Woman preaches the Gospel during court trial to the man who abused of her at the age of 15

A former gymnast who was sexually abused at the age of 15 by a gymnastics doctor, Larry Nassar, preached the Gospel to him during her statement in the U.S. court.

Rachael Denhollander was the first woman to expose abuse cases in 2016, after U.S. gymnastics organization was accused of not properly investigating allegations of sexual assault to young gymnasts. The punishment of Nassar went from 40 to 175 years in prison.

“You have become a man ruled by selfish and perverted desires, a man defined by his daily choices over and over again to feed that selfishness and perversion. You chose to pursue your wickedness no matter what it cost others,” she said during her statement speaking directly to Nassar.

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In our early hearings you brought your Bible into the courtroom and you have spoken of praying for forgiveness, and so it is on that basis that I appeal to you: If you have read the Bible you carry, you know that the definition of sacrificial love portrayed is of God himself loving so sacrificially that He gave up everything to pay a penalty for the sin he did not commit. By His grace I too choose to love this way.

The 32-year-old woman, who is now married and works as a lawyer, encouraged Nassar to repent of his mistakes. ‘you know forgiveness does not come from doing good things, as if good deeds can erase what you have done. It comes from repentance. Which requires facing and acknowledging the truth about what you have done in all of it’s utter depravity and horror, without mitigation, without excuse, without acting as if good deeds can erase what you have seen in this courtroom today’.

Larry Nassar sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison. More than 150 women testified at Larry his sentencing.

After explaining the consequences of sin, Rachael also spoke about the grace of God when Jesus offered himself for the sinners. ‘That’s what makes the Gospel of Christ so sweet,’ she said. ‘I pray you experience the soul-crushing weight of guilt so that you may someday experience true repentance and true forgiveness from God’.

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