Original sentence: " In the 1960s, Phelps instructed a parishoner to punch his wife to settle arguments with her; the parishoner was arrested and Phelps was forced to put up bail.According to the boys, he woke them one Christmas Eve in the 1970s while under the influence, bent them over a bathtub, and struck them nearly 300 times with the mattock handle.Phelps has quoted Proverbs, 13:24, as justification for endorsing child abuse: "He that spareth his rod, hateth his son
Edited sentence: " However, the coroporal punishment condoned here could never equal what Phelps believes it does." Such a misogynistic, anti-chivalrous teaching, in addition to the sacrilige of using Scripture to justify sin, has been justly rejected by the majority of orthodox Christians.According to the boys, he woke them one Christmas Eve in the 1970s while under the influence, bent them over a bathtub, and struck them nearly 300 times with the weapon.In the 1960s, Phelps instructed a parishoner to punch his wife to settle arguments with her; the parishoner was arrested and Phelps was forced to put up bail.Phelps has quoted Proverbs 13:24 as justification for endorsing child abuse: "He that spareth his rod, hateth his son