Let's talk about Title IX, which applies to minor kids in government schools, and the absolute dearth of protection when they are abused on government property or by government employed teachers.
Let's talk about legislation to ensure that hosting websites, like Pornhub and social media platforms have liability for the videos of violent rape and child sexual abuse that they facilitate and even monetize.
Let's talk about Sovereign Immunity and Statute of Limitations reform for Title IX violations, since most actual victims have no recourse in our justice system due to archaic legislative structures.
Let's talk about funding for federal investigations and accountability for detectives and prosecutors who cover for abusers (I, for one, would still like answers about the FBI's failure with Larry Nassar, and I bet Epstein's survivors would like some answers too.)
Sending a letter did nothing.
Contact me if you want to deal with real reform.
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On Larry Nassar and Paul Pressler, Michigan State University, USAG and the SBC, and all the ways they are different…
There are so many unsung heroes in my case. . .people that lent their voices, provided pieces of the puzzle, helped put away a predator, that no one knows about.
But they meant everything to me back then, and they still do.
1 – An MSU employee for the medical clinic who reached out to say “I don’t know Rachael. But I can tell you he’s not following the chaperone policies. None of us even knew he was supposed to be chaperoned.”
It didn’t prove I was telling the truth, but it showed that he was pushing the rules and boundaries. That he was disregarding the warnings he was given in 2014 about sexual assault. That he wasn’t following accepted practices regarding privacy and appropriate contact.
No, it doesn't mean "innocent" or "didn't do anything wrong". It means people or entities who didn't personally commit the crime, but includes those who may have:
1. Violated mandatory reporting. 2. Knew and did nothing. 3. Intentionally hid it.
And more.
So for example:
Catholic Priest John Geoghan, who raped at least 130 boys, is the perpetrator.
The Catholic Church who systematically hid the knowledge of his rape of children and put him in new parishes, allowing him to keep raping children, is the "non-offending third party".
"Larry, I want you to understand why I made this choice knowing full well what it was going to cost to get here and with very little hope of ever succeeding. I did it because it was right. No matter the cost, it was right..."
And the farthest I can run from what you have become is to daily choose what is right instead of what I want.
You have become a man ruled by selfish and perverted desires, a man defined by his daily choices repeatedly to feed that selfishness and perversion...
If you have not watched “Shiny Happy People” on Amazon, do. If you are in the evangelical circles, please, you really should. Most importantly, we need to consider the breadth of IBLP’s influence and teachings, and ask how this affects what we see happening today...
Much has (rightly) been made of Josh Duggar’s abuse, how it was minimized and glossed over. How the girls were pressured into acting like it was ok. How the focus was immediately on forgiveness, and not on caring for survivors or assessing real change in an abuser...
How everyone defended the Duggar’s handling of it and ignored the dangers of failing to get Josh and his sisters help. But did you know that the Duggar’s pastor when the story first broke and all of that was happening, was eventual SBC Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd?
No, MSU, you are not sorry. You are choosing over and over to refuse transparency and truth to the 100's of children you allowed to be assaulted by your doctor.
There are multiple ways we could set this up to get answers in a trauma-informed, truthful way.
Stop telling us that you are sorry in the same breath that you refuse to tell the truth, 6 yrs later.
You are not paying the price. We are. It's an insult to pretend an apology as you literally refuse the steps for healing and the truth.
Institutional transformation, crisis response and legally-sound strategies for achieving both objectives is one of my professional fields of expertise. I've offered to help set this up.
Your response is silence, dishonesty and feigned sorrow.
They knew. In 2004. They did nothing, and there were more victims.
How exactly did an SBC mega church respond to disclosures of sexual abuse by well- known leader Paul Pressler? Much like Penn State. See the screenshots in the thread...
Screenshots of the victim's testimony in 2004. He reported Pressler requiring him to perform massages with Pressler in his underwear, making him remove his clothes and sit nude with Pressler, and then forcefully removing his swim trunks and touching his buttocks.
How did the church respond? See the deposition in the current civil suit:
Pressler's behavior was classified just like "pantsing" and said to be "not uncommon".