How are these retards going to react when they find out it was one of the kids that talked to the pastor?
I'm like 95% sure that the kid born in 2007 did talk to the pastor.
Not all Protestant churches are the same, but usually, prior to a baptism, the person is given church counseling, encouraged to admit their sins to God, and make a profession of faith in the weeks or days before the baptism. And of course, the pastor is there to discuss any issues of faith or doubt the person might have prior to the baptism.
It's pretty common for born-agains to promise a whole new life of love, joy, and light, bathed in the sacred blood of Jesus, but you have to come clean about everything and give yourself up completely to the Lord. Some of these churches like to threaten them a little. They say that there are people who will think they are saved when the final judgment comes, but they really aren't saved, because they didn't come clean or fully accept Jesus in their hearts, so they'll be left behind during the Rapture. This kind of thing could really get inside a kid's head.
The backwards-print doc mentioned the date "2007", and that particular kid was recently baptized on May 15th or 16th. I theorize they told the pastor in early May about being left alone to fend for themselves, about the younger kids not having food or clean clothes, and about daddy being drunk and mama always sleeping. They might have told about the all-night streams as well.
The pastor probably prayed on it for a few days. Then, at the baptism, the Rekieta's appearance and behavior sealed it for him and he reported it. Since he still didn't know the whole story, that's why he said he didn't think the kids were in imminent danger. But they were. They absolutely were.
I'm also sure they tried with the Rekietas at least a couple of times before, but I don't think they knew how bad things really were. Religious people love to gossip and judge but a lot of them are surprisingly fair about discerning between what they know and what they merely suspect. All they knew for sure was that Nick and Kayla physically looked terrible, and Nick smelled of alcohol. I'm sure they suspected the marriage was in trouble and tried to fish for information about infidelity, but they got nothing, hence the "Scandinavian prudes" rants. All they could do was kick Nick from his teaching spot, because they knew for sure he drank too much.