Shunned Mennonite gets prison time for church vandalism in 45-year feud

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Shunned Mennonite gets prison time for church vandalism in 45-year feud

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Shunned Mennonite gets prison time for church vandalism in 45-year feud
Bear, who represented himself at trial, has been feuding with the Middlesex Reformed Mennonite Church since 1972, authorities say.
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I keep wondering who will last longer - Robert Bear or the Reformed Mennonite Church.

Whilst we're on this topic, when did commanding marital avoidance of an excommunicant first happen with Anabaptists?
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Josh wrote:Whilst we're on this topic, when did commanding marital avoidance of an excommunicant first happen with Anabaptists?
1547, according to Gameo.
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