Category: sexual abuse crisis
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How not to handle sexual abuse
This week, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) provided a demonstration of how not to handle sexual abuse claims. The U.S. Department of Justice has been investigating sexual abuse in the SBC. Two days ago, on March 6, SBC officials told Religion News Service that the DOJ investigation is over: “‘On February 29, 2024, counsel for…
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The ongoing Southern Baptist abuse crisis and us
Today brought another news story about the ongoing Southern Baptist abuse crisis: “A Southern Baptist leader hid decades of abuse. Will his fall doom SBC abuse reforms?” Why should Unitarian Universalists pay attention to this? Because we can learn a great deal from what’s going on in the Southern Baptist Convention. Like the Southern Baptists,…
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Year in review, pt. 2
In part 1, I reviewed the year in U.S. religion. In this second part, I’ll review they year in Unitarian Universalism. How non-UUs viewed us Let’s start with how others perceived us this past year. Unitarian Universalists are a tiny, tiny group, but we made the news with four stories this year. I’ll start with…
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Year in review, pt. 1
It’s been an eventful year, both for U.S. organized religion generally, and for Unitarian Universalism in particular. In this post, I’ll start by reviewing some of the key developments in organized religion in the U.S. In a second post, I’ll review some of the explosive developments within Unitarian Universalism. 1. Culture wars and religion Religion…