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February 20, 2019
By William Lindsey
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Poland’s most senior nun has been banned from further media contact after condemning the sexual abuse of religious sisters by Catholic priests in her country https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/11385/polish-nun-silenced-for-speaking-out-on-abuse- …
12:36 PM – Feb 19, 2019
Polish nun ‘silenced’ for speaking out on abuse
Poland’s most senior nun has been banned from further media contact after condemning the sexual abuse of nuns by Catholic priests in her country
Talking abuse, Catholic context and Southern Baptist context: good things I’ve been reading and want to share with you:
Carol Howard Merritt, “The Problem of ‘Evil’ in Describing Southern Baptist Abuse Crisis”:
The Southern Baptist Church upholds gracious submission as godly and relegates the abuse as “satanic,” casting them into different realms. Yet, submission and abuse should not occupy spaces so far apart in our theological imaginations, because they work together. When leaders demand unquestioning obedience from women and girls, it sets up the perfect environment for predation to occur.
Jonathan Merritt, “The Lessons Southern Baptists Need to Learn”:
It’s correct that Southern Baptist churches are autonomous, unlike Catholic churches, are not under the authority of a hierarchy. And yet, claims that the denomination’s hands are tied in this matter will come as a shock to the many churches that have been censored or kicked out of the denomination due to their acceptance of LGBT people, ordination of women, or more progressive interpretations of the Bible. The denomination does actually possess the power to impose standards on its member churches, but heretofore protecting children from sex predators hasn’t been prioritized to that level. …
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