I regularly see posts and get mail that continues to parrot the Watchtower lies that Christendom protects pedophiles and is woefully unenlightened, thereby watering down the enormity of the Society's sins.
Wise up. Many "Babylonish" religious organizations have active programs, not just to protect, but to educate children before the problem occurs. Most subscribe to the United Nations' Declaration of the Rights of the Child. They even go about telling the victim or parents how to make a charge or to get appropriate help.
Below is policy that's been in place for ten years in the Episcopal Church.
Title: Educate Children for Protection Against Sexual Abuse
The 70th General Convention of the Episcopal Church has made provision for all dioceses, congregations, and church schools to provide age-appropriate educational programs on sexual abuse, e.g., "good touch, bad touch," to children as young as age four that include the following:
1. Knowledge of what constitutes "good touch" and "bad touch" on the part of authority figures within a child's life
2. Information that educates children that authority figures include parents, close relatives, babysitters, teachers, and members of the clergy.
3. Counseling children in advance that they are entitled to and should report any such incidents which may happen to them in the future to as many other authority figures as possible.
Please also note that the local diocese "after consultation with the alleged Victim, the alleged Victim's spouse, or the alleged Victim's parent or guardian, may appoint an Advocate to assist those persons in understanding and participating in the disciplinary processes of this Church, to obtain assistance to formulate and submit an appropriate Charge and in obtaining assistance in spiritual matters, if the alleged Victim, spouse, parent or guardian so choose. Any Victim or Complainant shall also be entitled to the counsel of an attorney and/or Advocate of their Choice."
See Title IV, Ecclesiastical Discipline, Canon 1: Of Offenses for Which Bishops, Priests, or Deacons May Be Presented and Tried Sec. 1. A Bishop, Priest, or Deacon of this Church shall be liable to Presentment and Trial for the following Offenses, viz.: (a). Crime. (b). Immorality
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Sec. 4. [cited above on charges of abuse]
Abstract: The 70th General Convention recommends that all dioceses, congregations and church schools provide educational programs for children and youth for protection against sexual abuse.
Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 842.
See also Silentlambs post citing USA Today
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