According to Not in Our Church - Diana being sexually abused in church is more likely to happen than getting shot in church.

Should churches have active clergy sexual abuse drills?

#churchtoo #adultclergysexualabuse #clergysexualabuse #CSA #ACSA #MeToo

Who is the most likely child sex offender in the church? The pastor. Second most likely is the youth minister.

Both hold trust and have access to kids... and often little to no accountability or oversight. #ChurchToo h/t: Not in Our Church - Diana Source: semanticscholar.org/paper/Child-Se…

Music has been therapy this week . This one is going on my Spotify playlist . #churchtoo

Exactly. Terrifying.

Not in Our Church - Diana He may have. It's hard to keep track of all of them LOL

Not in Our Church - Diana Expose Richard and Sonia Galvan Dee Parsons Boz Tchividjian Brent Detwiler Julie Roys Sovereign Grace Church of LaGrange, GA continues to purge material from their website. Gone now is the staff photo and bio of Sarah Tusing, wife of Russell Tusing.

Is this what 'Ministry Safe' teaches church leaders to do in times of crisis?

Yes, I grabbed a screenshot of

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Not in Our Church - Diana For every mega church abuse story, there are 100 small, local church stories of abuse that never make the news and never receive public outrage.

In every denomination.

In every town.

Mega Church abuse is the tip of the iceberg.

The better you understand the patterns the sooner you can recognize when someone has been a victim of clergy sexual abuse.

Not in Our Church - Diana The Christian Post He's clearly whitewashing his actions. It's heavy on minimization. It has some transcendence and bolstering. It's very centered on himself. He does not seem to grasp the severity of what he has done.

The day of your resignation is no time to mention 'restoration'. (I would argue

This is a proper take on faith and mental health.

Not in Our Church - Diana Lori K His ex-wife did the right thing. Good on her.

And the woman he groomed... that reminds me of how Ravi Zacharias groomed Lori Anne Thompson.

Good shepherds protect sheep. It isn’t only predatory pastors (wolves) savaging sheep. It’s poor shepherds, too. Shepherds who are concerned about everything but the safety & wellbeing of sheep. Shepherds actually protecting wolves. Maybe shepherds protecting wolves are wolves.

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Yep. This right here.

If I didn't know better, I'd say Diana wrote this🧵specifically for me (except #11).
Unfortunately the truth is this is the script. Time & time again these men in power abuse their authority for selfish gain–while destroying another. What's worse: leadership ALWAYS supports him.

Not in Our Church - Diana Jennifer Huff Jonathan Merritt Classic playbook. Circle the wagons and protect your interests. Victims be damned.

Not in Our Church - Diana Ryan Daigler - Exposing Narcissistic Abuse 🚩🚩 My dad looked to cherry-pick scriptures to twist and use against me. What made it most stressful and confusing was how church didn't see through him and taught all the family behavior for the ideal instead of the real. So I ended up trapped by the bad part no one noticed.

Not in Our Church - Diana The critical thinking skills!!!! Ahhh yes.