JAMAICA
The Gleaner
March 27, 2016
Edmond Campbell
The leadership of the local Seventh-day Adventist Church has vowed that they will not cover up instances where their members are involved in illegal activities, such as molesting children or abusing their spouses.
For decades, the Christian community has been accused of shielding members involved in criminal acts, with the Catholic Church in particular being accused of covering up instances where senior members have molested children.
But president of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Everett Brown, says under his administration pastors and congregants have been instructed not to cover up crimes, especially against children.
“We have told our pastors that, listen, the time for hiding is over – you have a legal responsibility to do this,” Brown stated during a Gleaner Editors’ Forum last Wednesday.
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