hung himself.
I want to start attending this church so much and we as a family could offer so much to the parish
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Jo4040 · 30/07/2015 16:52
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