
Part Two: The Nazi Pedophile Cult Leader who Murdered Santa (With Paul F. Tompkins)
Behind the Bastards
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Confessions - You Know What I'm Nailing It Right Now?
"It's also so weird, because it is like, I mean, as a kid, I remember being terrified of like minor sins that was gonna go to hell for us," he says. "You can't walk into confession and be like, you know what I'm nailing it right now, bro." Punishments for sins ran the gamut from restrictions on food, extra hard labor, or simply being berated in front of the group. People who came to Shafer to inform him of the unreported sins of other residents were rewarded by having their own sins forgiven without punishment.
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