In recent years, courageous survivors of abuse in Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox churches have come forward to confront our churches with this long-standing secret.  We can no longer deny that the numbers of church leaders engaged in misconduct and abuse are significant (although a minority) and the damage stretches beyond individual victims to the whole church.

This recorded Roundtable conversation includes church leaders from Australia, Canada, Norway, South Africa, and the U.S.  We have all been engaged in addressing clergy misconduct in our churches for a number of years.  We will share our understandings and insights from our particular experiences in our national contexts.  What do we see?  What have we learned?  What has changed, for better or for worse?

Presenters:
Rev. Dr. Marie Fortune
Karyn Walsh
Dr. Tormod Kleiven
Kathy McDonald
Elizabeth Peterson

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This presentation discusses the complexities of balancing community safety with the desire to offer forgiveness and unconditional acceptance, and the toll that the process can take on a congregation and its faith leaders.

Presenter, Rev. Dr. Kathy McCallie, has helped a congregation through the process of creating and implementing a policy and educational plan on this issue and has a wealth of experience she shares.

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Meet Our Presenter Rev. Kathy Reid is the Executive Director of the Family Abuse Center in Waco, Texas. Her past experience includes serving as Associate General Secretary for the Church of the Brethren, as well as nearly six years as the Executive Director of the Association of Brethren Caregivers. Kathy is the author of several books including Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: A Religious Education Curriculum for Children Ages 5-8 and Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: A Religious Education Curriculum for Children Ages 9-12. Kathy has twenty years’ experience training congregations, pastors, and individuals around issues of child protection. Kathy was ordained in the Church of the Brethren in 1988 and in the Mennonite Church USA in 1990.

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This webinar will help you:

• Understand your role (as a leader in your faith community) in reporting suspected child abuse
• Understand how to navigate common fears and barriers to reporting
• Access local and state resources for reporting

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Rev. Dr. Sarah M. Rieth is an Episcopal priest serving as a pastoral psychotherapist and consultant in independent practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. A Diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, she works with many survivors of childhood abuse and domestic violence. Her dissertation and published articles focus on the healing needs of survivors of abuse. She has worked with her own and other judicatories to develop policies, procedures, prevention training, healing protocols, and pastoral response teams to address misconduct in the church, and she has provided healing consultations for churches of many denominations.

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Adult male victims of childhood sexual abuse may mourn the loss of knowing what we know or thought we knew about spirituality, as shaped and reinforced by religious authorities, our families, communities and perhaps even educational or governmental insititutions.  This mourning process can move us to acknowledge and later reconcile the profound splitting in our bodies, minds, hearts, and souls related to RASA.

This recorded webinar will draw upon Healing the Sexually Abused Heart: A Workbook for Survivors, Thrivers, and Supporters to guide participants through the stages of recovery and the challenges and resources that can help a person who has experienced childhood sexual abuse.

Presenter:  Dr. Jaime J. Romo

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