Children in This Church Were Sexually Abused. Then They Began Abusing Other Kids. Some Continued as Adults by Jeremy Kohler and Andy Mannix July 20, 2026, 6:00 am

Children in This Church Were Sexually Abused. Then They Began Abusing Other Kids. Some Continued as Adults. As ProPublica and the Minnesota Star Tribune investigated child sexual abuse in the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church, reporters found a common theme: children who were victims of sexual misconduct going on to repeat the behavior. by Jeremy Kohler and Andy Mannix July 20, 2026, 6:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/old-apostolic-lutheran-church-child-sexual-assault-cycle-abuse?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river For two sisters raised in a family of 11 children that moved back and forth between Washington state and South Dakota, danger didn’t come from outsiders like they’d been warned by their church. It came from their brothers in the next bedroom.