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4/ The county sheriff’s office first heard about Clint Massie in 2017. But it wouldn’t be until 2023 — six years later — that prosecutors were able to bring charges against him.
The @startribune.com and ProPublica set out to understand how Massie did what he did for so long.
The @startribune.com and ProPublica set out to understand how Massie did what he did for so long.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
4/ The county sheriff’s office first heard about Clint Massie in 2017. But it wouldn’t be until 2023 — six years later — that prosecutors were able to bring charges against him.
The @startribune.com and ProPublica set out to understand how Massie did what he did for so long.
The @startribune.com and ProPublica set out to understand how Massie did what he did for so long.
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3/ Instead, the preachers held meetings in which children were told to forgive the man who sexually abused them and to forget the abuse.
One woman recalled her father and preacher allowing Massie to hug her. “It was one of the worst things ever,” she said.
One woman recalled her father and preacher allowing Massie to hug her. “It was one of the worst things ever,” she said.
![Document with these excerpts highlighted: VICTIM 3 explained that one of the beliefs in the church is "forgive and forget," which caused confusion regarding what to do with allegations of sexual assault.
VICTIM 3 explained that years ago when this happened, the way the church and community "[p]retty much, it was kind of like we could ask forgiveness about it and forget about it, but, and never talk about it again..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k4jt6heuiamymgi46yeuxtpt/bafkreiglehxnz4wa3e5yrlrprqzv4acnmtjcloddzg2mkyy4beqg5tl3t4@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
3/ Instead, the preachers held meetings in which children were told to forgive the man who sexually abused them and to forget the abuse.
One woman recalled her father and preacher allowing Massie to hug her. “It was one of the worst things ever,” she said.
One woman recalled her father and preacher allowing Massie to hug her. “It was one of the worst things ever,” she said.
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2/ Clint Massie’s behavior was an open secret in the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community of Duluth, Minnesota. Church leaders even sent him to a sex offender specialist.
But none of the preachers reported him to the police.
But none of the preachers reported him to the police.
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
2/ Clint Massie’s behavior was an open secret in the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community of Duluth, Minnesota. Church leaders even sent him to a sex offender specialist.
But none of the preachers reported him to the police.
But none of the preachers reported him to the police.
They would be lucky to have him.
April 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
They would be lucky to have him.