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Freed pastor to return to US from Turkey
WASHINGTON, Oct 12, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – US pastor Andrew Brunson, freed after a two-year detention in Turkey that shook relations between the countries, said Friday he was heading home soon.
“This is the day our family has been praying for — I am delighted to be on my way home to the United States,” Brunson said in a statement.
The American Center for Law and Justice, a group that works on Christian legal cases and which represented Brunson, clarified that Brunson was set to return but had not actually left Turkey.
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