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Corporeal Punishment, Child Abuse, and Christian Teaching
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Dr. Ted Tripp, the senior pastor of Grace Fellowship Church, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, came to Seattle recently preaching the importance of corporeal punishment ...
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"What About Torture?"
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“Punching, flogging, assault and bodily attacks, hitting with the hand, kicking, ear pulling, hair pulling, head shaving, beating on the soles of the feet, ...
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“I Have Such Doubts!”
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The movie “Doubt” depicts the enormous complexity of the possibility of sexual abuse of a child by a Catholic priest. Fr. Flynn is portrayed by Phillip Seymour ...
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“. . . Better That a Millstone . . .”
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There are times when the contradictions of life overtake me. I was flying home from the east coast last week and one of those times intruded. On the plane, I ...
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Lutheran Community Foundation Safe & Healthy Congregations Training
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In May of 2012, FaithTrust Institute trained and educated approximately 100 members of 23 Minneapolis, Minnesota-area congregations’ denominational staffs, ...
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2020 Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Claim Info
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Women’s Work Is Never Done
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March 8 is International Women’s Day. So I was pleased this past week to be in New York City for events surrounding the 54th Annual meeting of the United ...
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Speaking Out and Advocating for the Muslim Child in Mosques and Community Centers
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by Sakeena Abdulraheem
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Guest Blog: Shame on Pope Francis for Casting Doubt on Clergy-Abuse Victims
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This Op-Ed by our friend and colleague Mary Dispenza was published in the Seattle Times on January 26, 2018. Mary is allowing us to share it here with ...
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Why Faith Matters
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Why Faith Matters is an online network connecting individuals and faith communities that are dedicated to addressing and ending interpersonal violence
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Confidentiality and Mandatory Reporting: A Clergy Dilemma?
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by Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune
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Responding to Clergy Abuse of Children: Not Rocket Science, Part 2
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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 ...
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Who Needs to Confess? And What?
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Actress Ashley Judd recently disclosed that she was sexually abused as a child; American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi recently disclosed that she was sexually ...
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What about the Children?
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by Rev. Dr. Aleese Moore-Orbih
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Spotlight: A Movie Worth Discussing
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FaithTrust Institute Offers a Multi-Faith Discussion Guide for SPOTLIGHT:
The film offers a wonderful opportunity for faith communities to openly discuss the ...
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"Same Old, Same Old. . ."
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We have become almost numb to the steady stream of disclosures of child sexual abuse: the Roman Catholic experiences continue even with serious efforts to ...
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Dear Pope: Call Me
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As the crisis erupts again in Europe and the U.S. with serious questions being raised about the Pope himself, one has to wonder if the men in charge have ...
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Hiding in Plain Sight . . . With Help
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The Penn State report and the conviction of Jerry Sandusky provide the irrefutable evidence that he was a sexual predator on the loose for over twenty years ...
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Spotlight: Diving Deep & Surfacing
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Spotlight is the name of the team of Boston Globe reporters who investigated the Archdiocese of Boston in 2001 when the puzzle pieces began to fall into place ...
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What Would Jeremiah Say?
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The recent film Spotlight highlights the investigation by The Boston Globe into the coverup of child sexual abuse by priests in the Boston Archdiocese. Using ...
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Sexual Abuse Claims: Boy Scouts of America
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Information for filing a claim against Boy Scouts of America. Deadline is November 16, 2020.
Please share this information widely with anyone you know who has ...
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The Church of College Football
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A former defensive coordinator for the Penn State football team, Jerry Sandusky (a priest in the Church of College Football), has been arrested and charged ...
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Coronavirus and Violence at Home
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By Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune: In this corona era, many local communities are reporting up to a 50% decrease in 911 calls in general but a 20% increase in ...
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A Trip Downunder
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You may have noticed that the Blog has been quiet for the past few weeks. That is because I just returned from a trip to Australia where I was the guest of ...
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Premature Forgiveness
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Dear Pope Francis: I want to commend you for owning the painful fact of sexual abuse of children by priests as part of your Good Friday comments. Lent is ...
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Resource: UCC Discussion Guide to "Spotlight"
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The United Church of Christ (UCC), in collaboration with FaithTrust Institute, has created a discussion guide to address the serious issues for faith ...
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The Work of Tikkun Olam: Repairing and Restoring the World
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There are two important stories this week within the Orthodox Jewish community in the U.S. The first is the conviction of Nechemya Weberman, a Hasidic Jew in ...
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Dear Pope: Happy New Year
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I was encouraged in early December by your announcement that you are convening a Vatican Commission on Child Sexual Abuse to help you address the needs of ...
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Judge Adams, Part 1: “Fathers, do not . . .”
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I was traveling and speaking at a conference in November when the story broke about Judge Adams beating his teenage daughter, Hilary, on tape.
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Statement on the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report on Child Sexual Abuse by Catholic Clergy
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300 priests. Thousands of children. A powerful institution. Decades of harm and betrayal.
It’s been almost twenty years since the first public ...
