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What happened to some of the boys under Jeff Taylor’s pastoral care is heartbreaking. But my heart aches for all the young people in our church who have been (and may still be?) victims of this bad theology of “purity,” who have been taught to feel shame or to seek forgiveness where no forgiveness is needed; who have been taught to be at war with their own bodies in the name of sanctification; who have been guilt-tripped into masturbating to visions of doorknobs and trees, rather than to the comforting embrace of a loving partner.
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Scesny and Mike met in New York City during Winter Storm Jonas in January of 2016. They both braved the elements and went to one of the only bars open in the West Village with friends, and the two groups hit it off. Mike asked Scesny out that night and their first date turned them into an inseparable couple. In May of 2018, the pair decided to move to Boston together, and on their very last night in New York City, they enjoyed a quiet walk along the Westside Highway. Mike surprised Scesny with a proposal and a surprise party: Their friends and family were waiting to celebrate their engagement at the very same bar where it all began.