Wednesday, July 11, 2012

I'm Really Glad I've Gone To Those "Safe Church" Training Sessions For The Last Eighteen Years

It appears that "punishment", which has been quite severe in the past, is on a two-tier system.  Actually, I learned that in Rhode Island.  Long story.

Episcopal Church admonishes assistant rector

I find this quotation troubling, not because it criticizes the Episcopal Church, but because it, correctly, I think, displays the protean nature of institutional indifference.

“It’s typical in these cases that the church offers psychological treatment to the survivor of sexual exploitation and rehabilitates the clergy member’s reputation,” he said.
“So the survivor appears crazy and the clergy member appears morally pure.”