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Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Matthew 18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

James 5:19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

In 1999 Donald Foose was a ‘principal of a Christian school’ in Pennsylvania. It was also that same year that a young woman, now an adult, ‘…told Pennsylvania state police that Foose had repeatedly fondled her breasts, often over her clothing and twice underneath them. She said he once told her he wanted to see “what you got,” before groping beneath her shirt. Foose had once rubbed his genitals against hers when they were both fully clothed, she also told the police. When he asked to see her breasts, she refused.

A state trooper documented Foose’s limited response: Whatever his accuser alleged was true, he said. “He advised that he did put his hand under her clothing touching her breast,” the trooper wrote.

Police charged Foose with corruption of minors and indecent assault, both misdemeanors. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in March 2000 to a maximum of two years in county prison and sex offender counseling. He served nine months and was released in December of that year on parole. He has no other known convictions.’

Due to that conviction the Pennsylvania ‘Department of Education stripped him of his teaching license, deeming him “a danger to the health, safety and welfare of students.” Under state law, Foose can’t even drive a school bus, and were he convicted after 2012 he would have been required by law to register as a sex offender.’

In spite of the 2000 conviction and being ‘jailed for molesting an underage relative’ and being deemed “a danger to the health, safety and welfare of students” which means Donald Foose could not under Pennsylvania state law ‘drive a school bus’ and if he had been convicted ‘after 2012 he would have been required by law to register as a sex offender.’

Nevertheless, in spite of all that Donald Foose still became the pastor of Oakwood Baptist Church, Camp Hill, PA. and ‘then superintendent of the Oakwood Baptist Day School. Church leaders who were aware of his past…’

This church is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and ‘a member of the Keystone Baptist Association, a network of central Pennsylvania churches that includes Oakwood.’

Interestingly, the Keystone Baptist Association’s director of missions at that time was Larry Theisen who ‘…knew that Foose’s secret had torn Oakwood apart because he had served as interim pastor after the last of Oakwood’s leaders resigned.’ Now get this, before Theisen retired he had ‘…served on a national committee for SBC association leaders that drafted guidelines for preventing sexual abuse of minors in the church.’

According to ‘…an interview, Theisen said he tried to remain neutral at Oakwood but that it was a challenge because Foose is a friend.’ Do you see here the web that is spun making up the GOOD OLE BOY’S CLUB?!

The SBC is a denomination in spite of many SBC adherents strongly stating each church is an autonomous body. So when Theisen was questioned why he had not said something sooner he ‘…said it wasn’t his place to question Oakwood’s decision to make Foose pastor, because of the autonomy of Southern Baptist churches. He equated it to a congregation deciding whether to accept as pastor a man who had been divorced.’

It was in May of 2018 that Donald Foose resigned from the pastorate of Oakwood Baptist Church. However, it wasn’t long after that ‘…Foose preached in front of the congregation at Carlisle Baptist Church, not 20 miles from Oakwood.’ Ed Roman, the pastor of the Carlisle church said he let ‘…Foose preach because he believes in redemption. “But we also take seriously our responsibility to protect our children and our families”.’ He went on to say that “…over the years Carlisle Baptist has been very diligent in implementing safeguards that protect families and children so they can worship safely.” “I wish I would have handled things better,” Roman added. “I did not fully consider how it would affect other people. I didn’t.”

A former member of the Carlisle church ‘said the senior pastor at Carlisle later told her that he had known about Foose’s conviction when he invited him to fill in that Sunday but did not think he posed a danger.’

Then ‘In September, Foose preached again, in Virginia, according to a video briefly posted on the Facebook page of Fredericksburg International Christian Church. The pastor there said he was unaware of Foose’s record when he invited him to the pulpit.’ https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/02/13/southern-baptist-sex-abuse-pastors-history-divided-church/4586698002/

Yes, there is to be forgiveness, restoration and conversion as spoken of in the verses given in the beginning of this article but there is also the truth of 2 Peter 2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.