UNITED KINGDOM
Mirror
The Sunday People told last week how teenager Becky Herbert was driven to the brink of suicide after being raped by her paedophile father David Manning.
Devastated Becky, now 20, said her devout Christian mother Mandy, 47, was brainwashed by her church into taking Manning back after his release from jail.
Now pastor David Hodge, 76, of the Bethany Evangelical Church in Plymouth, Devon, also wants sales assistant Becky to forgive Manning, 47, for putting her through years of sex abuse hell. We asked Mr Hodge to explain – and this is what he had to say:
PASTOR: “The Bible does teach forgiveness. As far as Rebekah (Becky) is concerned, we’ve kept in contact. I’ve seen her on a number of occasions and I think she is a silly girl. She’s venting her spleen for no apparent reason.
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