The family of a molested 3-year-old girl has left College Park Church in Carmel, Ind., after it embraced her attacker — a former church elder — with support and money.The Indianapolis Star reported that the family of the girl wishes to remain anonymous, but the father spoke out, saying the church is acting inappropriately by forgiving the elder.
"It's a disgrace that the church would embrace a criminal and turn its back on the victim, especially one that's a young child," the father told The Indianapolis Star.
During a confrontation with church members and his own family, Terry Van Gorp, 57, admitted to molesting the young girl. He later revealed to the girl’s father that he abused her while babysitting in February 2006. The family called police and filed charges, and Gorp faces a sentence of 42 to 108 years in prison.
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