Pompeo: US 'Sparing No Effort' for Return of Pastor Detained in Turkey

Adelle M. Banks : Sep 25, 2018
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"The entire last two years has really shown that these are just baseless charges. It's a sham trial and my dad is being used as a bargaining chip and suffering for Jesus Christ." -Pastor Brunson's daughter, Jacqueline Furnari

(Washington, DC)— [Christianheadlines.com] Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reiterated Trump administration promises to continue to work for the release of American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been held in Turkey for almost two years. (Photo: via Christian Headlines)

"We are sparing no effort to return Pastor Brunson home to the United States," Pompeo said Friday (Sept. 21) at the annual Values Voter Summit attended mostly by Christian conservatives from across the country. "The work is important. He has been wrongly held and his proper place is to be able to return here to once again practice his faith in our great nation."

In August, the Trump administration sanctioned two high-level officials in Turkey for what it says is their role in the case of Brunson, who faces terrorism-related charges.

Pompeo's speech, which was met by applause, was part of a focus on international religious liberty on the first day of the three-day summit... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here.

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