![]() ![]() These are just two recent examples of how the church has dodged hard questions of accountability and bristled at the mere suggestion of institutional fallibility. ![]() ![]() While the church made a strong case - affirmed by the Arizona Supreme Court last month - that its legal obligations were met with regard to the reporting of abuse in this instance, no part of the church’s response evinced any self-accountability about why better policies didn’t exist to require the reporting of abuse in the first place, why it continues to lobby against reforms to clergy-penitent privilege (which exempt religious leaders from reporting abuse learned in confessional settings), and what changes will be made to prevent similar tragedies in the future. Another such matter surfaced last year when The Associated Press published a lengthy report detailing how the church failed to report a horrific case of child sexual abuse to law enforcement. While the church may consider this matter closed, it remains very much open for members such as myself who question the purpose of various church practices and the vociferous defense of inadequate safeguards or apparent misconduct. ![]()
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