This is an excellent idea!! I am sure that many who follow the "I WILL always there when the doors are open!" principle may not be too keen on it though.
Wisconsin church offers adults-only services for sex offenders
Published March 21, 2012
MADISON, Wis. – A Wisconsin church has started providing adults-only services so that sex offenders can worship without violating their parole.
The First Congregational United Church of Christ in Madison started the biweekly services late last month as part of its prison ministry project, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
First Congregational's Rev. Jerry Hancock said the church was approached by a probation officer last year with the idea to provide a service for sex offenders who cannot be where children are present.
Local psychologist Jim Gerndt told the State Journal that the adults-only aspect eliminates an environment that could be problematic for the recovering sex offender and Hancock stressed it isn't a "sex-offender service."
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