tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post1637723931755222494..comments2024-03-17T16:21:14.907-05:00Comments on Stop Baptist Predators: Memorial Day and Baptist clergy sex abuseChrista Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560409585720043015noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-77574273583759425762007-05-29T22:34:00.000-05:002007-05-29T22:34:00.000-05:00Di, SNAP's mission is two-fold: help the wounded a...Di, <BR/>SNAP's mission is two-fold: help the wounded and protect the vulnerable. I'm not sure what faith group your abuse occurred in, but I can't help but wonder whether others may have eventually come forward if his abuse of you had been made known in every church he worked in. Even among abuse survivors whose perpetrators have died, they often find it very helpful to have the truth fully acknowledged and disseminated within the faith community, and of course others who may still be silent often find their paths toward healing and understanding begin when they learn about someone else who was abused. Sadly, as I have worked toward prodding Southern Baptists to institute accountability measures similar to those of other faith groups, I sometimes wonder if the reason they don't is in part because of their fear of how many people might actually speak up and make known their abuse....and begin to work toward healing.<BR/><BR/>Welcome to SNAP, and I hope you'll continue to work with SNAP in its mission to make others safer. Give my best to Denise there in Atlanta.Christa Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560409585720043015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-44750218676440853822007-05-29T21:43:00.000-05:002007-05-29T21:43:00.000-05:00Christa, Thank you for speaking up. I too have a ...Christa, <BR/><BR/>Thank you for speaking up. I too have a blog about my own abuse. I was 17 and it was also a youth minister. <BR/><BR/>I reported my abuse 5 years ago, after almost 30 years had passed. I am very grateful that I was believed and supported. Because so much time had elapsed and no one else could be found who had suffered similar abuse, Bob did not face any legal consequences. <BR/><BR/>His wife was told my story. it was actually read to both of them. The elders of the church were informed and I believe the whole congregation was informed though I am not sure. My report was placed permanently on his file and would have gone with him to any church looking for a minister if he had not retired. <BR/><BR/>Though I am convinced I was not the first he molested, I may be the only one he molested to such a degree. <BR/><BR/>I recently attended a SNAP support meeting in ATlanta. <BR/><BR/>My blog address is: http://prodigaldaughter-di.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>I hope you will visit. I will return to yours. <BR/><BR/>Didihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06635494695053729194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-80160523890877386872007-05-28T19:33:00.000-05:002007-05-28T19:33:00.000-05:00Thank you Christa,I am sorry you have had to deal ...Thank you Christa,<BR/><BR/>I am sorry you have had to deal with the Stephen Wakefields of this world who assume that they will never have to answer for what they have done because the are "saved". <BR/><BR/>Even though I believe God does not operate through the tool of karma, I cannot help but feel he will get the attention of the Wakefields and that they will be held accountable in some way.David Montoyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15799548477457994865noreply@blogger.com