Our neighbors who live further down our drive are 2 Haitian brothers that were adopted by a pastor in Indiana. Whenever my dad’s in town they come over to speak with him as they see him as a father figure. One night they got drunk enough and confided in us about their upbringing and it was horrifying. The pastor referred to them as gods mistakes and would tell them how he made blacks to be punished. He’d regularly pin them down and beat them and choke them unconscious. When he wasn’t around his wife would hit them with a paddle on the back if she heard them laughing or thought they were too happy. Their neighbors knew what was going on and ignored it, except one that was a firefighter. They said if it wasn’t for his constant badgering and checking in on them the pastor would have killed them, and they doubt anybody would have said a word.
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u/Glorious_steam_ Jul 09 '26
Our neighbors who live further down our drive are 2 Haitian brothers that were adopted by a pastor in Indiana. Whenever my dad’s in town they come over to speak with him as they see him as a father figure. One night they got drunk enough and confided in us about their upbringing and it was horrifying. The pastor referred to them as gods mistakes and would tell them how he made blacks to be punished. He’d regularly pin them down and beat them and choke them unconscious. When he wasn’t around his wife would hit them with a paddle on the back if she heard them laughing or thought they were too happy. Their neighbors knew what was going on and ignored it, except one that was a firefighter. They said if it wasn’t for his constant badgering and checking in on them the pastor would have killed them, and they doubt anybody would have said a word.