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Lutheran Community Foundation Safe & Healthy Congregations Training https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/news/lutheran-community-foundation-safe-healthy-congregations-training In May of 2012, FaithTrust Institute trained and educated approximately 100 members of 23 Minneapolis, Minnesota-area congregations’ denominational staffs, clergy, and lay leaders on the dynamics – from a faith-based perspective – of domestic violence, child abuse and healthy teen relationships.
No publisherjfredricksenCurrent EventsHealthy Teen RelationshipsChild AbuseTrainingDomestic Violence2012-09-12T14:37:21ZNews ItemThe Truth Will Set You Free https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/141 A small news story hidden deep in the paper caught my eye. A middle school teacher has been arrested and charged with child rape. She has been placed on leave. The boy decided to come forward and disclose after hearing a church sermon which urged victims of sexual abuse to speak up because “the truth will set you free.” No publisherjfredricksenCurrent EventsChild Abuse2012-07-07T00:03:12ZBlog Entry"Same Old, Same Old. . ." https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/130 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 stem the tide, the Penn State tragedy and subsequent campus situations. So in some ways this most recent release of a new documentary, “Standing Silent,” could easily be overlooked.No publisherjfredricksenJewishChild AbuseSexual Abuse by Clergy2012-03-23T06:28:22ZBlog Entry“I listen . . .” https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/128 The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, was recently interviewed on 60 Minutes, discussing his efforts since becoming Archbishop to address the sexual abuse of children by priests. No publisherjfredricksenCurrent EventsClergy EthicsChild AbuseSexual Abuse by Clergy2012-03-13T21:39:58ZBlog EntryJudge Adams, Part 2: “Judge Not That You Not Be Judged . . .” https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/123 Christian scripture is very clear. In Romans, Paul doesn’t mince words about the hypocrisy of sitting in judgment on another . . . when you are doing the exact same things.No publisherjfredricksenCurrent EventsChild Abuse2012-01-17T20:44:47ZBlog EntryJudge Adams, Part 1: “Fathers, do not . . .” https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/122 I was traveling and speaking at a conference in November when the story broke about Judge Adams beating his teenage daughter, Hilary, on tape.
No publisherdsorinCurrent EventsChild Abuse2012-01-17T20:42:31ZBlog EntryThe Church of College Football https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/119 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 with sexual abuse of boys over a 15 year period.No publisherdsorinCurrent EventsChild AbuseSexual Violence2011-11-11T02:14:25ZBlog EntryWho Needs to Confess? And What? https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/105 Actress Ashley Judd recently disclosed that she was sexually abused as a child; American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi recently disclosed that she was sexually abused as a child; Senator Scott Brown from Massachusetts recently disclosed that he was sexually abused as a child. When each made a public disclosure, the media described these disclosures as “confessions.”No publisherMMukaiCurrent EventsChild AbuseSexual ViolenceSexual Abuse by Clergy2011-04-25T07:58:07ZBlog Entry “‘A Day of Reckoning and Justice’ for Abuse Victims” https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/103 This was the front page headline that greeted me Saturday morning in my local paper, The Seattle Times. The quote is from Clarita Vargas, 51, of Tacoma, WA, who was abused as a child at an Indian Boarding School run by the Jesuits on the Colville Reservation. She is referring to a settlement in which 500 adult survivors will receive $166.1 million from the Northwest Jesuit Order.No publisherMMukaiCurrent EventsChild AbuseSexual Abuse by Clergy2011-03-29T22:30:58ZBlog EntryPastors Who Don’t Report https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/81 Pastors Daniel and Laura McCluskey from the Church on the Word in Phoenix have been arrested. The pastors were both arrested Tuesday and booked on one count each of failure to report sexual abuse. One victim of incestuous abuse disclosed to them in 2008. The pastors confronted the abusive father who admitted his abuse of his daughter but was “repentant.” The pastors counseled the victim to “forgive” her father and restore the relationship. The father allegedly stopped abusing this daughter (who then moved out) but continued to molest her younger sister.No publisherMMukaiCurrent EventsChild Abuse2010-08-18T22:40:03ZBlog EntryDear Pope: It’s Me Again https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/73 I’m still waiting for your call, but in the meantime, I’m quite happy to provide you with a free consultation because it’s so important that you get this right. So let me suggest some fine tuning to your efforts this past week. Please pass this memo on to your PR people.No publisherMMukaiCurrent EventsChild AbuseSexual Abuse by Clergy2010-06-18T19:34:50ZBlog EntryDear Pope: Call Me https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/72 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 learned anything in the past 20 years. It would appear not. If the Vatican were to ask me for advice on how to handle this situation (which they will not), here are my ten steps to justice and healing.No publisherMMukaiCurrent EventsChild AbuseSexual Abuse by Clergy2010-06-18T19:35:43ZBlog EntryWomen’s Work Is Never Done https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/69 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 Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Not only is women’s work never done, our agenda continues to expand.No publisherMMukaiChild AbuseSexual ViolenceDomestic Violence2010-03-15T15:32:46ZBlog Entry“Let the children come to me and forbid them not . . . and let the healing begin.” https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/58 Through the eyes of three families, the documentary All God’s Children (70 minutes) www.alllgodschildrenthefilm.com tells the personal story of the first boarding school for children of missionaries to be investigated for abuse at the hands of the parents’ Protestant missionary colleagues.No publisherMMukaiChild AbuseSexual Abuse by Clergy2010-03-12T22:28:40ZBlog Entry"What About Torture?" https://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/54 “Punching, flogging, assault and bodily attacks, hitting with the hand, kicking, ear pulling, hair pulling, head shaving, beating on the soles of the feet, burning, scalding, stabbing, severe beatings with or without clothes, being made to kneel and stand in fixed positions for lengthy periods, made to sleep outside overnight . . .”No publisherMMukaiCurrent EventsChild AbuseSexual Abuse by Clergy2010-03-12T22:34:55ZBlog Entry