Res Ipsa wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 4:40 pm
And people who want the church to get stronger should want the church to stop child abusers.
The truth is, the church wants to stop child abusers. I give them the benefit of a doubt that they are doing their level headed best to find a middle ground where ministerial duties can take place without jeopardizing various parties rights to privacy, etc.
My comments during this thread are simply in support of church leadership making adjustments/moves towards finding solutions to this horrendous problem that has become a black mark on society and unfortunately also within institutions where you would least expect it.
Whatever adjustments continue to be made I strongly add my voice to those that put the protection of victims first. But I don’t think that President Nelson and other leaders see things differently at the end of the day.
The problem is that there are a lot of ‘moving parts’. My hope is that this apparent breakdown in Arizona which might have been handled better will be a learning experience so that we will see fewer and fewer of these isolated instances occur.
Obvious it would be awesome if these abuses and breakdowns in chain of command never happened. Human beings are fallible. Mistakes can be made. We learn.
We also have to remember, as I said, that there ARE those that have underlying motives to literally tear down the church as an institution as they debate these issues. I think we can debate with the intention of building up and reinforcing that which needs to be corrected without asking for leadership change or demanding apologies.
Regards,
MG