“Jackie, my heart goes out to you. I can’t imagine it is easy to have your father’s actions made so public. Back when I believed there was a God, I prayed your father never treated you the way he did me. I have no doubt he was capable of that. You speak of repentance and forgiveness, but know your father has not taken the first step down that road. In the years that he abused me he would beg forgiveness and then assault me over and over again. He would lure me to him by asking to pray for me and then he would assault me. He convinced me that he was the only person who could love me and he forgave me for making him sin, for being a stumbling block. He only stopped because I finally stood up and said no. He begged me to come back to him even threatening suicide if I didn’t. Your father used and continues to use the doctrine of forgiveness to shield himself from consequences. I will only believe he understands the gravity of the evil he has perpetrated when he walks into the police department and turns himself in for sexually abusing a young girl. Until that day, if it ever comes, know that he is tricking you just like he did me so many times with his false remorse.” —Emilie Dye Continue reading →