Ex-pastor’s sex charges stir online controversy for Missouri Synod
April 15, 2012 at 5:14 pm in Grand Forks Herald
A spirited and scathing discussion is taking place on a Missouri Synod Internet website, signaling a seismic upheaval in how the conservative Lutheran church will go forward after a convicted child sex offender and former minister was arrested recently in a case with alarming similarities. Recrimination, blame, finger-pointing and prayers are pouring forth in the wake of the former Rev. Darwin Schauer’s arrest last month on 15 counts of criminal sexual conduct involving a teen. Continue Reading
Anyone who was responsible for the hire of this individual, concealed his past from other parishioners are EQUALLY as guilty as the guy who ‘allegedly’ committed the crime. When you meet your maker I really do hope that you will be able to face his judgement for allowing the harm of children.
Honestly I hope you burn, and I hope you have to feel the pain that those children felt for eternity.
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I get the impression Don Fondow is completely clueless. The person who is responsible for allowing Darwin Schauer to ‘allegedly’ prey on another victim should not be running for re-election. I feel he has very little if any guilt over the situation. He is going on with his life as if he has no moral, legal, or mental accountability. He is worried about getting re-elected at a time when anyone with any sense in their head would be stepping down. Situations like this happen when you have someone like him in charge. I hope the victim of this crime sues the living daylights out of every individual and organization that allowed this to happen. You don’t get over this type of crime. It stays with you forever.
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Fondow’s attitude is exactly the same as the Catholic Bishops who shipped priests to some backwater church. In this case, it was Cass Lake with it’s large Indian population. This guy’s got to be held accountable.
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Hypocrisy within the cult? Shocking.
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