How old were you the first time your father punched you in the face?

I was 16 years old.

The incident concerned whether or not I had apologized properly to brother Orlando Marin for having been ejected from his bible study the previous weekend. The blow came on a Friday night after the “Theocratic School and Service” meeting at our local Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall.

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