He walked into bond court to face the man who shot and killed his wife and 8 others following a bible study at Mother Emanuel in 2015. What came out of the mouth of the Reverend Anthony Thompson changed everything. Changed his life, changed the way the people in Charleston responded following the horrific hate crime and changed the lives of those who never met Reverend Thompson. Those three words ? I FORGIVE YOU. 7 years later the Reverend continues to bring people and churches together.