The former church of Rachael Denhollander has released a statement expressing remorse for not properly responding to the lawyer and former gymnast’s concerns over the church’s partnership with Sovereign Grace Ministries.
Denhollander gained notoriety in January when she testified against former USA Gymnastics physician Dr. Larry Nassar for his sexual crimes against gymnasts under his care, wherein she expressed her Christian belief in forgiveness.
Immanuel Baptist Church of Louisville, Kentucky, Denhollander’s former church, sent a statement to The Washington Post which they also published on the church’s website.
In it, Immanuel Baptist Church acknowledged that when Denhollander previously said, “My advocacy for sexual assault victims … cost me my church,” they were the church she referenced without naming.
“As the pastors of Immanuel Baptist Church, we knew that we were that church. After years of membership at Immanuel, Rachael and her husband, Jacob, had left our church voluntarily just weeks before the Nassar trial began,” the IBC pastors said.
“Fortunately, because of Rachael’s decision not to name our church…
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