Complex sentence: Louie had been a terrible alcoholic and was instantly released of alcoholism, he could immediately read the Bible and understand it for the first time in his life, and he instantly felt total forgiveness to all who had hurt and tortured him in the prison camps.
Split into simpler sentences: Louie had been a terrible alcoholic and was instantly released of alcoholism. He could immediately read the Bible and understood it for the first time in his life; he instantly felt total forgiveness towards all who had hurt and tortured him in the prison camps.