This article was posted to a site called (G.R.A.C.E.) Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment
They post stuff like this all the time, no matter what church the abuse happens in.
I’m not sure why one needs a godly response to abuse “in a Christian environment”. Shouldn’t we have the same response regardless of the environment?
I suppose it sounds noble.
Yet the potential for sexual abuse is actually exacerbated by the core identity of fundamentalist groups like ABWE. Like Catholics, fundamentalists preach strict obedience to religious authority. Sex is not only prohibited outside of marriage, but rarely discussed.
Meaning if cared for like in the school environment this abuse/harm would not occur.
Forgotten Study: Abuse in School 100 Times Worse than by Priests ...
Has Media Ignored Sex Abuse In School? - CBS News
Yet, during the first half of 2002, the 61 largest newspapers in California ran nearly 2,000 stories about sexual abuse in Catholic institutions, mostly concerning past allegations. During the same period, those newspapers ran four stories about the federal government's discovery of the much larger — and ongoing — abuse scandal in public schools.