Pastor apologizes for tract

Share with X

HILLSBORO, Ohio, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- An Ohio pastor apologized for his church handing out a tract to trick-or-treaters with a comic book-style drawing of a small child hanging from a noose.

Pastor Kenny Cousar of the Northview Baptist Church in Hillsboro apologized for the tract, which was handed out Thursday during Beggars' Night, a Halloween-style trick-or-treating event, The Hillsboro Times-Gazette reported Tuesday.

"We deeply apologize for it. We were careless. We did not flip through and look at all the pamphlets. We don't create them. We purchase them from a company, and because they are in comic-book style, we figured kids and teenagers would like them," Cousar said. "But, I have small children, and I would never want them to see that tract. We do not support the methodology, especially as far as scare tactics, that was portrayed in that tract. We were careless and we will not let it happen again."

Latest Headlines