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Diving back in to the issues around the Catholic ministry FOCUS and the coverage by The Pillar, I want to recap and share some additional details. Including the identity of the abuser missionary, which sheds significant light on a number of things...
FOCUS recently admitted in @PillarCatholic that they knew about allegations of abusive and threatening behavior by founder Curtis Martin.
Here's some of what the piece reveals 🧵
(Sources with links at the end)
pillarcatholic.com/p/were-al…
And you yourself can serve as a missionary to a culture that needs light shed on so many areas. So many young people go through this organization, and you can offer helpful and healing messages in your own ways to those who might be harmed.
The Church is a messy thing. We share this communion together and don’t fully understand how it’s held together. I’d encourage you to get your hands into the mess.
Anyways, my thread with this stuff here: substack.com/@chrisdamian/no…