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The big double standard on child sex abuse no one is talking about

Aug 24, 2018 by Dr. Joel McDurmon Leave a Comment

By now, you’ve heard stories like this too many times. Father McFarlin had a reputation for sexual deviancy. He crossed the line in conversations with children with sexually suggestive language. By 2005, his Bishops had investigated complaints by six different children in his diocese. But they didn’t report him to police or remove him from […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: cover-up, hypocrisy, new york, pedophile, pennsylvania, public schooling, roman catholic, sex, sexual abuse, statute of limitations

Let’s get real about clerical sex abuse

Aug 16, 2018 by Dr. Joel McDurmon Leave a Comment

As we hear the horror stories of how 300 Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania sexually abused over 1,000 identified child victims and potentially thousands more, we need to keep a few things in mind for perspective. But let me warn you, the first part of the article gets real. Then, it gets real real. Let’s […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: abuse, cover-up, john calvin, pennsylvania, police, public schools, sex abuse, sexual abuse, statute of limitations, Vatican

Blame-shifting, victim blaming, and the modern-day friends of Job

Jun 4, 2018 by John Reasnor Leave a Comment

They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” He […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: abuse, blame, blame-shifting, crime, crime rate, power, rape, responsibility, risk, sexual abuse, victim-blaming

Larry Nassar, the church, and the culture of abuse

Jan 26, 2018 by American Vision 19 Comments

A guest post by Elizabeth Sachs *** When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bear rule, the people mourn (Prov. 29:2). Reviewing the details of the many abuses of Larry Nassar against innocent young girls in his medical care, as I listened to the impact statements, it all sounded […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: abuse, Larry Nassar, Rachel Denhollander, sexual abuse

The Georgia Republicans’ Welfare and Strip Club Establishment Act. Yes, it’s that bad

Feb 12, 2015 by Dr. Joel McDurmon 57 Comments

A new child welfare services expansion and alleged sex-trafficking prevention bill is making its way rapidly through the Georgia State Assembly led by Republican, and some Christian, lawmakers. It is euphemistically titled the “Safe Harbor Act,” but it ought to be titled the “Welfare and Strip-Club Establishment Act,” for that is effectively what it will […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: child and family services, free markets, georgia, sex trafficking, sexual abuse, strip club, subsidy, welfare

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