Posted on June 12, 2008 by dannimoss
I have been thinking about the SBC decision not to create a clergy offender database ever since I first heard the news. The thing that has been nagging at me is that the only thing the SBC did was publish an article about child abuse. They say they are not turning a blind [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2008 by dannimoss
This article courtesy of NewsOK.com.
My thoughts on the article:
Why reject building an offender database because it might not get every predator? At least we can protect churches from the ones we know about in the meantime!
Churches are more likely to report to a denominational central body than to the authorities (which is a sad [...]
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