If you are familiar with gospel music you have heard music by James Fortune. He is being sued for abusing his stepson ten years ago. Fortune held the then 4 year old in a scaldiing hot bath that has left the child permently disfigure. His wife is also being sued. As I read the linked story I was saddened by the horrific actions fortune took, but even more appalling is the mother allowing this man abuse her child.
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/news/top-news/video-gospel-singer-james-fortune-being-sued-past-abuse

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I feel such sorrow for the young man.
What kind of monster holds a child in scalding hot water and listen to him scream in pain?
If he had done this to a dog, he would still be in jail.