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What's NewPlease join us for a free public lecture!Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune will present a free public lecture, "Wolves In Shepherds' Clothing: The Institutional Crisis of Clergy Sexual Abuse," at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, TN on Sunday, October 28, 2012 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Read more... |
Recent Blog Posts
Déjà Vu All Over Again
Now it’s the Boy Scouts. They have been forced by the court to release the “Perversion Files”: over 1200 reports of sexual abuse by scoutmasters from 1965-85. Admittedly the record is mixed. Some allegations were investigated and some scoutmasters were banned from scouting. Some reappeared with another troop after a hiatus. Hardly any were reported to law enforcement.
Fifty Shades of Depressing
First, a confession: I have not read Fifty Shades of Grey nor do I intend to. When I choose a novel to read, I pay attention to reviews or suggestions of my friends. The thought of spending time reading second rate prose about dominant-submissive heterosexual sex just doesn't seem very appealing. Life is too short.
Responding to Clergy Abuse of Children: Not Rocket Science, Part 2
Kansas City Bishop Robert Finn has been convicted of failure to report suspected child abuse; he is the first Bishop to be held accountable for shielding a pedophile priest. He received no jail time or fine; rather he was sentenced to two years of court-supervised probation.
