Remington did acknowledge that she was aware of Epstein’s 2008 conviction of “Felony Solicitation of Prostitution” and “Procuring Person under 18 for Prostitution,” which resulted in an 18-month jail sentence and required him to register as a sex offender.
“Jesus got into a lot of trouble for the company he kept, but he didn’t let that trouble pressure him into rejecting the people who, by their standards, did not deserve to be human,” Remington told UM News. “Social death is just another kind of murder. He opened his heart and his mind to them, and they opened their tables and alabaster jars to him. Is Jeffrey not among their kind?”
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“Of course he didn’t deserve a second chance. None of us do. But that’s not how grace works,” she said.
“The world is full of so much hate,” Remington continued. “There are many powerful men who have done despicable things with their privilege. They come and go in the news.”
“Half of America wants to tie him to the Clintons. The other half wants to tie him to Trump. Their hunch is correct. Jeffrey was very proud to have direct lines to all his presidents,” she added. “If association with sinners makes one guilty, then the church is in an awful state. I have heard the confessions of the people in my pews. I know their stories. We’re just people. The human kind.”
Although Remington has not pastored since her divorce, she worked remotely as a research manager for Wesley Theological Seminary’s Lewis Center for Church Leadership while working for Epstein.
